No, the earthy tone was not from the water, I used bottled water actually.
Speaking of water; some may argue that the authorities were a bit slow on the uptake on the town’s water situation.
But after they did pick up on it things started to move along nicely. Not sure how many agencies played a role; NICG took the lead with assistance from Department of health at NG, provincial municipal affairs, RCMP [flying in some of the bottle water].
I am missing some but their efforts are much appreciated.
The original targeted group for supply of bottled water has been extended to the whole community. Not sure how long that will go on, it will be Monday before any fix to the town water supply according to reports.
An offshoot to supplying thousands of 500Ml bottles of water is what to do with the used bottles.
NICG distributed a flyer with the 2 cases delivered. It urged people to recycle the bottles, and if the household did not usually recycle then they are asked to contact the NICG and they will come pick them up.
As an aside; I have not read or heard any statement from people at the provincial Department of Labrador and Aboriginal affairs on the water issue. I could have missed it; Municipal Affairs have been involved but no news if the other two played a role of even if they give a rat’s arse.
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Heard a story on CBC this morning about "planeloads" of bottled water being flown in. You'd think they'd go for the four litre containers rather than the 500ml ... but then again, I'm not an emergency planner. (Would mean less to recycle though).
Mayor said in the report that he's concerned about people starting to drink spring runoff from streams, etc and what that could mean in terms of illness. Not a good situation.
Hope you guys have a good water supply soon.
Who knows why the small bottles, could be what was available in the rush to address situation, could be other reasons.
Nice of mayor to be concerned, alas people have been drinking the brook run off water for about four weeks. The upside is that no one has taken ill, though I would think a few upset tummies.
Another upside is it pales in comparison to most disasters around the world.
Thanks for the concern.
Lab and Ab press releases
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