This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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Residents of Montreal’s South Shore municipality with a population of 230,000, Longueuil, are still deprived of drinkable tap water after a waste water treatment plant generator spilled diesel into the St. Lawrence River. According to the advisory issued by the officials, residents in Saint-Hubert, Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Bruno and Boucherville are asked to avoid using the tap water.
The diesel spill sent 28,000 litres of fuel into the sewage system that eventually beleaguered the St. Lawrence River pm Wednesday. Longueuil Mayor, Caroline St-Hilaire, mentioned on late Thursday afternoon that “we got preliminary test results and confirm that there is a presence of hydrocarbon. We will continue to keep advisory in effect.” The advisory issued on late Thursday morning is still intact and will remain until further notice. According to the officials, the advisory was issued after residents complained about their water smelling like gas.
Public health officials have assured that chance of anyone getting sick as a result of ingesting the water is very low. Director of public health in the Montérégie, Jean Rodrigue, mentioned that “diesel is a very volatile product that thankfully … dissipates and dissolves very quickly. We can smell it — even at very low doses — but it takes much higher concentrations for someone to get sick from ingesting it.” Rodrigue stated that “those who are more sensitive may feel side-effects such as nausea, vomiting, headaches or dizziness. Only a small part of the population will feel any side effects — a very, very, very limited number of people.”
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