Water Security

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After low rainfall and snowfall in 2019, Lake Geraldine fell to record low levels, prompting the City of Iqaluit to file for an emergency water license amendment in order to begin pumping water from Apex River and Unnamed Lake to supplement the city’s water reservoir. On Aug. 12, Carolyn Bennett, Canada’s Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, approved the amendment.

On October 1, 2019, after 37 days of emergency pumping, Iqaluit's Lake Geraldine reservoir was filled.  At the same city council meeting that the announcement was made, Counsellor Romeyn Stevenson noted that although the water shortage problem may be solved this year, the city isn’t in the clear yet, “We’re still at that level where a major water leak or some kind of water incident, or drought—like we had this year—could cause water issues.”

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