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Oil spills happening at a rate of about 2 per day in Saskatchewan: researcher
A researcher says oil spills are happening at a rate of about two per day in Saskatchewan.
University of Regina researcher Emily Eaton runs an independent website that tracks oil impact. Eaton said that there have been 8,000 spills in Saskatchewan since 2006 (about 17 per cent involved Husky Energy).
Smaller pipelines, she said, are the provincial government's responsibility.
"The province should and could do a lot more," said Eaton.
Eaton said the province does not have enough inspectors.
The reason most of the spills do not get the sort of attention this latest Husky Energy spill into the North Saskatchewan River is receiving, according to Eaton, is that they happen in the oil patch.
"A lot of these spills are smaller than this current one, the Husky one…they often spill into farmer's fields in rural oil producing areas," she said.
"Many spills like this are happening everyday across the province without any awareness from the public."
While Eaton questions whether an oil spill can ever effectively be cleaned up, in the case of many of the spills in this province, industry fails to even go through the motions. Eaton said she has spoken to a number of landowners about their experience with spills.
"A lot of them are very frustrated; some of them have been waiting for remediation and cleanup for decades sometimes."
Eaton is not alone is casting a critical eye on oil spills.
Oil spills happening at a rate of about 2 per day in Saskatchewan: researcher - Saskatoon - CBC News
Oil spills happening at a rate of about 2 per day in Saskatchewan: researcher
A researcher says oil spills are happening at a rate of about two per day in Saskatchewan.
University of Regina researcher Emily Eaton runs an independent website that tracks oil impact. Eaton said that there have been 8,000 spills in Saskatchewan since 2006 (about 17 per cent involved Husky Energy).
Smaller pipelines, she said, are the provincial government's responsibility.
"The province should and could do a lot more," said Eaton.
Eaton said the province does not have enough inspectors.
The reason most of the spills do not get the sort of attention this latest Husky Energy spill into the North Saskatchewan River is receiving, according to Eaton, is that they happen in the oil patch.
"A lot of these spills are smaller than this current one, the Husky one…they often spill into farmer's fields in rural oil producing areas," she said.
"Many spills like this are happening everyday across the province without any awareness from the public."
While Eaton questions whether an oil spill can ever effectively be cleaned up, in the case of many of the spills in this province, industry fails to even go through the motions. Eaton said she has spoken to a number of landowners about their experience with spills.
"A lot of them are very frustrated; some of them have been waiting for remediation and cleanup for decades sometimes."
Eaton is not alone is casting a critical eye on oil spills.
Oil spills happening at a rate of about 2 per day in Saskatchewan: researcher - Saskatoon - CBC News
