ADVISORIES PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 9 - UPDATED 8:30 PM

Wrap-up: There are 59 advisories to report since yesterday: 2 in AB, 2 in BC, 3 in MB, 1 in NB, 1 in NL, 5 in NS, 1 in ON, 15 in QC, 29 in SK

ALBERTA

ISSUED

BEISEKER Water System – BWA issued January 5 due to a line repair.

GWYNNE Water System – BWA issued December 30 due to a failed piping connection, downstream of the hamlet’s Pressure Reducing Valve vault.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

ISSUED

MILL BAY (Daniel Wisnia Aldcroft) – BWN issued January 9 due to source water quality deterioration.

PEMBERTON (Twin-Two-Lillooet Lake Lodge) – BWN issued December 20.

UPDATE

GRANISLE Community Water System – DNC remains in effect. Residents headed into the New Year unable to drink their tap water as the community waits for an engineering assessment, conducted in collaboration with the manufacturer, of their Water Treatment Plant’s chemical and mechanical issues. 
A do not consume order was put in place December 14 after unsafe levels of ALUMINUM were detected in the Village's Water Supply due to a coagulant leak. 
Preceding the do not consume order, a water quality advisory was in effect from September 4 due to operational deficiencies with the filtration system that resulted in elevated TURBIDITY. 
The situation is particularly frustrating for the Community because the Water Treatment Plant is still relatively new and it shouldn't be having these issues.

LIFTED

ALDERGROVE LAKE REGIONAL PARK – BWN was in effect December 22 to January 7 following equipment malfunction.

ABBOTSFORD (Elks Recreation Childrens Camp Society) – BWN was in effect June 19 to January 9 for total coliforms.

SHAWNIGAN LAKE (OUR The Commons WS) – BWN was in effect from July 3 due to unapproved water system supply or construction works.

MANITOBA

ISSUED

CORMORANT NORTH Public Water System – BWA issued December 30 following routine monitoring of the treated water supply indicated a failure in the treatment process; allowing poorly treated water to enter the distribution system.

SNOW LAKE Public Water System – BWA issued December 30 following routine monitoring of the treated water supply indicated a failure in the treatment process; allowing poorly treated water to enter the distribution system.

CROSS LAKE Public Water System – BWA issued December 30 due to a power outage; a transmission line, that ran between a pair of islands in the Nelson River, snapped Sunday evening, December 28. The ice below the line wasn’t thick enough to safely support service vehicles, instead Manitoba Hydro contracted two helicopters to assist in replacing a 300-metre stretch of cable. 
The Community of about 7,000 residents started evacuations with vulnerable members most at risk; Elders, infants, children, and medically dependent. For those community members who left, this latest evacuation would have been the third in 2025, after being forced from their homes due to wildfires in May, and again in July. 
December 29 Pimicikamak Cree Nation declared a State of Emergency due to the widespread and ongoing power outage affecting homes, critical infrastructure, and essential services; Compounded by severe temperatures dipping to -42 °C with wind chill. 
January 1 Manitoba Hydro began restoring power in stages to avoid overloading the system, with power fully restored as of 1:30 p.m. on Friday January 2. 
Once power was restored and homes started to heat up, residents began reporting burst pipes, leaks and sewage backups. Frozen sewage lines caused toilets to heave and even topple over. Electrical shortages caused a few fires; with water sources out of operation, firefighters were able to rescue the residents but not able to save their homes. It is estimated about 70 percent of homes have sustained damage; some homes were rendered uninhabitable. The repairs are expected to take weeks; the Community is seeking skilled tradespeople and engineers to help fix damaged infrastructure and perform inspections. 
The Water Treatment Plant was also damaged during the power outage and is currently unable to draw water into its reservoir, leaving the Community without potable water. The Water Treatment Plant is delipidated, practically beyond repair as replacement parts are nearly impossible to find; as stated in the press release August 19, 2025 when a State of Emergency was declared following a breakdown at the Plant that left the Community weeks without potable water.

NEW BRUNSWICK

ISSUED

ALMA Municipal Water System – BWA issued December 20 due to turbidity.

LIFTED

EDMUNDSTON Municipal WS – BWA was in effect December 25 to 30 for a line repair.

