Published: 16 January 2015
CBC News: Early Wednesday morning, 28,000 liters聽of diesel聽from a generator at a Longueuil waste water treatment plant started leaking into the St. Lawrence聽River. The provincial environment ministry was notified just before聽9:30 a.m. ET. Urgence-Environnement officials聽arrived on the scene about six hours after the after the initial leak. The city issued a statement saying the water was safe to drink聽Wednesday聽evening. On Thursday morning, the city issued another statement telling residents in some areas of Longueuil and surrounding communities not to drink the tap water. Longueuil Mayor聽Caroline聽St-Hilaire said the advisory was introduced as a precaution after complaints from residents.听She said there was no indication the water supply was unsafe.听Only traces of contaminant were detected. Read .听
