The water tower in Walkerton on Tuesday May 12, 2020. (Derek Ruttan/The London Free Press/Postmedia Network) Photo by Derek Ruttan / The London Free Press/Postmedia Network.

It’s been 20 years since a May 2000 E. coli outbreak sparked a drinking-water disaster in the town of Walkerton, ... Three proposed 14-storey towers and a looming water fight.

A water tower near Well 5 where the original water contamination started in Walkerton. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press) Well, it was Canada's worst ever E. coli contamination, wasn't it?

TORONTO - The notorious public health disaster that left seven people dead and thousands sick in Walkerton, Ont., exactly a decade ago also forced Ontario into the vanguard of tap-water safety ...

According to the Canadian Environmental Law Association, the contamination of Walkerton’s municipal water supply — 25 years ago this month — was a wake-up call for citizens and leaders across Canada.