Boil-water advisory issued for entire city of Winnipeg as precautionary measure
Source: Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg remains under a precautionary boil-water advisory after 15 per cent of the city’s water samples tested positive for coliform bacteria.
On Tuesday afternoon, low counts of coliform bacteria — including E. coli — were found in six out of 39 water samples collected on Monday. Testing of the water, which usually takes 16 to 24 hours, yielded coliform counts ranging from one to nine units per 100 millilitres of water.
The acceptable coliform count for drinking water is zero.
... Tuesday’s city-wide boil-water advisory is the first in Winnipeg in recent memory. Water-borne illnesses such as typhoid were common in the city prior to the 1919 completion of the Winnipeg Aqueduct, which carries water from Indian Bay on Shoal Lake, near the Manitoba-Ontario border, to Deacon Reservoir.
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