Across Canada, 1,776 Boil-Water Advisories in Effect, Report Finds
Posted on: Monday, 7 April 2008, 15:00 CDT
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO - More than 1,700 boil water advisories are in effect in communities across the country.
That's the finding, which excludes advisories on First Nations territories, of a report in the May edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Most are in effect for small, municipal water systems in such far-flung communities as Bay Roberts, N.L., and Wallaceburg, Ont., to Victoria Beach, Man., Tilley, Alta., and Sullivan Bay, B.C.
Boil-water advisories are public-health warnings that tap or well water is unsafe to drink without boiling due to bacterial or other contamination.
The worst-hit area is Ontario, where 679 advisories are in effect.
British Columbia, with 530, is not far behind, while almost every other province with the exception of Prince Edward Island has advisories warning people that danger lurks in their taps.
Source: Canadian Press
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