Wednesday, March 5, 2014

No End In Sight for Boil Water Advisory

Don't expect a quick end to the boil water advisory.

City crews are still repairing broken water lines and Operations manager
Rick Perchuck says until that work is complete they can't start testing
the water system.

He adds that it's no co-incidence all the water main breaks took place in the same are of the city.

Perchuck says a phenomenon called a "water hammer" is likely to blame for all the problems in the Central area of the city.

He adds Kenora isn't alone in this epidemic of broken water main breaks.

He says Calgary, Winnipeg, Atikokan and Dryden have all experienced significant damage to their water systems due to the extremely cold conditions.