Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 11, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba In John Wiens pours bleach Down Well to purify cleaning up rms water a costly task Ritchott aquifer still contaminated from despite weeks of heavy treatment by Matanle Verhaeghe for the free press the province will spend up to to clean up Wells and an aquifer contaminated with Bac Teri Ridden red River water in the after seven weeks of pumping out Wells and shocking them with tests last week still showed significant Levels of focal Eppli and which causes skin rash the Manitoba emergency manage ment organization announced yester Day its providing Money for the provinces environment department to retest Analyse the results and then pump out the entire water sys its a very expensive but water is crucial to Provin Cial Engineer Don Rocan from our like to see these Wells and the people feel More this is a flood Plain and it will flood about 90 Wells in Grande Pointe and 75 in the rest of the pm of Ritchot were cleared after the initial treat but about 300 Wells in Vermette and Grande Pointe Are still i Tell you should see it after it area resident John Wiens the whole toilet is and that after its Wiens pours a cup of bleach Down his Well every but its Only a temporary fix that lasts a he and his family dont drink the and washing in it has now become even More of a my youngest daughter cant Wash in it at her face Breaks out in a rash All he his Well was flushed and but it didst make much that didst seem to do i think the whole aquifer is Rocan said abandoned Wells in the pm added to the contamination prob Lem because the River water poured into the groundwater through open a Complete re sampling of the water was done a week ago and the water from about 300 Wells failed the recording significant Levels of focal col form and Coli groundwater should not have either of the in a Clear result would be but col form has shown up As High As organisms per 100 Millilitres of water and Coli at More than 200 organisms per 200 High capacity pumps will be needed to get the contaminated water out and the organisms will have to be Neu Rocan Twenty to 30 per cent of the Well water will still be contaminated River water for months you can boil but i recommend people using the water until its been cleaned Rocan area councillor Gord Maconnell said he Doest use the water from his Well at he shocked the Well with chlo Rine and then the province shocked it again with litres of they pumped it in and out and in and out but it didst do any its its just another Hur dle to jump and its a the salvation army has been sup plying the pm with bottled residents have been picking it up at the pm where its stored in a Semi Reeve Bob Stefaniuk said the hard est hit is not experiencing a water problem because it has a Supply that is not from the province recommends against using the contaminated water for Domestic purposes such As washing drinking or about All its Good for at the moment is Flushing the toilet and washing As Long As there also put through a dryer a final Bill for the first round of cleanup is still being but the Cost was Between and for the Grande Pointe area not including staff local drop factory busted free july no 1997 As uprooted another Adf Sponie marijuana growing operation wednesday seizing Worth of plants and Loose using a search View of flyers entered a Home at 17s Ash around 8 and found 55 marijuana along with 78 Grams of dried a Man was arrested and fees charges of Prott Aeton of Mari Juana and Possession for the purple shotguns on playground the police Street gang unit ered tits sawed off shut pcs from a Eity playground wednesday night after receiving a at around a caller told police the weapons would be found hid Den in a playground at the Corner of Ellen Avenue and Pacific police spokesman Carl Shier said officers dont yet know where the weapons earns neither Shotgun was 1997 Neon highline 22c Center j 14 dual airbags 299 Down overstocked 5 million Stock to choose from Iii Mac taxes included f in me on select models riot exactly As illustrated 1997 intrepid 22c Power windows locks Power trunk 6 Efi til to 1997 caravan grand caravan Sele is sport models 1 Gold key 30 Low 97 Neon s299 s299 taxes plus 1st payment no one of the Best on Regent West 4e5 member of the Gauthier automotive group 9 am 9 pm new service hours am pm Jim Gauthier Chev Olds Cadillac Manitoba largest pm dealer 1400 Mcphillips 400 96 Cavalier 4 automatic 7 to choose from 96 Ciera 4 loaded 3 to choose from 995 Ilia la 96 Cadillac Deville 4 to choose from 281915 hours it 830 pm service Dpi open 9 am2 pm Home of the big member of the Gauthier automotive group Aller join us saturday for a free 00 ;