May take decades to get it clean Wascana Creek One of the ‘Most Polluted Creeks in the Country’
REGINA — There’s something in the water downstream of Wascana Creek and it may take decades to get it clean. Two recent studies published in the Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry journal revealed Wascana Creek is swimming with chemicals and nutrients.
“What they found in a nutshell is that Wascana Creek is one of the most polluted creeks in the country,” said Peter Leavitt, a biologist at the University of Regina. “It has concentrations of various forms of nitrogen that are well-above the World Health Organization maximum.”
The study of Regina’s effluent-dominated streams presents some startling findings about the poor water quality in Wascana Creek based on four surveys conducted from 2005 to 2007.
Part one of the study found very high ammonia and phosphate concentrations, both of which exceeded guidelines.
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