Emergency, boil-water advisory in Souris
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A boil-water advisory is on in one rural Manitoba town after rising flood waters raised fears about a contaminated water supply.
Souris declared a state of emergency and issued a boil-water advisory on Tuesday after the Souris River surged three feet in a single day and sent flood water seeping into the town’s water pumphouse.
It is not known if any of the untreated groundwater spilled into the treated water reservoir, but town officials aren’t taking chances. “We have to play it safe,” said Souris chief administrative officer Charlotte Parham.
Souris’s 1,800 residents are advised to boil all tap water used for drinking, cooking and tooth-brushing until further notice.
Parham said that in her 25 years in Souris, located about 250 kilometres west of Winnipeg, this is the first time the town has issued a boil-water advisory.
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