Homeowners rally and plead for financial help.
They want the City of Thunder Bay to help them with the repairs to pinhole leaks in their copper piping, which they believe are linked to the introduction of sodium hydroxide in the city water supply.
NOTE: That theory has not been independently verified
Organizer Patty Stadnyk was asked whether she’ll look into legal action.
“I don’t have time for that, I’m a senior citizen! I want to go to a beach, I want to be warm, This is not what we want to do. What we want is accountability, some answers to the problem and for it to be fixed,” stresses Stadnyk.
Stadnyk notes some people have sunk as much as $80,000 into their homes.
Fellow protestor Milka Bilcowski wonders why we pay taxes: “Why do we pay taxes? We all pay taxes. City Hall if you don’t want to pay for everything, [that’s fine, at least cover] some percentage [of the repairs]” remarks Bilcowski.
“Look at all these people here. Probably happened to everybody here. Something has got to be done. The sodium hydroxide problem that [the city] invented into the system doesn’t work,” notes Chris Jarabak.
Jarabak is referencing the introduction by the city of sodium hydroxide in the water supply in 2018 with an aim of reducing lead levels.
City officials aren’t commenting on the group’s claim.
