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Oil spill in North Battleford, Saskatchewan

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North Battleford in Saskatchewan had to shut down its water intake plant on 22 July due to a pipeline oil spill. The pipeline

Approximately 200 000 - 250 000 l of crude oil have leaked from Husky Energy鶹ýӳs pipeline into the river near Maidstone. Yet, no reason for the spill has been discovered, as the pipeline was subject to monthly inspections.

Stewart Schafer, North Battleford鶹ýӳs Director of Operations, stated: 鶹ýӳ[On 22 July] they saw the sheen downstream from us. Husky reported to water security that they 鶹ýӳ saw a sheen and so everything gets shut right down. How much, how big, I couldn鶹ýӳt tell you.鶹ýӳ

Husky and the government are using booms across the river in attempt to remove the spilled oil from the water.

Whilst cleanup operations are continuing, Husky Energy have declared it will cover all costs of remediation.

Mayor Ian Hamilton stated: 鶹ýӳI鶹ýӳm being told that these efforts are going to ensure the safety of the water supply and the citizens鶹ýӳ security.鶹ýӳ

Similarly, the Environment Ministry鶹ýӳs Ralph Bock explained: Right now, we鶹ýӳre focusing on let鶹ýӳs just the minimise the footprint of this and we鶹ýӳll do our damage assessments once we鶹ýӳre sure we鶹ýӳre not going to be causing any more damage.鶹ýӳ

Wes Kotyk, also from the Environment Ministry, said: 鶹ýӳThis is a rare event. We don鶹ýӳt have incidents of this magnitude very often,鶹ýӳ as it has been years since there has been an oil spill in the river/water.

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