MONTREAL – At least 1.3 million Montrealers have been left without safe, clean drinking water after a city-wide boil water advisory was issued.
The City of Montreal extended the scope of the precautionary boil notice issued earlier Wednesday morning to everywhere in Montreal south of Highway 40, from LaSalle to Pointe aux Trembles.
It is expected to last until Thursday but the city will issue a notice once it is safe to drink the water and the advisory is lifted.
Affected boroughs and cities include:
Ahuntsic (Cartierville)
Anjou
Charlemagne (off-island town)
Côte-des-Neiges Notre-Dame-de-Grace
Côte-St-Luc
Côte-St-Paul
Hampstead
LaSalle
Mercier-Hochelaga Maisonneuve
Montreal East
Montreal West
Outremont
Parc des Iles (including the Casino)
Plateau Mont-Royal
Pointe-St-Charles
Riviere-des-Prairies – Pointe-aux-Trembles
Rosemont – La Petite Patrie
Saint-Laurent
St-Henri
St-Leonard
Le Sud-Ouest
Town of Mount-Royal
Verdun
Ville-Émard
Ville-Marie
Villeray-Saint-Michel – Parc-Extension
Westmount
According to the city, the boil water advisory is a preventive measure after a problem at the Atwater filtration plant. It is being renovated and officials said that the water levels in the reservoir were unusually low. After a failed test result, the advisory was issued. Authorities will test the water again after 24 hours and officials will update the public.
Do you have questions about the boil water advisory? Find out tips for boiling water correctly during an advisory here.
Check out our Q and A on Montreal’s boil water advisory based on your questions here.
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Residents are being asked to bring water to a bubbling boil for at least one minute before consuming.
Non-boiled water can be used for hygiene, bathing or taking showers or for other household purposes, such as washing clothes. Please ensure that young children who are bathed do not swallow water. Dishes can be washed in hot water, but will need to be dried thoroughly.
It is not recommended to drink the water, wash or prepare food like fruit and vegetables, brush teeth or make ice with tap water that has not been boiled for at least one minute. Any food that has been prepared earlier with non-boiled water should be thrown out.
Residents can call 311 for more information. If you are concerned about symptoms after consuming unboiled water, contact Info-Sante at 811.
Click here for a glimpse of how Montrealers reacted on social media to the city’s lack of access to clean, safe drinking water.
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