Montreal issues advisory urging residents to limit water use this summer

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Montreal is asking people to reduce water use in a major way.

At a news conference Friday, officials said new restrictive measures are necessary as it carries out repairs on a key watermain on Atwater Avenue.

An advisory is in place for almost the entire island, targeting about 1.2 million people.

“We need a collective effort to reduce drinking water consumption”, Claude Pinard, president of the city’s executive committee, said at a news conference Friday.

“The City of Montreal will obviously do its part, but that won’t be enough. We’ll need the help of the entire population of the Montreal metropolitan area.”…

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