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Regina police will soon have the option to slap drivers of excessively noisy vehicles with a $250 fine, but it won’t be the silver bullet people are looking for, according to Const. Greg Krawetz.
“In all reality, a higher fine does not scare people like it used to,” said Krawetz, who represented the Regina Police Service (RPS) at a city council meeting Wednesday. “We have some … people that have received these $1,000 fines, (they) are repeat offenders in the last couple months. Increased fines aren’t going to change anything. We need different avenues to do this.”
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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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Unfortunately, it takes a lot longer to grow a tree than it does for bad weather to take one down, a harsh reality for two Saskatchewan communities hit hard by last weekend’s intense spring storm.
“It’s really heartbreaking to see all of these trees go down,” said Strasbourg town administrator Jennifer Josephson, lamenting that their town park was particularly hard hit by the high winds and frozen rain.
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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.