Power outage at Pockwock Lake Water Treatment Facility leads to boil water advisory for several communities in HRM

CITYnews halifax / By Dan Ahlstrand

Several communities connected to the JD Kline (Pockwock Lake) Water Treatment Facility were placed under a boil water advisory Sunday evening after a power failure at the plant allowed a limited amount of unchlorinated water to enter the system.

As a result, residents in Beaver Bank, Middle and Lower Sackville, Hammonds Plains, Bedford, Halifax, Timberlea, Spryfield, and Herring Cove are being asked to boil their water for at least one minute before drinking it.

A map of the impacted areas is available here.

Halifax Water advised  impacted customers to boil all water for at least 1 minute before using water for:

• drinking
• preparing infant formula
• making ice cubes or juices
• washing fruits or vegetables
• cooking
• brushing teeth or
• any other activity requiring human consumption.

This boil water notice will be in effect until further notice. A fact sheet on domestic water usage, when a boil advisory is in effect, can be found here.

Halifax Water said Sunday night that they continue monitoring water quality and are closely consulting with Nova Scotia Environment and the Medical Officer of Health.