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The worst thing Perry Mcleod ever pulled out of a cistern was a car battery.
âThe family didnât know. They were using the water to wash their clothes, wash their dishes, wash their faces, brush their teeth,â he says.
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Mcleod is the water treatment plant operator at Peepeekisis Cree Nation, located roughly 110 kilometres northeast of Regina.
There are 150 homes, about 90 per cent of which are not hooked up to the water treatment plant. Water from the plant is pumped into trucks and driven to most homes, where it goes into cisterns â large concrete storage tanks.
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