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An oily plastic container was at the heart of Sachs Harbour's water contamination this spring

An oily plastic container was at the heart of Sachs Harbour's water contamination this spring

An oily container confused for a clean one is what left half of Sachs Harbour, N.W.T., without usable tap water for a month this past spring, according to government emails obtained by CBC. On March 23, a do not consume advisory was issued from the territory's chief environmental health officer after the smell of fuel and an oily sheen was found in water deliveries, according to a news release at the time.