http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/energy-east-pipeline-spill-could-affect-drinking-water-warn-teachers
Energy East pipeline spill could affect drinking water, warn teachers
Presse Canadienne
Published on: May 26, 2016 | Last Updated: May 26, 2016 1:30 PM EDT
Water treatment teachers say they fear for the supply of drinking water
to several municipalities in Quebec in the event of a major spill from
the Eastern Energy pipeline.
The majority of wastewater treatment plants in the metropolitan area
have no spare water intake, in case of such an event, and they have only
a supply of water for 12 to 16 hours, the teachers stressed Thursday at
a press conference in Montreal.
The teaching staff of the National Centre therapy training water of the
Commission scolaire des Trois-Lacs is one of two centres specializing in
this field in Quebec. It produced a 40-page draft on the Energy East
TransCanada pipeline, evaluating what would be the impact on drinking
water from a potential major oil spill.
Guy Coderre, one of the presenters , did not pull any punches, saying
the “flushgate” in Montreal — which concerned only the discharge of
waste water, not drinking water — the Saguenay flood and drinking water
problems experienced in the wake of the tragedy of Lac-Mégantic would be
nothing compared to what might happen to the water supply in case of a
major spill of East Energy pipeline.
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