$3.3 million settlement reached from city’s cryptosporidium case
It has been 15 years since the city was shook by a parasitic water contamination, yet the effects are still being felt.
In 2001 the parasite cryptosporidium was leaked into North Battleford drinking water causing an estimated 5,800 to 7,100 residents to fall ill in the Battlefords area.
City manager, Jim, Puffalt, addressed council about the latest class action settlement during the meeting Monday night. The settlement was signed in late September and given conditional approval in October of this year.
Puffalt said the outbreak mainly affected the elderly, those with compromised immune systems and the young.