The City of Nanaimo says its water treatment plant has been restored to full capacity.
The city said Saturday evening that crews had pinpointed a problem with a control device within the plant that had malfunctioned during a power outage caused by Thursday’s storm that was affecting performance.
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Crews replaced the device on Saturday, and the plant returned to normal service.
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The city said that repair means that residents can now return to normal waster usage, and that Nanaimo’s public pools had reopened.
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Power to the city’s water treatment plant went down at 4 a.m. on Friday in the wake of the powerful storm that caused damage across B.C.’s South Coast.
Crews restored power and partial service by Friday evening, but the city had closed some facilities and asked people to reduce usage while they tracked down malfunctions within the plant.
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