INDEPTH: ABORIGINAL WATERS: A SLOW BOIL
Drinking and waste water on Canada's reserves: New Brunswick
CBC News Online | February 20, 2006
In Atlantic Canada, 100 per cent of reserve drinking water systems remain "at risk." Only 1 of the region's 18 First Nations water operators is fully certified.
Jacques Poitras visited the First Nations' community of Kingsclear
and spoke to former Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Andy Scott.
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
The following files are of data from 2001 and 2002. There have been significant upgrades to many water treatment facilities since then. They will pop up in another window in Adobe PDF form
NEW BRUNSWICK
Big Cove
Buctouche
Burnt Church
Dorchester
Eel Ground
Eel River Bar
Indian Island
Kingsclear
Oromocto
Pabineau
Red Bank
St. Basile
St. Mary's
Tobique
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