Creighton’s drinking water is just fine.
That was the message town council received at their meeting last week as the Drinking Water Quality and Compliance annual report indicated all areas are good.
“As far as quality goes, we’re well under the standards set by the government,” said town foreman Bruce Brown. “Everything rounds out pretty normal. The numbers don’t change much year to year.”
Brown’s report showed that Creighton’s chlorine limit ranged between 0.5 and 1.63 mg/l. Saskatchewan requires chlorine samples to be no less than .1 mg/l.
Brown submitted 53 tests in 2014 – one more than the required 52 tests – with a report showing 100 per cent adequate chlorine.
“If it were to drop below 0.1 we would have to phone the Water Security Agency and then do a follow-up within half an hour to check if it was a glitch,” said Brown.
Hasn’t happened
He says that has never happened in Creighton.
“We’ve never had a precaution of any kind with our water,” said Brown. “We’ve never had a problem with the water quality.”
Creighton opened its water treatment plant in 1993 at a cost of $1.3 million. Across the border, Flin Flon’s water treatment plant opened in 2013.
Also at last week’s town council meeting, council approved three new expenditures:
• $10,000 to assist with operating costs at the Creighton Community Centre.
• $5,000 to purchase two 40-foot sea cans, which will be used to collect and store recyclables at the Creighton landfill.
• $2,793 for a new 100,000 BTU Trane Furnace for the Centennial Building.
