Two energy companies were fined a total of $1.5-million in Alberta Provincial Court, in connection to a chlorinated water leak back in 2014 that entered a creek and flowed into the North Saskatchewan River.
That’s according to Environment and Climate Change Canada which reports the charges stem from an incident that occurred between March 4th and 6th of 2014, when employees discovered a leak from the fire suppression system at the Gibson Edmonton Terminal.
It was determined the levels of chlorine were harmful to fish.
There was a two-week trial in 2019 where Gibson Energy ULC and GEP ULC were found guilty of permitting a harmful substance enter water frequented by fish and failing to take all reasonable measures as quick as possible to mitigate the situation.
These companies have now been added to the Environmental Offenders Registry.
The North Saskatchewan River contains over 23 different species of fish.