Roberta Judas. Hello Louisa,

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1 Roberta Judas From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Mark Cliffe-Phillips Tuesday, January 13, :33 PM 'Roberta Judas' FW: Water License Inspection YELLOWKN-# v1-Gameti_Inspection_Form_January_2009.pdf; YELLOWKN-# v1-Gameti_Inspection_Cover_Letter_2008.pdf Mark Cliffe Phillips Regulatory Specialist Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board P.O. Box 32 Wekweeti, NT X0E 1W0 (p) (f) Original Message From: Scott Stewart ainc.gc.ca] Sent: January :24 PM To: Cc: Mark Cliffe Phillips Subject: Water License Inspection Hello Louisa, Attached is a copy of the Inspection Form and a cover letter for the Inspection I conducted in late September. There should not be any surprises as I provided you a hard copy of my notes for the Inspection and we discussed the concerns I had identified on the day of the Inspection. If you have any questions or concerns please contact me. Scott Stewart Water Resource Officer Indian and Northern Affairs Canada South Mackenzie District 140 Bristol Avenue Yellowknife, NT X1A 3T2 Phone: (867) Fax: (867)

2 Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Phone: (867) #16 Yellowknife Airport Fax: (867) Yellowknife, NT X1A 3T2 Unlicensed January 13 th, 2009 Senior Administrative Officer Tlicho Community Government of Gamètì Box 1 Gamètì, NT X0E 1R0 Dear Mrs Wetrade; Re: Community Government of Gameti Water License Inspection A Water Licence Inspection of the Community Government of Gameti was conducted by the Inspector on September 17 th, 2008 with the assistance of Resource Management Officer Jennifer Potten. The attached Inspection form and photographs outline the concerns identified in the Inspection. The spills identified in the Inspection were reported by the community to the NWT Spill Line at (867) The clean up of the spills will be evaluated in the next Inspection in the fall of The community is currently unlicensed but a completed Water License Application has been submitted and it is expected that the community will be issued Water License W2008L early in The Inspector appreciates the community s efforts to obtain a Water License and operate within the parameters of the NWT Waters Act. If you have any questions or concerns please contact me. Sincerely, Original Signed Scott Stewart Water Resource Officer Indian and Northern Affairs Canada cc. Wekeezhii Land and Water Board

3 Indian and Northern Affaires Indiennes Affairs Canada et du Nord Canada MUNICIPAL WATER USE INSPECTION FORM DATE: September 17th, 2008 COMPANY REP: None LICENSEE: Community of Gameti LICENCE #: Unlicensed WATER SUPPLY Source: Rae Lakes Quantity Used: L Indicate: A - Acceptable U - Unacceptable N/A - Not Applicable N/I - Not Inspected Intake Facilities A Storage Structures NA Treatment Systems A Chem. Storage A Flow Meas. Device A Conveyance Lines NA Pumping Stations A The water source for the community is Rae Lakes (Figure 1). The community needs to make sure the daily chlorine levels are recorded for the water trucked to the community. Overall record keeping appears to be good but there are no records in the pump house (Figure 2) for Chlorine levels from September 12 th to 16 th, Please ensure records of free chlorine are kept every day. Chlorine is added as the water is pumped into the truck. WASTE DISPOSAL Sewage Sewage Treatment System (primary, secondary, or tertiary) Secondary Solid Waste Natural Water Body x Continuous Discharge (land or water) land Seasonal Disch. Wetlands Treatment x Trench Owner/Operator: Community of Wekweti Landfill x Burn & Landfill Other Indicate: A - Acceptable U - Unacceptable N/A - Not Applicable N/I - Not Inspected Discharge Quality NI Construction NA Disch. Meas. Dev. NA Freeboard A Decant Structures NA O&M Plan U Dams, Dykes A Seepages A Dyke Inspections A A&R Plan NA Erosion A Spills U Periods of Discharge Seasona; Effluent Discharge Rate NI A couple of large tanks at the landfill (Figure 3) appear to be full of oil mixed with water. The tanks should be pumped into drums and stored on pallets until they can be shipped out for appropriate disposal. The Hamlet needs to do a better job of sorting and burying the municipal waste at the landfill as tires, batteries and household waste are mixed together in the piles of waste (Figure 4). The sewage lagoon is located in the area of the landfill (Figure 5) and is very small with a sandy bottom. There is no visible discharge from the lagoon so it must percolate into the ground. The community expects to have a new lagoon within approximately 2 years. The current lagoon may not effectively meet the community s needs and a new lagoon should allow the community to better manage sewage waste. SURVEILLANCE NETWORK PROGRAM Samples Collected (Hamlet) None (DIAND) SNP NA Signs Posted: SNP None Warning None Record & Reporting Geotechnical Inspection NA NA Non-Compliance of Act of Licence: There are a large number of lead acid batteries scattered around the outside of the Hamlet Garage (Figure 6). These batteries need to be crated so that lead and acid are not leaching onto the ground. Drums of waste oil across from the Hamlet Garage are leaking and there is a significant spill in the area of the waste oil drums (Figure 7). A number of spills that were not reported and have not been cleaned up were visible at the time of the Inspection. Please ensure that spills are reported and cleaned up immediately after they occur. A fresh diesel spill was observed underneath the heating fuel tank (Figure 8) for the Hamlet garage please clean up the spill and submit a spill report to at (867)

4 and the spill must be cleaned up. There also appeared to be a waste oil spill underneath the loader behind the Hamlet garage (Figure 9). Spill reports should be filed and the contaminated soil should be cleaned up immediately. The Inspector is pleased that the community has applied for a Water License and anticipates that the concerns identified in the community will diminish with each Inspection. It is expected that over the next couple of years the community will achieve an acceptable level of compliance with the terms and conditions of the anticipated Water License. Inspector=s Signature Original Signed

5 Figure 1. The freshwater intake on the edge of Rae Lakes in the Community of Gameti. Figure 2. The pumphouse on Snare Lake at the Charter Community of Wekweti.

6 Figure 3. Some metal waste is mixed in with household garbage an area that can be improved. Figure 4. The Hamlet of Gameti needs to improve waste segregation at the landfill.

7 Figure 5. The discharge point into the Gameti sewage lagoon. Figure 6. The community of Gameti needs to improve management of hazardous waste like lead acid batteries.

8 Figure 7. The Hamlet needs to do a better job managing waste oil and lead acid batteries. Figure 8. An unreported spill of diesel fuel was observed behind the Hamlet garage.

9 Figure 9. The Hamlet of Gameti needs to report spills when they occur and clean them up immediately.