Tonga volcanic eruption suspected cause after water pipe to Ucluelet First Nation broken – Times Colonist
State of emergency declared, jugs of water being trucked in
The volcanic eruption off Tonga is suspected of being responsible for initial damage to the normally submerged water line running across the Ucluelet Inlet to about 280 members of Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ (Ucluelet) First Nation.
A state of emergency was declared by the nation, which has been without its regular supply of potable water since Monday morning after its line across the inlet was broken.
District of Ucluelet crews and contractors are fixing the line, hoping to have it operating again by next week.
