Drinking Water Safety Program

The First Nations & Inuit Health Branch and Kwadacha First Nation signed a contract in June 2002 to develop a community-based water quality monitoring program, in consultation with Environmental Health Services.

A designate carries out and maintains a water sampling program utilizing a community based portable microbiological lab. The water monitor is responsible for collecting samples on a regular and frequent basis, maintaining sampling records, shipping samples to designated laboratories, receiving, recording and reporting all results to EHS.