Water Watch
HANDOUT 10

Ontario admits role in deaths

Water guidelines not followed
in Walkerton
pollution tragedy,
minister says

Change these indirect reports to direct quotations

  1. The ontario government admitted that it violated its own guidelines. It failed to tell health officials about water contamination.

    The ontario government said, "We ".
  2. The Ontario government admitted it had known for at least six years that Walkerton had problems with its water supply.

    The Ontario government said, "We ".
  3. The Ontario Ministry of the Environment admitted it had made recommendations for the Walkerton Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to fix the problems but did not go back to check if the PUC followed through on the recommendations.

    The Ontario ministry said, "We ".