Water issues in Saskatchewan

https://www.cbc.ca//90-of-saskatchewan-first-nations-have- Samples were primarily collected between 2013 to 2018, in about 450 older homes, with lead-pipes connecting them to the main municipal water systems. Also,... city’s sampling results show that 168 homes, with lead service-lines, were tested between 2016 & 2018, and, 57% had water samples with lead-levels above the federal limit in the first litre out of the tap in the morning, according to documents released through freedom of Information Legislation.

https://www.tandfonline.com//full/10/22423982.2018.1466605 According to a collection of 2600 tap-water sampling measurements obtained in a year-long investigation by 9 universities and media outlets (including global news, the University of Regina School of... Journalism and Concordia University’s Institute for Investigative Journalism), as much as 58% of these samples measured lead-levels that were above Health Canada’s recommended limit of five parts per billion (ppb) and the average result was 22 ppb.

The university of Saskatchewan did research for water quality and Dr. Greg Penner says that high sulphate level in water contributed for death. USask scientists investigating effects of sulphates on cattle health. (2019, January 28). Retrieved from https://news.usask.ca//usask-scientists-investigating-effe.

The research illustrates that about 200,000 litres of oil spilled into the North Saskatchewan River due to a pipeline leak near Maidstone in July, contaminating the drinking water supply for an estimated 62,000 people. As a result of the constant dispatch of chemicals in the rivers, the river water now appears to be muddy North Saskatchewan River - Water Quality. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.edmonton.ca//north-saskatchewan-river-water-qu.

Climate change, resource extraction, agriculture among causes of potential water shortage

According to a collection of 2,600 tap water sampling measurements obtained in a year-long investigation by nine universities and media outlets, including Global News, the University of Regina School of Journalism and Concordia University’s Institute for Investigative Journalism. Fifty-eight per cent of the samples in the three cities measured lead levels that were above Health Canada’s recommended limit of five parts per billion (ppb), and the average result was 22 ppb. These samples were primarily taken between 2013 to 2018 in about 450 older homes with lead pipes connecting them to the main municipal water systems.

http://environmentalsociety.ca/issues/water/ Water is fundamental to human life and the ecosystems that support that life. The importance and value of water becomes especially significant in semi-arid southern Saskatchewan. As Saskatchewan grows and the climate changes, water availability will be a limitation for meeting social and environmental needs. Reliable access to safe freshwater will be one of the biggest challenges we will face in the prairies in the 21st century.

Global News https://globalnews.ca//61/saskatchewan-lead-tainted-water/