Kristen Villebrun and Wendy Bush hoped they wouldn't have to pray for Chedoke Creek, but four years after they first raised alarm about the water's condition, they were part of an Indigenous full moon ceremony to do just that. About 50 people showed up near Princess Point on the dark and frigid Monday evening for the monthly ceremony, which was particularly special as it focused on Chedoke Creek. The body of water that runs into Cootes Paradise had about 24 billion litres of sewage and storm water runoff leak into it due to a gate being left open.
July 19th, 2022, was the high water mark for West Nipissing residents’ water usage. On that day, 6,764 cubic meters, which is about 7.7 million liters flowing at 8,034 liters per minute, was used. May, June and July are the months with the highest daily average of treated water use. For example, in July, 7,358 cubic meters is treated daily. In October, that number falls to 3,530 cubic meters.
