TPW has significantly improved conditions at the site over the past four 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. Last year's pilot dredge testing verified that this scientific and technical method was successful. Earlier this year 14 of 52 containers of contaminated soil, which came from nearby properties were sent to Quebec for destruction. This site is optimized for 800x600 resolution Copyright Province of Nova Scotia.