ST. GEORGE Water System – BWA was in effect from December 27 for a line repair.

NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR

ISSUED

CANNING'S COVE (No. 2 Well - Eugene Ellis) – BWA issued January 4 due to system maintenance or repairs.

LIFTED

CORNER BROOK Municipal WS – BWA was in effect January 3 to 6 following a line repair.

NOVA SCOTIA

LIFTED

AYLESFORD LAKE (Brigadoon Village) – BWA was in effect November 17 to January 5.

BIBLE HILL (Bible Hill Junior High) – BWA was in effect December 19 to January 5.

FALL RIVER (NS Dept of Public Works - Miller Lake Depot) – BWA was in effect December 20 to January 2.

MAIN-A-DIEU Library and Community Center – BWA was in effect November 13 to January 5.

PETITE RIVIÈRE (Petite General Store) – BWA was in effect December 12 to January 5.

NUNAVUT

UPDATE

KUGAARUK Community WS – DNC LIFTED. This Community of about 1,200 residents had been without potable water for nearly a month. The non-consumption advisory was in effect December 9 to January 6; Seawater had flooded the Water Treatment Plant on December 7 following an unusually high, supermoon tide that produced a tidal bore strong enough to push seawater upriver, against the current, to the Plant. A local State-of-Emergency was subsequently declared but promptly ended December 12. 
January 6 a Boil Water Advisory (BWA), however, remains in place for Kugaaruk residents due to a mechanical issue at the Plant.

ONTARIO

ISSUED

KASHECHEWAN Public Water System – DNC issued January 5 following a failure at the Water Treatment Plant that left about 2,300 residents, in this fly-in community, with no access to running water. 
A State-of-Emergency was declared January 4 with plans to evacuate residents in the coming days because its water treatment system is in disrepair.

In the News…

OTTAWA Municipal WS – January 6 City crews responded to 32 water main breaks over the holidays due to aging infrastructure; water quality was maintained.

UPDATE

NIPIGON Municipal Water System – BWA remains in effect January 6; crews continue work to repair water main leaks in the distribution system. One leak has been repaired however, a second leak remains active; multiple excavations have been done in efforts to locate the source, with support from external leak detection specialists. Leak detection activities have been on-going since December 24.

QUEBEC

PUBLIÉ(S)/ISSUED

MIRABEL (No. puits Mousseau) – (BWA) 5 janvier Avis d’ébullition préventif en vigueur à la suite d’une coupure d'eau.

LAVAL réseau municipal – (2 BWAs) Deux avis préventifs d'ébullition de l'eau ont été émis, l'un le 6 janvier et l'autre le 8 janvier.

LÉVIS (Saint-Romuald) – (BWA) 9 janvier Avis d’ébullition préventif localisé en vigueur à la suite d’un bris d’aqueduc.

LÉVIS (Lauzon) – (BWA) 9 janvier Avis d’ébullition préventif localisé en vigueur à la suite d’un bris d’aqueduc.

LÉVIS (Lauzon) – (BWA) 8 janvier Avis d’ébullition préventif localisé en vigueur à la suite d’un bris/remplacement poteau incendie.

LÉVIS (Secteur Lévis) – (2 BWAs) 7 janvier Avis d’ébullition préventif localisés en vigueur à la suite d’un bris vanne de rue et d’un bris d’aqueduc.

NOTRE-DAME-de-L’ÎLE-PERROT réseau municipal – (BWA) 6 janvier Avis d’ébullition préventif en vigueur.

PIEDMONT réseau municipal – (BWA) 8 janvier Avis d’ébullition préventif localisé en vigueur à la suite des travaux de réparation de l'aqueduc.

TUQUE (Terrasse Saint-Maurice) – (BWA) 8 janvier Avis d’ébullition préventif en vigueur.

SAINTE-ADÈLE réseau municipal – (BWA) 6 janvier Avis d’ébullition préventif localisé en vigueur à la suite d’une coupure d'eau.

SAINTE-ÉLISABETH réseau municipal – (BWA) 6 janvier Avis d’ébullition préventif en vigueur à la suite d’une fruite.

SAINTE-FÉLICITÉ réseau municipal – (BWA) 7 janvier Avis d’ébullition préventif localisé en vigueur à la suite des réparations du régularisateur de pression.

