Weyburn Mayor Debra Button confirmed on April 1 that the provincial Ministry of Environment has lifted the Precautionary Drinking Water Advisory for the City of Weyburn.
"I first of all want to thank all of the residents of the city for their patience and cooperation through this difficult period. Our community spirit, more than anything else, allowed us to make it through this problem," said Mayor Button.
"There have been numerous people, from the City, the health region, and the Ministry of Environment, dedicated to working together to develop and execute a plan to lift the advisory as quickly as possible while following the precautions set of by the Ministry of Environment to ensure the health and safety of all those who use the water system," stated Rene Richard, Director of Engineering. "I want to especially thank our own water treatment staff who worked extremely hard under very challenging conditions."
"Since the first of March the tests that have been performed on the drinking water have been clear which shows that our treatment facility has been producing water in compliance with environment regulations since that time", said City Manager Smith.
Public Health Officer Grant Paulson advised there have been no cases of illness due to giardia or cryptosporidium reported in the Sun Country Health Region since the issuance of the advisory.
There will be many opportunities to take the improvements we've achieved at the water treatment plant and continue to add to them as we enhance the performance of the plant to accommodate future growth. We are already looking into adding data control systems as well as a new reservoir in the very near future.
"I can't thank the public enough," reiterated Mayor Button, "and we will continue to strive to provide quality services to our public today and into the future.
Please note - all other customers supplied by the City of Weyburn including the Weyburn Utility Board, the Hamlet of North Weyburn, the Village of McTaggart and Nickle Lake Regional Park are still on a PDWA until required remediation is completed.
For more information contact Rene Richard at the City of Weyburn (848-3200), Grant Paulson at the Sun County Health Region (842-8618), or Kevin O'Neill, Environmental Project Officer at the Ministry of Environment (848-2320).
