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“We have put in place a very viable program to remove lead piping from the city side and we have provided an interim measure through the water filter program which, when you take the two together, means that nobody should be finding themselves drinking water with lead in it,” said Coun. Bob Hawkins (Ward 2) during a city council meeting Wednesday.
But residents and councillors alike voiced concerns over the effectiveness of the lead removal water filter program as a stop-gap measure. The program offers a free water filter and replacements annually for residents who have LSCs but is currently sitting at a 20-per-cent participation rate.
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A pilot program to begin sometime this year will look at using orthophosphate in both Regina and Moose Jaw as a way to mitigate risks of lead service connections (LSCs) present in both cities.
“I am assuming there is benefit, but we have to confirm that there is,” said Ryan Johnson, president and CEO of the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant in an interview Thursday.
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There are approximately 3,600 publicly own LSCs and 7,000 to 8,000 privately owned LSCs in Regina. An investigative news report released in 2019 showed tap water samples from some Regina, Saskatoon, and Moose Jaw homes were among the highest measured levels of lead-tainted water in Canada.
After a year of being cooped up, and told to minimize travel, the prospects of spending some time at the lake might seem pretty good right about now. If you want to book a campsite, get ready, because the Ministry of Parks, Culture and sport is launching its new website for Saskatchewan provincial parks. Campers at those parks are now able to browse the new reservation website and create an account in preparation for the 2021 campsite reservation launch which opened on April 12. “After many months of preparation, we are pleased to be able to release our new campsite reservation system to the public,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Laura Ross said in a release. “This reservation system offers new amenities to customers, and is quite different than past years. This is a great opportunity for campers to become familiar with the new system making their reservation process a smooth one in the coming weeks.”
The Government of Saskatchewan has launched a new reservation site that will launch April 12, the same day that reservations for seasonal campsites for all parks that offer seasonal camping. Nightly, camp accessible, group, equestrian and rec hall reservations will be open for provincial parks in the following days. Robin Campese, the executive director of visitor experiences, said that they have a couple of new features that they are excited about, including gift cards and a new program called Camping This Weekend. There is some great pieces of functionality on there; Camping This Weekend is a really great little piece of functionality campers can click on there, see what is available across the entire park system for the upcoming weekend, which is really a big one for us because I think people think we are just full all the time, she said.