REGINA — The City of Regina is retracting information released on Monday suggesting wastewater was dumped into Wascana Creek.
On Wednesday, the city said the information about 1.3 megalitres of wastewater being dumped into the creek from the Garnet Street wastewater lift station was inaccurate.
“As we were going through our storm response we received some high alarms indicating that a bypass [of wastewater] was imminent and we provided some calculations for the duration of that alarm period and that was the information that we put out in terms of what an estimated bypass would be,” said Carolyn Kalim, City of Regina director of water, waste and environment.
However, Kalim said as their system calmed down, the city identified that the wastewater managed to stay within the wastewater system.
“So there was no error with the information or the system of the way it distributes the information. It was more so working through and actually having the time to go through and confirm that there was capacity in the system.”
Kalim said this system is new, and the city plans to continue refining how and when information is provided.
“We know that wastewater discharges can be stressful for people hearing about them, as we want that information out as quickly as possible.”
The city had planned to conduct sampling of the creek, but Kalim said there is now “no direct impact on contamination” from the wastewater.
Meanwhile, Regina is still getting an accurate measure of how much rain fell over the weekend.
The storm caused massive flooding, including temporarily closing Ring Road near the Ross Avenue overpass.
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