The Walkerton tragedy is a testimony of undeniable operation negligence and government policy deficiency. Due to improper practices, over 2300 individuals became a victim of the lethal waterborne disease originating from E.coli contamination. After becoming informed of the tragedy and current water quality situation that Canada is in, 70% of Canadians are currently apprehensive about their water quality (XXX). In response to this catastrophic event, major changes and regulations were established concerning water quality all across the country. However, Canada has not yet implemented sufficient operations to ensure all Canadians have access to safe drinking water in addition to preventing similar future events.
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The majority of Canada’s population is concentrated in the southern part of the country and 40% of the country’s population reside in Ontario alone (Stats can__). Therefore, a large proportion of the remaining Canadian population abide in smaller communities. The statement made by the article challenges the level of training and conduct in other small scale communities similar to Walkerton. Considering the main cause of the Walkerton tragedy is merely negligence due to lack of training, it can be concluded that the smaller cities and towns across Canada suffer from a higher risk of this same negligence. Corresponding to the issue that, “20-40% of rural wells have nitrate concentrations or coliform bacteria counts,” (__) which poses a threat to the general public’s health. Ontario has responded to this situation by incorporating a higher degree of engineering involvement, additional rigorous inspection, perform operator certification and preparation, adding reporting rules for water quality testing labs, etc. Sadd Jasim, the first CEO of the Walkerton Clean Water Center (WCWC) believes that, “improved regulatory regime, coupled with mandatory training and …show more content…
The aboriginal people are severely neglected of basic water treatment needs “as of April 30th 2010, there were 116 First Nations communities across Canada under a drinking water advisory” (_). As noted previously, Canada does not follow a national standard for drinking water which results in First Nations being susceptible to water-associated diseases, and reliance in insufficient water accessibility, such as boil water reservoirs. Due to the negligence of accountability for the First Nation’s origin of drinking water, a similar event to the Walkerton event, occurred in a First Nation community in Northern Ontario called Kashechewan. This small community was exposed to E.coli contaminated water 5 years after the Walkerton incident. In consequence of Kashechewan’s critical situation, over 75% of the residences were evacuated. Regardless of previous precautions and the implementation of the Protocol for Safe Drinking Water for First Nation Communities, “36% of these communities still; do not have any level of certification for water system operators “ (__). The federal government must make urgent advancement in order to develop support and provide the compulsory resources to cultivate safe drinking water. Additionally, the First nations must participate in the development of the drinking water legislation, otherwise the policies that are
Canada does not act in accordance …show more content…
The majority of Canada’s population is concentrated in the southern part of the country and 40% of the country’s population reside in Ontario alone (Stats can__). Therefore, a large proportion of the remaining Canadian population abide in smaller communities. The statement made by the article challenges the level of training and conduct in other small scale communities similar to Walkerton. Considering the main cause of the Walkerton tragedy is merely negligence due to lack of training, it can be concluded that the smaller cities and towns across Canada suffer from a higher risk of this same negligence. Corresponding to the issue that, “20-40% of rural wells have nitrate concentrations or coliform bacteria counts,” (__) which poses a threat to the general public’s health. Ontario has responded to this situation by incorporating a higher degree of engineering involvement, additional rigorous inspection, perform operator certification and preparation, adding reporting rules for water quality testing labs, etc. Sadd Jasim, the first CEO of the Walkerton Clean Water Center (WCWC) believes that, “improved regulatory regime, coupled with mandatory training and …show more content…
The aboriginal people are severely neglected of basic water treatment needs “as of April 30th 2010, there were 116 First Nations communities across Canada under a drinking water advisory” (_). As noted previously, Canada does not follow a national standard for drinking water which results in First Nations being susceptible to water-associated diseases, and reliance in insufficient water accessibility, such as boil water reservoirs. Due to the negligence of accountability for the First Nation’s origin of drinking water, a similar event to the Walkerton event, occurred in a First Nation community in Northern Ontario called Kashechewan. This small community was exposed to E.coli contaminated water 5 years after the Walkerton incident. In consequence of Kashechewan’s critical situation, over 75% of the residences were evacuated. Regardless of previous precautions and the implementation of the Protocol for Safe Drinking Water for First Nation Communities, “36% of these communities still; do not have any level of certification for water system operators “ (__). The federal government must make urgent advancement in order to develop support and provide the compulsory resources to cultivate safe drinking water. Additionally, the First nations must participate in the development of the drinking water legislation, otherwise the policies that are