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Asbestos in Water and Asbestos Cement Water Pipes

Asbestos in Water and Asbestos Cement Water Pipes

There are dozens of municipalities across Canada that still use asbestos cement water pipes, servicing homes, businesses and schools. Regina, Saskatchewan has 600 kilometres of asbestos cement water pipes. “These pipes are experiencing more and more failures in recent years and account for almost all of the water main breaks in the city,” reads an NRC report on the matter. The report goes on to refer to asbestos fibres in water as a “health concern.”