Interior Health lifts water-use recommendation for Frederick residents five months after train derailment
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CHERRY CREEK, B.C. — Interior Health has lifted its recommendation that people who live in the community of Frederick on the northern shore of Kamloops Lake need to find another source of water.
In a statement, Interior Health said it has notified people in the community west of Kamloops they can resume drawing water from Kamloops Lake once again. They were told last November to find an alternate source of water after a train carrying aviation fuel derailed near Cherry Creek.
More than 70,00 litres of aviation fuel was spilled, down from previous preliminary estimates of 80,700 litres, along with gypsum.
“BC’s Ministry of Environment and Parks has advised us that clean-up activities in the Frederick area are complete, and subsequent surface water test results have not detected any hydrocarbons or contaminants in the area,” Interior Health medical health officer Dr. Andy Delli-Pizzi said.
