Regina citizens launch campaign to mitigate lead exposure in children
Get The Lead Out will be pressing city council before the budget meeting on Wednesday for free replacement water as a temporary solution.
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Get The Lead Out will be pressing city council before the budget meeting on Wednesday for free replacement water as a temporary solution.
A lack of trust in the City of Regina has local residents and community associations taking the safety of residents into their own hands.
Regina / 980 CJME May 27, 2021 | 2:34 PM Residents in Regina’s Cathedral neighbourhood are concerned by city council’s decision to walk back its five-year deadline to replace the city’s remaining lead water service connections. About 3,600 of those connections exist, mostly in older neighbourhoods including Cathedral. Council voted Wednesday to replace them in 15 years, a longer timeline than the five-year plan approved in 2019. “We feel like that pushing back the timeline further downplays the health implications and the urgency that this needs to be dealt with,” said Casey Peart, ...
Several Regina community associations are pushing the City of Regina to replace lead pipes in the city as soon...
A city report recommends taking 15 years due to traffic and road replacement concerns.