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Corner Brook Mayor says water treatment chemicals are costing 40 per cent more

Corner Brook city council is in this group photo with a blue background. mayor Jim Parsons is sitting on the left and Councillor Charles Pender is standing directly behind him.
Water treatment chemical costs have risen by 40 per cent according to Corner Brook council. Photo provided by the City of Corner Brook.
Tonya Organ - CKVB - • Corner Brook | 03-11-2023
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Corner Brook city hall is looking to create more awareness about water conservation due to increasing costs of treatment chemicals.

The issue was brought up during this week’s council meeting; Mayor Jim Parsons says the cost of chemicals to treat water is going up by 40 percent.

“We did approve a multi-year purchase of chemicals to treat water so every litre of water we save money,” he says. “In past budgets, we approved leak detection but we will have to do so more public awareness of water usage to try and get that down.”

Coun. Charles Pender says the city is lucky that there’s only been one water main leak.

“Leak detection is working and we’ve only had one,” he says. “Those leaks can spill a lot of water into the ground.”

Meanwhile, the city’s water demand decreased in September. 

Listen to CKVB's story from this week's council meeting, as well as stories on Canadians' understandings around consent means, NL farmers having over $40 million in funding over the next five years, and Guy Fawkes night heading to town this Sunday:

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