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Iqaluit’s water is contaminated: This is what it’s like for one teen

Iqaluit’s water is contaminated: This is what it’s like for one teen

Have you ever been told to turn off the tap while brushing your teeth because you’re “wasting water”? For a lot of Canadian kids, the supply of clean water might seem endless. You turn on your tap and it’s just there. But for more than a week now, people in Iqaluit, Nunavut, have not had it so easy when it comes to accessing safe drinking water. The city has been in a state of emergency since Oct. 12, with officials telling residents not to drink the city-supplied water because of a possible contamination.