A regional municipality in northern Alberta has been fined for releasing chlorine gas at a water treatment plant.

More boil water advisories have been lifted in Wood Buffalo after spring flooding and high river levels in the area led to water flowing the wrong way down an overflow pipe, mixing river and drinking water.

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo announced Monday that boil water advisories have been lifted for the communities of Anzac and Gregoire Lake Estates.

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo said Friday that it now believes the timeline for ending its boil water advisory will be shorter than first thought.

Councillors passed several motions as well as what they called the 2020 Flood Recovery Bylaw on Wednesday in an attempt to help Fort McMurray residents recover from the recent flooding disaster.

Officials with the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo issued an urgent warning on Monday to anyone living without power in the flood-stricken community of Fort McMurray.

RMWB Mayor Don Scott plans to ask provincial and federal governments for funding after devastating flooding.

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo said a boil water advisory would remain in effect for all neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray, Anzac, Draper, Gregoire Lake Estates and Saprae Creek Estates.

The mandatory evacuation for Garden Lane was lifted on May 3 at 6 p.m., the RMWB said.

Evacuation orders have been lifted in some areas of Fort McMurray, after water levels receded significantly in the Lower Townsite.