{"id":46559,"date":"2024-07-01T21:25:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T00:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=46559"},"modified":"2024-07-01T21:25:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T00:25:21","slug":"boil-water-advisory-issued-by-halifax-water-for-hrm-area-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=46559","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Boil water advisory issued by Halifax Water for HRM area communities (Lifted on JULY 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THIS HAS BEEN LIFTED AS OF JULY 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FALL RIVER\/BEAVER BANK\/WINDSOR JUNCTION<\/strong>: A boil water advisory was issued on July 1 afternoon by Halifax Water for several communities in HRM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AMong those are Beaver Bank; Fall River; Windsor Junction; Middle and Lower Sackville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other areas impacted include Hammonds Plains; Halifax; Timberlea; Spryfield; and Herring Cove. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This advisory impacts customers in locations serviced by Halifax Water\u2019s Pockwock Lake Drinking Water Treatment Facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A<strong>DVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Halifax Water is advising that <strong>there is a possibility of unsafe drinking water<\/strong> for customers in the area(s) described in this notice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please use the link below to access an interactive map that can help you determine if your property is within the area impacted by this advisory: (<a href=\"https:\/\/halifaxwater.ca\/water-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/halifaxwater.ca\/water-service<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We advise that impacted customers boil all water for at least 1 minute before using water for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>drinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>preparing infant formula<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>making ice cubes or juices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>washing fruits or vegetables<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cooking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>brushing teeth; or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>any other activity requiring human consumption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This boil water notice will be in effect until further notice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fact sheet on domestic water usage when a boil advisory is in effect can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/halifaxwater.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-04\/Precautionary%20Boil%20Water%20Advisory%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boil Water Advisory Fact Sheet.pdf (halifaxwater.ca) <\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;192&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This boil water order results from a power interruption at the JD Kline (Pockwock) Lake Water Treatment Facility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interruption has allowed a limited amount of unchlorinated water to enter the system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staff are tracking this issue and are working on options to flush this untreated drinking water out of the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;71&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Halifax Water continues to monitor the water quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are closely consulting with Nova Scotia Environment and the Medical Officer of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For updates regarding this boil water advisory, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifaxwater.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.halifaxwater.ca<\/a> or contact our Customer Care Centre at 902-420-9287.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;210&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;148&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;] THIS HAS BEEN LIFTED AS OF JULY 3 FALL RIVER\/BEAVER BANK\/WINDSOR JUNCTION: A boil water advisory was issued on July 1 afternoon by Halifax Water for several communities in HRM. AMong those are Beaver Bank; Fall River; Windsor Junction; Middle and Lower Sackville. Other areas impacted include Hammonds Plains; Halifax; Timberlea; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[10,1216,2,50,45],"class_list":["post-46559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-beaver-bank","tag-boil-water-advisory","tag-fall-river","tag-halifax","tag-halifax-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}