A TransGas project in Saskatchewan will go ahead as planned, despite efforts by Grandora-area residents to halt it.
Eighty residents filed a statement of claim in March asking for an injunction against TransGas, claiming its project was reducing water well levels and quality.
In a written decision, justice Allisen Rothery of the Court of Queen’s Bench refused the injunction on the grounds that the project was not causing the residents irreparable harm.
She sided with the company’s claim that TransGas would take a larger financial hit than the residents if the project shut down.
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Marj Stevens of the Grandora and area water committee said a community meeting is planned for May 15 to discuss further action. The group will be seeking those interested in joining a class action suit against TransGas.
“We feel we have a very good case,” she said.
Her group continues to monitor well water levels, which are down at many sites, she said.
The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority authorized TransGas to pump 6.4 million litres of water daily from the local Tyner aquifer, beginning in August 2004.
TransGas halted the project for three months in December, and started again March 16.
The flushing of the first two underground caverns will likely be finished by summer. Then TransGas will begin the same procedure on an additional two caverns, which is expected to take another 18 months.
