From https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/city-of-iqaluit-may-have-found-source-of-water-contamination/

October 26, 2021

Further to the Iqaluit water supply, investigators there say they have found a "historic fuel spill discovered by water treatment plant", ---and that testing is been done to see if "this spill is the source of contamination in the water supply".
The historic fuel spill is described as being in “an inaccessible, below-ground void” beside the water treatment plant.

“Testing is underway to confirm that this is the source of the … concentrated hydrocarbon contamination,” states a Tuesday news release issued by city spokesperson Geoff Byrne.

Following the do-not-drink order, the city established filling stations to distribute water it has been taking from the Sylvia Grinnell River and the Government of Nunavut purchased tens of thousands of litres of bottled water to be given out.
The Liberal government’s response includes the deployment of the Canadian Armed Forces to Iqaluit and ---------approval of a temporary water licence allowing water to be drawn from the Sylvia Grinnell River

Some comments from readers of Nunatsiaq News:

#1

"Thanks for approving the water license to allow us to drink from our river! You guys so good to us!
Historic spill — great! No one working now needs to feel responsible then."

#2
"How big is the void?
Where is it?
How and when was it created, and by whom?
How did fuel get into this “inaccessable void”?
Why is fuel coming out now?
How did fuel get from the inaccessable void” to the sealed, underground tank?
Is “inaccessable void” just another name for “sealed tank”?
So many questions, so little information."

#3
"Your question “Why is the fuel coming out now?” is the right question. How long have Iqaluit residents actually been ingesting these contaminants?"

#4
"I was getting daily headaches starting in about the middle of September. They stopped when I stopped drinking the tap water."

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