INDEPTH: ABORIGINAL WATERS: A SLOW BOIL
Drinking and waste water on Canada's reserves: Nova Scotia
CBC News Online | February 20, 2006
In Atlantic Canada, 100% of reserve drinking water systems remain "at risk." Only 1 of the region's 18 First Nations water operators is fully certified.
Cheryl Kawaja visited Chapel Island to find out what improvements have been made to its community water supply.
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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
NOVA SCOTIA
Acadia
Afton
Bear River
Cambridge Station
Chapel Island
Eskasoni
Horton
Indian Brook
Membertou
Millbrook
Trenton
Wagmatcook
Whycocomagh
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