City of Iqaluit wants to continue pumping water from Apex River until 2026 – Nunatsiaq News

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February 18, 2019

Nunavut Impact Review Board seeks public comment

The City of Iqaluit is looking to continue pumping water from Apex River each summer to top up the Lake Geraldine water reservoir.

The plan is for this to happen every year until the summer of 2026.

To begin the process of obtaining regulatory permission to do this, the city needs the Nunavut Impact Review Board to gather public feedback on the project until March 7 for a future screening decision.

The city plans to “conduct water transfer via pumping” from the Apex River to the Lake Geraldine Reservoir to meet the City of Iqaluit’s water requirements, every summer from July until freeze-up.

Read More: https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/city-of-iqaluit-wants-to-continue-pumping-water-from-apex-river-until-2026/

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