INDEPTH: ABORIGINAL WATERS: A SLOW BOIL
Drinking and waste water on Canada's reserves: Manitoba
CBC News Online | February 20, 2006
In Manitoba, 46 per cent of reserve drinking water systems remain "at risk." Almost 75 per cent of the 111 water operators on First Nations reserves are fully certified.
Mychalo Prystupa visited Little Saskatchewan, Manitoba, where people are relying on bottled water.
2004-05 FINAL results for Water Systems at Risk |
|
| REGION |
total # of water systems |
# of
high-risk |
% of
high risk |
# med-risk |
%
med-risk |
| Alberta |
78 |
14 |
18% |
32 |
41% |
| Atlantic |
18 |
14 |
78% |
4 |
22% |
| BC |
285 |
89 |
31% |
150 |
53% |
| Manitoba |
67 |
0 |
0% |
31 |
46% |
| Ontario |
135 |
63 |
47% |
32 |
24% |
| Quebec |
38 |
9 |
24% |
13 |
34% |
| Sask. |
99 |
6 |
6% |
12 |
12% |
| Yukon |
18 |
8 |
44% |
9 |
50% |
| National |
738 |
203 |
28% |
283 |
38% |
* Source: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
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