A boil water advisory has been issued for over 200,000 people in Halifax after a power outage at the Pockwock Lake treatment facility caused a temporary lack of chlorine disinfection. Halifax Water is working to resolve the issue and lift the advisory, urging residents to boil tap water for at least one minute before consumption.
HALIFAX — A boil water advisory affecting more than 200,000 people has been issued for parts of the Halifax region — for the second time in less than seven months — after a power interruption at a major water treatment facility.
"This was unfortunate timing. We are actually only a few days away from completing the installation of a system that would chlorinate water without power," Smith said in an interview Tuesday. That upgrade was recommended after a power failure at the same facility led to a boil water advisory last summer.
The boil water advisory is in effect for Halifax and the surrounding suburbs of Beaver Bank, Middle and Lower Sackville, Upper Hammonds Plains, Bedford, Fall River, Timberlea, Spryfield and Herring Cove. "Your water is safe to drink if you boil it. You do not have to go to the grocery store to grab bottled water," Smith said.
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