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"For most of Dean Morgan's 67-year life, he wasn't able to drink clean water in
his home.
"It's just like a real slime…. It was like what they called beaver fever
water."
Sometimes, he would go to the creek near his home on IR #1 of St'uxwtéws
(Bonaparte First Nation) to grab jugs of water because it was cleaner and safer
than the water he was able to get from his taps.
Morgan and his brother used to take containers of the murky water to the chief
and council and to federal representatives to ask if they would be willing to
drink that.
For more than four decades, parts of his community dealt with on-and-off boil
water advisories. In Canada, the federal government has committed to ending
long-term drinking water advisories.
Indigenous Services Canada says 146 advisories have been lifted since 2015, but
32 remain in place.
Since 2020, St'uxwtéws near Cache Creek has been able to get more than $14
million in funding from Indigenous Services Canada to put in water treatment
plants.
The 264 on-reserve members live in three reserves in the community, meaning it
took time for all the homes to be hooked up to effective water treatment
systems.
This summer, the nation was able to hook up the final two of four water
treatment plants needed to ensure all three of its reserves have clean, safe
drinking water."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
