Boil water advisory lifted for 4 South Slave communities in the N.W.T. – CBC

Hay River, K’atl’odeeche First Nation, Enterprise and Kakisa residents no longer have to boil drinking water

May 22, 2018

The Northwest Territories chief environmental health officer is advising residents of four communities in the South Slave region that they no longer have to boil water before drinking it.

The territorial Health Department said the boil water advisory has been lifted for Hay River, K’atl’odeeche First Nation, Enterprise and Kakisa in a news release Tuesday.

Last week it issued the advisory saying it was a precaution as the water appeared muddier than usual.

The department said this was the result of the the spring breakup of ice in the river and that turbidity levels have since dropped to acceptable levels in treated water from the water plant.

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