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Whale Cove Emergency Water Supply

Sector: Water Supply and Storage • Location: Nunavut, Canada

Source: Infrastructure Canada

Project
Completed

For the past three years, during the summer months, Whale Cove has been under boil water advisories due to high levels of total coliforms detected in the drinking water. The project will install a portable water treatment unit contained in a seacan which will introduce a set of 3 in-line filters into the treatment train. The new treatment plant is in design and will be constructed in 2020/21. At t

Status
Closed
Sector
Water Supply and Storage, Rail, Government
Location
Nunavut, Canada
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Infrastructure Canada

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The project “Whale Cove Emergency Water Supply” is an infrastructure initiative in the Water Supply and Storage sector, located in Nunavut, Canada. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Infrastructure Canada.

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completed

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Closed

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2026-07-22

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For the past three years, during the summer months, Whale Cove has been under boil water advisories due to high levels of total coliforms detected in the drinking water. The project will install a portable water treatment unit contained in a seacan which will introduce a set of 3 in-line filters into the treatment train. The new treatment plant is in design and will be constructed in 2020/21. At that time, the portable water treatment unit will be available as a rapid response to other drinking water emergencies in Nunavut.

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Drinking Water and Wastewater

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Canada

State

Nunavut

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Infrastructure Canada

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Water Supply and Storage, Rail, Government

Article published date

2026-01-18

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