Boil water order lifted in Iqaluit – Nunatsiaq News
May 15, 2023
City’s water treatment plant was offline for 18 months after fuel contamination
The City of Iqaluit has lifted the precautionary boil-water order put in place last month so officials could test water from its treatment plant.
The city announced May 12 that Dr. Sean Wachtel, Nunavut’s chief public health officer, had lifted the advisory. It had been in place since April 25, when the water treatment plant returned to service.
Fuel was found in Iqaluit’s treated water supply from two separate sources in October 2021 and January 2022.
The city provided treated water through a bypass system, installed in November 2021, while experts investigated the sources of the contamination and came up with a remediation plan.
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