Water Supply Safe

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 02:35 PM

Prince George, B.C. - The waer supply for the City of Prince George is just fine, says Marco Fornari, the Manager of Utilities for the City.

At a news conference this afternoon at pumping station 605, Fornari told reporters the ice jam and floods have not had any impact on the water supply. ( click on photo of Marco Fornari at right for video of explanation) He says there has been a persistant rumour that the water supply had been impacted, but that is not the case says Fornari.

Fornari says the pump station 605, which provides most of the City with water is above the 200 year flood plain and extra precautions were taken with the installation of some gabion dikes, "just in case".

Fornari says pumping stations further downstream are being used to pump ground water back into the river.

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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 02:35 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Eagleone on January 15 2008 7:18 PM

Pump station 605 draws from an aquifer right underneith the CN Rail Yard site. I guess that contamination from flooding would take time to seep through to the aquifer?

Posted by: RRrabbitt on January 16 2008 3:05 PM

Mr. Eagelone... PW605 draws from an different aquifer quite a ways upstream from the CNR yards... that was one of the benefits to the Fishtrap project, if I recall correctly.

I suspect that any possibly contaminating products from the yards will move downstream before they present in the "CNR" aquifer... which will probably appeal to those who think that the answer to pollution is dilution.

Blessings...