Kitchener water pumping station remains offline following explosion
Posted Apr 3, 2014 12:55:55 PM.
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A water pumping station on Greenbrook Drive and Stirling Ave in Kitchener is still offline following an explosion yesterday.Due to an integrated system – water quality and quantity will not be affected for residents in the area.
Investigators are now able to re-enter the facility – the building did sustain damage to its sides and a section of the roof.
Nancy Kodousek is the Director of water services at the Region of Waterloo.
“We are going into the building to investigate the status of the structure, and it’s still ongoing, the investigation so we have no conclusions to report, yet.”
Kitchener Fire Chief Tim Beckett tells 570 news that a chemical reaction caused the blast.
Although there is no confirmation, its believed ammonia was somehow mixed with chlorine.
No one was injured including one person who was inside the plant at the time.
