Indigenous water solutions: 2 steps forward, 1 step back – CBC

‘We will get there,’ Bennett says of 5-year plan to provide drinkable tap water to all communities

Feb 15, 2017

Cleaning up drinking water in Indigenous communities appears to be a case of two steps forward, one step back, according to new government numbers.

There are 71 long-term drinking water advisories — in existence for a year or more — in First Nations communities across Canada.

Since November 2015, 18 such warnings have been lifted, allowing the communities to drink their tap water.

But 12 advisories have been added, according to figures provided by the Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs.