The water crisis in Swan River, Man., is officially over nearly a week after a mechanical problem at the water treatment plant last weekend forced residents to cut back their water use.

"It is with great pleasure that we announce that we now have two operational wells and we are able to remove the request to restrict and conserve water; people can now resume normal water usage," a Facebook post on the Town of Swan River page says.

The town&nbsp;declared a state of emergency Sunday after multiple mechanical issues with the pumps at the town's three wells over the weekend prevented water from reaching the treatment plant.

The problem caused&nbsp;the&nbsp;water supply to diminish quickly in the town, about 380 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.

No timeline for repairs 4 days after state of emergency declared over water shortage in Swan River

Four days after a state of emergency was declared and residents were told to drastically reduce their water usage, officials in Swan River, Man., say there is no timeline for when the town's water crisis will be fully resolved.

A volunteer places a case of water into a car in Swan River. Residents in the town have been asked to pick up cases of bottled water in order to conserve as much of the town's water supply as possible.

Swan River water

State of emergency declared in Swan River over dwindling water supply

The town of Swan River’s water supply has almost run out and town officials don’t know what the problem is.

Residential water customers in Saint John pay a flat annual rate for water use with no financial incentives to reduce consumption.

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Water is not flowing from the well into the water treatment plant in Swan River, Man. Residents are being asked to conserve water.

Town officials had said they hoped to have normal operations restored by Thursday, but on Wednesday they said they no longer had a timeline for when the state of emergency would end.

In Friday's Facebook post, the town said crews worked late into the night to install a new pump and related hardware in&nbsp;one of the wells, which was flushed and tested throughout the night.

There is still no boil water advisory in effect.

Crews are still working to install a pump and related hardware in&nbsp;a second wellhead.

During the state of emergency, several schools in the town of 4,000 were forced to close and restaurants&nbsp;had to use disposable dishes and cutlery.

Residents were told to reduce their water use to just two litres a day for drinking&nbsp;and two litres a day for cooking and sanitation. Volunteers had been handing out cases of bottled water and portable toilets were set up in the car wash bay at the Swan Valley Co-op.

Mechanical malfunction blamed for Swan River's evaporating water supply

Crews in Swan River, Man., have discovered the problem that led to the town's potable water supply almost drying up, but repairs likely won't be done until later this week.

Crews work through the night to find what's causing Swan River's water supply to dwindle.

Crews dig for water line

Water trucked in as crews work around the clock to fix dry taps in Swan River, Man.

Some businesses in Swan River, Man., won’t open Monday and services are being scaled back as crews work around the clock to find a solution to a water shortage that’s led the town to call a local state of emergency and bring in truckloads of bottled water for residents.

Two semi truck loads of bottled water were brought in to Swan River, Man. Sunday after a water shortage forced the town the call a local state of emergency Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018.

Two semi-trailer loads of bottled water were brought in to Swan River, Man. after a water shortage forced the town the call a local state of emergency on Sunday.

Crews worked late into the night to install a new pump and related hardware in a wells, which was flushed and tested throughout the night, says a post on the Town of Swan River Facebook page.

Swan River water crisis ends after well starts working again

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