Save Kississing Lake – stop acid mine drainage

HERRIDON, MB – A small northwestern Manitoba community has launched a public appeal to urge the Province of Manitoba to stop contamination of a pristine fishing lake, the pride of Sherridon and centre of the local economy.

Acidic water laced with heavy metals from a Province of Manitoba mine remediation project has been contaminating Kississing Lake with cadmium, aluminum, copper, zinc and iron concentrations in excess of Canadian Water Quality Standards for years. Sept 2024 samples show pH 5.86 at the discharge point from Camp Lake, where millions of tonnes of sulfide-bearing mine tailings are submerged. A spring 2024 sample was pH 4.91, well below the water quality environmental standards for Canada. Discharge of wastewater pH below 5.0 is subject to criminal charges in the USA.

Sherridon’s Mayors and concerned citizens have been appealing to every Manitoba and Canadian government authority to take action, to isolate the brown-orange water of Camp Lake and prevent further damage downstream. The community has been raising funds to get the word out, to compel action to save Kississing Lake.

Source: Canada Newswire