Water Advisory? What Water Advisory?

The August 17th Water alert
delivered through the City's
mobile app program

It's been ten days now since the City of Prince Rupert provided for the latest note of interest on the city's water supply, posting a Water Advisory to the city website and social media feeds following the extensive rainfall of August 14-15.

Please note that due to high turbidity levels detected in the drinking water supply relating to the ongoing heavy rain event, a Water Quality Advisory has been issued for City of Prince Rupert water users. 

 Northern Health recommends that children, pregnant women, the elderly and persons with weakened immune systems drink boiled water at this time.

The above part of this August 17th advisory from the City of Prince Rupert

Since that initial advisory of last week however, there has been no follow up for residents offering up any idea as to when the notice and accompanying Boil Water Order for some that went with it may be lifted. 

With nothing of note posted to the city's website, the Social media feeds or the Mayor's own political Facebook page.

Nor has the City provided any details as to the status of any water testing that may have taken place during the course of the last ten days.

The City had an opportunity to share some insight on the situation at Monday night's City Council Session, but the topic didn't make it to the Agenda package for the night.

Any thoughts on water were also not on the mind of the Mayor or six council members either it seems, as the collective of civic officials made no note of it at Monday's City Council session, the only public gathering for the month of August.

That making for a lost opportunity for information sharing that may have been welcomed by the public, particularly those who are being impacted by the situation at this time.

By comparison, the District of Port Edward which also had issued a Water Advisory last week, provided an update on Tuesday and issued the all clear for residents when it comes to any concerns over the status of their water.

Hopefully, the City and its elected officials will soon be able to offer the same reassurance for residents of Prince Rupert.

For more notes on past City Council discussion themes see our archive page here.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.