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| Some Prince Rupert residents will have to keep on boiling their water, as a Water Advisory remains in effect |
The update for the community was posted to the City's website and Social Media streams.
"During today’s available weather window, City staff conducted a fly-over of the watershed and identified a few additional small landslides that were not originally identified as they are not visible from the ground. These slides are believed to have contributed to the water’s continued elevated turbidity.
Although turbidity has slowly been decreasing since the Advisory was put into effect, it is still not at low enough levels where the Advisory can be removed by Northern Health’s Drinking Water Officer.
As soon as we are able to remove the Advisory, an update will be provided via the City’s official channels, including our emergency alert system."
As was noted on the 17th, along with the City of Prince Rupert's Water Advisory, was a notice from Northern Health that children, pregnant women, the elderly and persons with weakened immune systems should drink boiled water at this time.
Other than notes on the landslides as a potential cause for the ongoing issue, as well as the update that the level of turbidity was decreasing, the city did not provide any background on the testing that has taken place, or provide any documentation towards the results from it.
While City staff has been offering up some information, the status of the ongoing Water Advisory did not make for a mention during this month's City Council session of Monday.
Earlier this week the District of Port Edward announced the all clear for their recent water issues, removing their Water Advisory on Tuesday.
You can track some of the items of note from the recent Water Advisory from our archive page here.
For note on Discussion themes from City Council see our Council Discussion page here.
Cross posted from the North Coast Review.
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