What is being done to prevent contamination from occurring again?

The evidence all suggested the cause of this contamination was a buried historic fuel tank. The site near the Water Treatment Plant has been explored for any other potential causes of contamination. None were found, although there was a small spill (surface level) found nearby that was remedied out of an abundance of caution.

Further, the City has installed additional monitoring equipment known as an S:CANN that will give us real time monitoring. This system is standard in other municipalities that choose to monitor for hydrocarbons. Iqalummiut can rest assured that this situation has been investigated, the cause was identified, the issue remediated and mitigated and testing continues. There are methods in place to ensure this will not happen again.