Councillor Update: Richmond well water

In response to the CTV News coverage of localized contamination of well water of some residents on Royal York Street, I want to provide an update to the village to address concerns that have been raised.

Firstly, contamination of a small number of wells on Royal York Street is localized to this immediate area. There has been no indication or reason to believe that the water in Richmond is unsafe.

I have met several times with the impacted residents over the past several months, including meeting with City Staff from Ottawa Public Health and the Infrastructure & Water Services Department.

City Staff as well as an inspector from the Ministry of the Environment have visited the impacted properties in addition to reviewing all records pertaining to the water condition and sanitary sewer system. Following this investigation, no concerns were raised regarding the safety of Richmond’s drinking water.

The City will be conducting further inspections on the impacted wells to determine the cause of this localized contamination.

Additionally, a statement with information from City staff is available here: https://www.ward21.ca/.../information-regarding-well...

For residents who are interested, free water testing kits are available at King’s Independent grocer. Residents are encouraged to test their drinking water regularly as a standard best practice. For more information regarding well water testing, please visit: https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/.../free-well-water...

There is no further information available at this time. When additional information becomes available, I will provide this information. If you have additional questions, please reach out to my office directly at Ward21@ottawa.ca