EDMONTON – Alberta’s energy regulator has ordered an energy company to start trucking water to a family farm where leaking chemicals have contaminated groundwater.
Bonavista Energy bought the plant from Suncor in 2010, well after the leaks began.
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The lawyer for the Saken family near Edson says both companies responsible still have to step up with a long-term solution for the farm.
The Sakens’ wells have been poisoned by a chemical that has leaked for years from a nearby gas plant now owned by Bonavista Energy.
Experts say the water will be tainted for at least a decade, ending the family’s ability to expand or sell their operation.
The energy regulator says Bonavista must come up with a plan to haul enough water for the Sakens and their dairy cattle.
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