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A fuel spill in Alberta had a number of people in Saskatchewan watching the South Saskatchewan River this weekend.
On Thursday night, about 800 litres of diesel fuel spilled into the river near Medicine Hat, according to Leah Clark with the Water Security Agency (WSA). She said the agency was informed by Alberta’s environmental agency.
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Clark said they had people working on the situation, and given the quantity of the spill and the volume of the river, there was no risk to human health by the time the fuel got to the Saskatchewan border.
The WSA told communities along the river what happened proactively so they could make their own decisions.
The Town of Leader posted to its Facebook page on Friday afternoon, letting its residents know what happened. It said the affected water was expected to reach its intake point on Sunday, but that its reservoir was full and it wouldn’t need to draw any more water from the river until the contaminant had passed.
Clark said the water would take between four and eight days to reach Lake Diefenbaker.
The City of Saskatoon said the spill would have no impact on the city’s supply of drinking water.
Saskatoon’s director of water safety Russ Munro confirmed on Monday that the spill is not a risk to public safety in Saskatoon and its drinking water.
— with files from 650 CKOM’s Mia Holowaychuk
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