Treated water starting to flow from Battleford to North Battleford, Sask.

Water is starting to flow from the town of Battleford to the city of North Battleford on Tuesday.

The latest water samples taken from the waterline between the two municipalities showed no contamination. Once the standing water in the waterline was flushed, treated water was delivered to North Battleford's F. E. Holliday water treatment plant for distribution.

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Residents and businesses are reminded the additional water will primarily be used to add water capacity which is needed to suppress potential fires as well as reducing the operating demand on the city's water treatment plant one.

Water restrictions for outdoor watering remain in place with the exception of city water being used for watering vegetable gardens as they are considered a food source.

Contractors continue to drill wells at water treatment plant one with the goal to have a second alternative water supply operating at the end of August, weather permitting.

Officials said this supply of water will provide another third to the water demand and will eventually bring relief to certain water restrictions.

The city said it's working on another water supply option, testing out filtration systems for the water intake at the F.E. Holliday treatment plant, taking into account the composition of the oil spilled into the river.