June 26, 2006
 

Regulator Confirms Water Quality Issues Near Asquith Unrelated To TransGas Cavern Development
 

The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority (SWA) has confirmed that water quality issues raised by two landowners in the Asquith area are unrelated to activities surrounding the TransGas Natural Gas Storage Development Project.

Media reports May 25/26, 2006, indicated that two landowners near Asquith area were experiencing water quality problems, which they believed may have been caused by TransGas cavern mining operations.

Upon notification of these concerns, TransGas immediately contacted the project regulator, the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority, which conducted testing on-site. Preliminary indications from the SWA found no linkages to TransGas’ project development operations. This has now been confirmed by the SWA and the Saskatchewan Research Council through analysis of water chemistry from the impacted wells. SWA has indicated the problems may be more local in nature and related to the performance of the wells on the two properties. The Watershed Authority continues to work with the affected landowners
 
Copies of the water analysis report are available by contacting TransGas or the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority. 

For more information, please contact:

Dave Burdeniuk
Manager, Communications
TransGas/SaskEnergy
Phone: (306) 777-9842 or (306) 535-6569