P.A. prepares for incoming oil, still moving past Battlefords
Water utilities in North Battleford and Prince Albert may have to adopt measures to remove oil during the water treatment process.
The blended crude oil that leaked into the North Saskatchewan River from a Husky pipeline north of Maidstone Thursday, July 21 reached the Battlefords late Friday night, according to government officials, and had not yet passed the area Saturday morning.
Wes Kotyk with the Ministry of Environment said crews have re-established a boom at Paynton, initially failing to stop the plume of oil. Another boom was being set up downstream from the Battlefords at Maymont.
Kotyk said Environment Canada was working on creating a model to predict when and where the plume will make its way downstream. It had not yet reached the Borden Bridge, according to the most recent visual reports Saturday morning.