VANCOUVER – Organizers of this weekend’s Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver say a sewage leak into False Creek the place the races are held received’t have a significant impact on the occasion.
The leak from a pipe below Olympic Village resulted in uncooked sewage gushing by way of the neighbourhood, then pouring into the waterway.
Dragon Boat BC says in an announcement that it decided the “pipe break” wouldn’t have any vital impression on the races, after consultations with Metro Vancouver, the City of Vancouver and Vancouver Coastal Health.
Lorn Carter, a supervisor of sewer collections with Metro Vancouver, instructed a information convention that the leak had been stopped and employees have been cleansing up the mess.
Carter says his workforce responded to the positioning at about 8 a.m. and shortly managed to isolate the issue pipe.
Organizers of the annual competition that pulls tens of hundreds of spectators and racers say there will be hand-wash stations and cellular showers “to help put racer’s minds at ease” concerning the leak.
The Dragon Boat Festival’s Dominic Lai says they’re delighted North America’s largest occasion marking the normal Chinese vacation will proceed as deliberate.
“Obviously, this isn’t something that we hope ever happens. But when it does, it’s really good to see all the different departments coming together to provide that support and to ensure that we can celebrate our community together,” Lai mentioned at Thursday’s information convention.
Carter mentioned the quantity of the sewage leak was unclear.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed June 20, 2024.
