city's director of water waste and environment

Regina and southern Sask. drying out after rainfall causes flooding

Regina and southern Sask. drying out after rainfall causes flooding

Areas of southern Saskatchewan were inundated with rainfall Monday night. The City of Regina said Tuesday that that 40 to 60 mm of precipitation fell in a "significant rainstorm event." The rainfall had major impacts on underpasses and intersections, causing flooding and road closures. Kurtis Doney, the city's director of water, waste, and environment, said that despite some difficulty motorists had in getting around the city after the rain, the city's infrastructure was holding up. "The flooding will clear as the system allows it to," said Doney. "There may still be some localized areas that need to be addressed because of what storm drains. But in general, 24 hours is what the storm system typically takes to recover."

Testing the waters: Do Regina's asbestos-cement water mains pose a risk?

Testing the waters: Do Regina's asbestos-cement water mains pose a risk?

Snaking beneath Regina's streets are 600 kilometres of water mains built with asbestos-cement. That's about 60 per cent of some 1,000 kilometres of the mains that deliver water to homes around the city. Increasingly, some scientists and communities are questioning the wisdom in having drinking water flowing through pipes constructed from asbestos fibres.