Saint-Henri boil water advisory lifted after 3 overnight water main breaks

A boil water advisory for the borough of Saint-Henri has been lifted.

It was put in effect following a huge water main break on Saturday that led to flooding and blackouts, as well as three more water main breaks in the last 24 hours.

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“I’m going to buy as much water as I can carry and if I have to go again, I’ll go later in the day,” said John Mongeau, who lives one block away from Rose-de-Lima Street, where one of the water main breaks happened.

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Leaking water on Saint-Antoine Street and Brewster Avenue forced road closures.

“There’s a lot of work from the MTQ, Hydro-Quebec, Gaz Metro,” said Sud-Ouest borough mayor Benoit Dorais.

“It’s a lot. For now we are doing 100 per cent of the effort to fix those events.”

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Dorais said that work to replace the 90-year-old pipes will start in one month.

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Until then, the likelihood of another blow in the weakened water system is high.