Leaking Reservoir in Nunavut

The hamlet of Arviat is scrambling to find ways to conserve water and find new sources of drinking water. The local reservoir’s liner is leaking. To lessen the demand for trucked water, hamlet officials have decided going back to an old-fashioned method of supplying drinking water: cutting ice. The breach in the synthetic liner may be due to repairs from the previous summer. (Was a liner integrity test performed?) New work will be needed this year when the weather warms up.