Boil water notice in effect for parts of Halifax, surrounding area
CTV
Halifax Water is warning residents there is a possibility of unsafe drinking water in areas within the Halifax Regional Municipality, and are advising its residents to boil all water for consumption and use for at least one minute.
Halifax Water said the notice is in effect for people using the Pockwock Lake Drinking Water Facility. These include residents in Beaver Bank, Middle and Lower Sackville, Hammonds Plains, Bedford, Halifax, Timberlea, Spryfield and Herring Cove areas.
The province issued an emergency alert at 8:49 p.m., stating that those drinking from the facility should boil their drinking water for at least one minute.
According to Halifax Water, the boil water advisory is due a power interruption at the JD Kline (Pockwock) Lake Water Treatment Facility,” and that a limited amount of unchlorinated water has entered the system.
