No Running Water: Boiling mad
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This article was published 13/11/2010 (5193 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
HOLLOW WATER FIRST NATION — Water detective Clarence Peebles is on the case. Every time the water plant operator sees a suspicious puddle — day or night, his weary wife confirms — he leaps out of his truck and scoops up some water.
If a test strip dipped in the water turns pink, Peebles knows somewhere under the ground is a pipe leaking his precious chlorine-treated water.
A single pipe break or a running toilet can be enough to overwhelm the community’s aging treatment plant, designed 20 years ago to supply a maximum population of 720 with 180 litres of water per person a day. Winnipeggers use more than 300 litres a day.
About 1,000 people now live on the Hollow Water reserve, but it will likely be 2015 before their treatment plant is expanded enough to meet local needs.
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Updated on Saturday, November 13, 2010 9:37 PM CST: Adds date reference to photo caption.