A preventive boil water advisory is in effect today, January 17, until further notice, for a large part of the city of Rivière-du-Loup. All residences and businesses served by the municipal aqueduct and located north of Laval Street, but excluding the latter, are subject to this preventive notice.
The area concerned extends from the east end of the city (Anse-au-Persil) to the west end (Vieux Saint-Patrice), including the Amitié Park sector in Notre-Dame-du-Portage. , served by the Rivière-du-Loup network.
Following an intervention on the municipal water system, the Public Works Division noted a depressurization of the pipes. Under current government standards and to guarantee water quality, a preventive boiling notice must be issued until analyzes confirm the potability of the water and a return to normal is authorized.
-Therefore, citizens affected by the advisory are asked to preventively boil their water for two minutes at a rolling boil until the advisory is lifted, which could take several days.
The City thanks citizens for their collaboration. Municipal teams are hard at work to ensure a return to normal as quickly as possible.
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