"We feel the standards and guidelines in place are adequate," he said.īoth ministers said there are good people in place working on the problem.īut the boil water order will stay in effect for several weeks. He said a judicial inquiry will look into that. "We're not here to assess blame," said Buckley Belanger.
The minister of the environment and resource management faced questions about how long his department has known about problems with the water treatment plant in the city and what his department has done about them. "We will come back when we have more time," he said. The minister of health told reporters, "I know people are worried about the safety of their friends and family," but John Nilson said he would have little time to meet with any of those people on this trip. People want to know what happened to their water. Six people are in hospital for treatment of gastroenteritis.Īt the same time, two provincial cabinet ministers got a rough ride from reporters when they held a news conference on Tuesday in North Battleford. Cryptosporidium has been found in the water and hundreds of people have been sick with stomach cramps, fever and diarrhea. In a third case, the parasite may have been a contributing factor. Saskatchewan's chief medical officer of health says cryptosporidium is not implicated in the deaths of two people in North Battleford.