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On June 24, the Government of Alberta announced that it is re-opening Gleniffer Lake for recreational use on June 26. Cleanup efforts to remove oil deposited on the shoreline and surface of Gleniffer Lake from the recent pipeline spill are complete. Prior to the lake re-opening, the cleanup crew will relocate the containment booms and collect additional […]

On June 25, CBC reported that a semi-truck carrying magnesium chloride overturned on Highway 101 just past the Ruby Lake Resort in B.C. The Sunshine Coast Regional District instituted a ban on drinking water and on swimming in Ruby and Sakinaw lakes until water quality testing is complete on June 25 or 26. Although the chemical, which is used to […]

 Water utilities in Indiana have activated their Water and Wastewater Agency Response Network (WARN) in response to the flooding that continues to wreak havoc in states throughout the Midwest. WARNs in Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska are on standby for possible activation, according to industry reports. Contaminated floodwaters are raising concerns over the availability of […]

On June 24, the Daily Gleaner reported that although emergency officials continue to add up the cost of this spring’s flooding along the St. John River, preliminary estimates are somewhere in the tens of millions of dollars. Flood victims have until the end of June to apply for the province’s flood-relief program. To date, there […]

Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR08-119, on June 23, the Times and Transcript reported that core sampling done on June 20 showed that water from the swollen Duvall River is no longer eroding the ground under homes in Pangnirtung. However, with more rain and warm temperatures forecast, it is not known whether […]

Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR08-119, on June 20, the Government of Alberta announced that the public should not use the Gleniffer Lake, including the Red Deer River south of Sundre, while cleanup crews continue to contain and remove the oil spill. Containment booms were to remain on the lake over the […]

Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR08-114, the Daily Gleaner reported that the Nunavut government is sending a crew of geotechnical experts to Pangnirtung to assess the situation; however, they have not been able to fly in due to bad weather. The meltwater-swollen Duvall River, which carved a 10-metre channel through the permafrost […]

Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR08-117, on June 18, the Government of Alberta reported that it has issued an Environmental Protection Order to Pembina Pipeline Corporation to prepare remediation plans for mitigating the effects of the pipeline spill that occurred on June 15 near Sundre. The Order calls for Pembina to develop […]

Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR08-117, the Calgary Herald reported that the Pembina pipeline leak might have spilled 60 percent more oil into the water than first thought, according to Alberta Environment. Pembina, however, indicated that it is standing by its original estimates. The company has started the cleanup and is paying […]

The Government of Alberta announced that a leak was discovered at approximately 22:30 MDT on June 15 at a sweet crude oil pipeline (licensed to Pembina Pipelines), which runs under the Red Deer River, five kilometres north of Sundre.  Although the leak was isolated and the flow stopped, 75–125 barrels of oil leaked from the pipeline. Aerial searches were […]