Fuel Smell Returns to Iqaluit’s Water

The City of Iqaluit, Canada is distributing water from Sylvia Grinnell River Monday in response to complaints that the smell of fuel has returned to the city’s treated water, according to Nunatsiaq News.

Reports about a fuel smell in the water began to emerge on the evening of Jan. 13. The city confirmed later that day that trace amounts of fuel had entered the water distribution system on Monday and Wednesday.

The amounts were well below national healthy drinking water guidelines, according to news releases from the city and Nunavut Department of Health.

It’s been just over one month since Nunavut’s chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, lifted an advisory to not consume Iqaluit’s tap water.