Schnitzer Fire and Drinking Water Quality Test Results

The Regional District of Nanaimo has received correspondence from the Medical Health Officer (attached) that Island Health has reviewed the test-results for drinking water wells within the immediate vicinity of the Schnitzer Steel operation in Cassidy, following a fire at the site on September 10, 2020.


Island Health’s Medical Health Officers and Environmental Health team have determined the chemical results are safely within the maximum allowable concentrations set in the Canadian Drinking Water Guidelines.

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