Chemical water testing in Central Zone paused due to supply issues

There’s a worldwide shortage of a specific reagent/chemical needed to operate the equipment

CITYnews halifax \ Meghan Groff

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Environmental Laboratory Services within Central Zone will have to temporarily suspend chemical water testing.

Nova Scotia Health says there’s a worldwide shortage of a specific reagent/chemical needed to operate the equipment used for chemical water analysis.

The pause starts Monday and will be reassessed within three or four weeks.

In the meantime, the health authority says municipal, registered, and private water supply owners can try alternate testing facilities, but cautions they might also be experiencing supply issues.

Environmental Laboratory Services can still process water samples for bacterial analysis.