SAINTE-THÉRÈSE réseau municipal – (BWA) 8 janvier Avis d’ébullition préventif localisé en vigueur à la suite de travaux de réparation sur le réseau d’eau potable.

LEVÉ(S)/LIFTED

COATICOOK réseau municipal – (LIFTED) LEVÉE de l'avis d'ébullition de l'eau était en vigueur du 5 au 8 janvier cause d’un bris d’aqueduc.

MIRABEL (Saint-Janvier) – (LIFTED) LEVÉE de l'avis d'ébullition de l'eau était en vigueur du 2 au 8 janvier cause d’un bris d’aqueduc.

LÉVIS (Secteur Pintendre) – (LIFTED) LEVÉE de l'avis d'ébullition de l'eau était en vigueur du 5 au 8 janvier cause d’un bris/remplacement poteau incendie. Il y a actuellement 6 avis d'ébullition d'eau localisés en vigueur dans la ville.

LAVAL réseau municipal – (2 LIFTED) LEVÉE Deux avis d'ébullition de l'eau étaient en vigueur à partir du 8 janvier. Il y a actuellement 4 avis d'ébullition d'eau localisés en vigueur dans la ville.

PINCOURT réseau municipal – (LIFTED) LEVÉE de l'avis d'ébullition de l'eau était en vigueur du 5 au 9 janvier cause d’un bris d’aqueduc.

SAINTE-ADÈLE réseau municipal – (LIFTED) LEVÉE de l'avis d'ébullition de l'eau était en vigueur du 7 au 9 janvier cause d’un bris d’aqueduc.

SAINTE-THÉRÈSE réseau municipal – (2 LIFTED) LEVÉE Deux avis d'ébullition de l'eau étaient en vigueur à partir du 31 décembre .

SASKATCHEWAN

ISSUED

ASSINIBOIA Waterworks – PDWA issued January 7 due to a line repair, localized.

CHELAN Waterworks – PDWA issued January 7 due to turbidity resulting from a line break.

DYSART Water Distribution System – PDWA issued January 6 due to a line repair.

INVERMAY Waterworks – PDWA issued December 30 due to line repairs, localized.

LANGENBURG Water Distribution System – PDWA issued January 5 due to a line repair, localized.

LEMBERG Water Distribution System – PDWA issued January 9 due to system maintenance.

LINTLAW Waterworks – PDWA issued January 5 due to inadequate disinfection.

MOOSE JAW Municipal WS – 6 PDWAs were issued for Service Repairs (4), Service Replacement (1) and Main Leak (1).

PANGMAN Village Water System – PDWA issued January 6 due to a line repair.

PELICAN NARROWS Waterworks – PDWA issued January 8 due to inadequate disinfection resulting from turbidity; there is significant deterioration in source water quality.

SASKATOON Municipal WS – 12 PDWAs are in effect for Water Main Breaks (6), Water Connection Repairs (4), New Water Main Installation (1) and Internal Private Leak (1).

ST. GEORGE'S HILL Waterworks – PDWA issued December 29 due to turbidity.

WALDECK Water Distribution System – PDWA issued January 4 following a power outage.

LIFTED

CHAPLIN Waterworks – PDWA was in effect from December 29 for a line repair.

KAMSACK Water Distribution System – PDWA was in effect from December 16 for a line repair.

MAKWA Village Water System – PDWA was in effect from December 25 for a line repair.

MANKOTA Village Water System – PDWA was in effect from December 12 for a line repair.

MOOSE JAW Municipal WS – 6 PDWAs were lifted for services. There are currently 10 localized advisories in effect for the City.

REGINA BEACH Waterworks – PDWA was in effect from December 25 for a line repair.

ROCANVILLE Waterworks – PDWA was in effect from December 23 for a line repair.

URANIUM CITY Waterworks – PDWA has been lifted. This Community has been under a precautionary drinking water advisory since May 2001 and a boil water advisory since February 2015 due to E.coli; the Water Treatment Plant lacked minimum water treatment as a result there was inadequate disinfection residual in the distribution system leaving it susceptible to microbiological contamination.

WINDTHORST Village Water System – PDWA was in effect from December 23 for a line repair.

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