TPW has significantly improved conditions at the site over the past several years and works closely with the Five Island Lake Community Liaison Committee. The mandate of Five Island Lake Community Liaison Committee is to help the community and government exchange information, discuss concerns, and work with government to develop a remediation plan that is environmentally sound, technically viable and acceptable to the community. Since 1994, TPW has collected and contained contaminated soils from the salvage yard. The salvage yard was then capped with clay and gravel to prevent the contaminated soil from washing away and to reduce the amount of groundwater penetrating the site. Contaminated soils were contained from the neighbouring properties and an adjacent brook.
Monitoring wells test groundwater quality in the area.
A boat launch was constructed for boaters of North Bay, and a weir was built as a control structure during the dredging and to discourage boating in the North Bay. The North Bay area is restricted to boaters, swimmers and fishers. Trout, bass, shiners and suckers were caught in the Five Island Lake system and their tissues were analyzed for PCB content. The results will be provided to the Department of Health so that they can revisit the 1994 Health Advisory. It is anticipated that the ban on boating in North Bay will be lifted allowing TPW to open the weir at the downstream end of the bay to boat traffic.