Important clarification regarding the recent announcement about compliance issues at the Mattagami Water Pollution Control Plant, made more than two years ago between 2018-2023.

Here’s what you need to know:

• The Mattagami Water Pollution Control Plant treats wastewater (i.e. sewage). It does NOT supply drinking water.
• The intake for the city’s drinking water is located upstream from the wastewater facility.
• Wastewater is not drinking water.
• At NO time was the city’s drinking water impacted by these concerns
• Over the last 4 years, the city’s average drinking water inspection rating was 95%.

The City took immediate corrective action, and all wastewater concerns associated with the Mattagami Water Pollution Control Plant were promptly resolved in 2023.

Both the drinking water system and the wastewater collection annual reports are made public for transparency: https://www.timmins.ca/our_services/water_and_sewer/water_compliance_reports