Yellowknife boil-water advisory lifted after 32 days
Homes and businesses told to run all cold water faucets for 1 minute before use
The City of Yellowknife has confirmed that its new $32.5 million water treatment plant is up and running.
The N.W.T.'s chief public health officer lifted a boil-water advisory for Yellowknife, Ndilo and Dettah this afternoon after reviewing water treatment results from the new plant, says the city. The advisory lasted 32 days.
The advisory went into effect on May 11, when residents were advised to boil their water for a full minute before drinking it or using it in food preparation. It was due to turbidity, or muddy water, in the Yellowknife River, the source of Yellowknife's municipal water supply.
Crews are now flushing out the city's water mains.
N.W.T.'s Department of Health and Social Services recommends residents and businesses flush their water supply by doing the following:
- Run all cold water faucets and drinking fountains for 1 minute before use
- Flush and clean all water-using equipment, such as soda fountains, coffee makers and ice-making machines, for at least 1 minute
- Change all point of use filters (tap mounted carbon filters, Brita filters, etc)
- Flush and clean all coffee machines
- Drain and flush all ice-making machines
- Run water softeners through a regeneration cycle
- Drain and refill hot water heaters
- Drain and clean water-holding tanks