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Solutions are slow to come for water crisis plaguing Quebec's Nunavik region
Nunavik's aging water infrastructure from the 1990s and climate-driven weather cause chronic shortages, with 13 shortages reported in 2022 alone, officials said.
- On Nov. 22, 2025, The Canadian Press reported chronic water shortages in Nunavik, where lack of access repeats year after year north of the 55th parallel.
- Labour shortages and high costs mean permafrost prevents underground systems, while ageing 1990s equipment and more violent weather increase frozen pipes; Hossein Shafeghati estimates upgrades cost about $2 billion.
- Most communities pump river water to a treatment station, then tanker trucks refill home reservoirs while wastewater is trucked away to natural purification basins.
- Puvirnituq faced months without consistent water after a March blizzard froze a water main, and the municipal council declared a state of emergency, with Napartuk stating, `The water crisis, the state of emergency, that was the worst we had.`
- The Société du Plan Nord will publish a feasibility report on underground pipes, while officials say two upcoming reports will outline solutions for Nunavik’s water system.
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How constant water shortages compromise health care in Quebec's Nunavik region
Nunavik doctors are calling on authorities to improve the region's fragile water infrastructure. In the meantime, health workers get creative to provide care in an environment plagued by water shortages, from waterless childbirths to containing the spread of illnesses.
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