For years residents of Harrietsfield have been unable to drink water from their corroded, contaminated taps. The source of the contamination is now being cleaned up but the need for clean water remains.

City departments suggested an installation of a water pipe system that would cost $21 million.

Halifax MP Andy Fillmore announced a 15-million dollar project on Thursday aimed at cleaning up an area of a now defunct recycling plant.

After years of Harrietsfield, N.S., residents fighting for clean drinking water, the Nova Scotia government has finally stepped in.

Marlene Brown, an outspoken resident says she hopes the meeting will prompt Minister Iain Rankin, along with other politicians, to take action.

The case was handed to the province July but has now been adjourned until June 19.

The ongoing Harrietsfield pollution case is heading to Halifax city hall in hopes of pressuring the municipality to get involved in the cleanup. 

The private prosecution of two companies accused of contaminating drinking water in the Harrietsfield area will now be handled by the province.

For the first time ever in Nova Scotia, a resident is heading to court Wednesday to file a private prosecution against two companies accused of contaminating drinking water in the area.

Marlene Brown is calling on the government to enforce longstanding clean-up orders for a contaminated site after a court challenge against the order was rejected.