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The results of a 14-day performance test by ALS Laboratories in Thunder Bay, 450 km south of Neskantaga, show samples collected from the reserve s upgraded treatment plant did not contain disease-causing bacteria such as E. coli, according to a Dec. 16 letter to the chief and council from Oksana Ostrovska, the Matawa First Nations Management Tribal Council s environmental public health officer.
But since chlorine residuals in the distribution system have been consistently inadequate and some technical and operational deficiencies are still in effect, Ostrovska said, the boil water advisory is staying put for now. The Boil Water Advisory will remain in effect until all operational and technical deficiencies are addressed and the results of further water samples indicate that the water is safe to drink, wrote Ostrovska in her letter to the chief and council.
Posted: Dec 17, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
A sign pleading for help in Neskantaga First Nation.(Olivia Stefanovich/CBC)
Members of a First Nation that has been under a boil-water advisory for longer than any other in Canada are hoping to return home before Christmas to clean running water for the first time in 25 years.
Neskantaga, accessible only by air and an ice road in winter, sits about 450 km north of Thunder Bay, Ont. where nearly 300 of its members have been living in a hotel since an oily sheen in the reserve s reservoir on Oct. 19 triggered their evacuation.
Now, final tests are taking place to determine whether Neskantaga s water is safe enough for the community to use, weeks after members originally were scheduled to fly back and two years after the reserve s water treatment plant was supposed to start producing clean drinking water.