Decades-old water advisory lifted in this Anishinaabe community nationalobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nationalobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation is expanding its water system to deliver clean drinking water to hundreds of residents who have been grappling for more than a decade with seven drinking water advisories.
The Bay of Quinte is on Lake Ontario and the First Nation is not remote or isolated. It s just off Ontario s Highway 401, between Toronto and Montreal.
Chief R. Donald Maracle said his community has suffered from a lack of safe water since 2008, due to fecal, bacterial and algae contaminations. A regional drought made many groundwater wells go completely dry in 2017. We re making significant progress in terms of addressing our community s long-standing water needs, Maracle said in an interview with The Canadian Press.