The City of North Battleford’s utilities department has submitted its water quality annual report for 2017 at Tuesday’s Planning Committee meeting at City Hall.
Here is a rundown of the main items from that report, according to the memo submitted for council’s review. The memo, from environmental technologist Jordon Staff to Director of Utilities Stewart Schafer, included the following:
• Water was within compliance of the Water Security Agency (WSA) guidelines in 2017.
• 370 samples, collected as part of routine monitoring of the distribution system, tested negative for total coliforms and E. coli and were above minimum guidelines for chlorine residual.
• One sample tested positive for total coliforms; E. coli was not detected. Test results on repeat samples were negative.
• Average monthly turbidity for Water Treatment Plant No. 1 and F.E. Holiday Plant filters complied with WSA guidelines.
The GE pre-treatment system for removing hydrocarbons at F.E. Holiday was in operation from January to September. The Battleford temporary water line was recommissioned in April, decommissioned in September, and removed.
The City collected 14 sets of samples for hydrocarbon analysis from raw and treated water at F.E. Holiday. All samples were either within guidelines or below detection limits. Monitoring for hydrocarbons at F.E. Holiday has continued, using on-line analytical instruments installed in 2016.
The City installed six pressure monitors throughout the distribution system in 2017; 10 more are to be installed in 2018.
In total, 1.82 million cubic meters of potable water was produced last year from both water treatment plants.
