Water Use Ban Rescinded for Likely
diagram shows area now cleared for water use, north of 6236 Cedar Creek Road. (images courtesy Interior Health)
Likely, B,.C.- The water ban has been partially rescinded and the residents of the town of Likely can resume using water.
Do Not Use water restrictions are rescinded north on the Quesnel River where it narrows and is shallow. This area is described as including and north of 6236 Cedar Creek Road on the Quesnel River and the balance of the Quesnel River system to the Fraser River. This means that water drawn from the Quesnel River, including and North of 6236 Cedar Creek Road on Quesnel River in Likely may be consumed per normal practice, and is now safe for recreational purposes from a health perspective.
However, given the presence of debris on these waters, recreational users are advised to avoid these areas.
Until further notice, a Do Not Use order for drinking water, personal and recreational use remains in effect for Polley Lake, Hazeltine Creek, Cariboo Creek and all parts of Quesnel Lake and points south of 6236 Cedar Creek Road on the Quesnel River in Likely . The public should also continue to refrain from using the waterways for recreational purposes. This includes swimming and fishing, from south of Likely , but remains in effect for Polley Lake, Hazeltine Creek, Quesnel Lake Cedar Creek Road.
The change is a result of water samples taken on August 5th from five locations in the Quesnel River, all samples met provincial and federal drinking water guidelines.
This is the second straight day that water samples have shown positive results.
Daily sampling on the Fraser River is being arranged to monitor water quality along the Fraser.
The Ministry of the Environment has given Imperial Metals the green light to build a pipeline to release Polley Lake water into Hazeltine Creek. The release will ease the pressure on the sediment dam that has built up and is blocking the Polley Lake outflow. ( see previous story)
Meantime, the Conservation officer Service is now calling for the public’s help in the investigation into the cause of the tailings pond breach. “We very much want to get to the bottom of this” says Minister of the Environment Mary Polak. here are six Major Investigation investigators working on this file. The Conservation Officer Service has full authority to independently investigate and forward recommendations for charges to the Crown counsel. Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Report All Poachers and Polluters (RAPP ) Line at 1-877-952-7277.
Comments
The doom and gloomers are awfully quiet these days.
Maybe they late thinking happy thoughts for a change….that in itself is a scary thought
Oh my gawd is it ok? That’s not going to work for me. How can I keep being mad at mayor green ?
Go ahead drink it! It probably won’t hurt you…….today!
Are the BC liberal heroes going to raise a tall glass of cool Quesnel Lake H20 on the tely?
http://www.ec.gc.ca/inrp-npri/donnees-data/index.cfm?do=facility_substance_summary&lang=en&opt_npri_id=0000005102&opt_report_year=2013
Is everyone going to have a cool glass of Liberal koolaid?
The doom and gloomers are awfully quiet these days
Are you kidding? Pooley Lake is dead, the creek is most definitely dead, 380 people have lost their jobs, and investors have lost hundreds of millions as Imperial Metal stock dropped by almost 50%. This is what we do know, which says it already is an unmitigated disaster. And we still dont know how this will impact on the sockeye salmon run making both JB and Dearths comments ignorant and baseless of any facts!
Peeps look in the mirror.
you don’t build a dam out of fines, sand and dirt you need large rock even a goddam beaver knows this and shores up the dam with larger trees and branches.BEING HUMAN its to the point now I don’t even read jb seamut dearth comments anymore, why because they are pointless.
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