Boil Water Orders in Effect in Three Nunatsiavut Communities

Three communities in Nunatsiavut currently have boil water orders in place on their fresh water supplies.

Nain, Hopedale and Rigolet residents are being advised to boil their fresh water.

Those communities are among over 160 from across the province currently ordering residents to boil their water.

The majority of those orders are in place due to the community’s chlorination systems.

The three Nunatsiavut communities with the orders in place all have different reasons.

Nain has had a boil water advisory in place since yesterday.

The Nain Inuit Community Government believes the state of the drinking water is due to the spring runoff along the newly-constructed road to Trouser Lake.

Nain’s AngaujkKak, Tony Andersen, says NICG staff flushed the water lines yesterday.

He says there has been some improvement in the quality of the water.

The NICG is hoping to have the water back to normal in the next couple of days.

Andersen says it may be possible that the water will be in this state until the snow melts.

The NICG believes the problem will be fixed by next season when the new water supply at Trouser Lake is being used.

Hopedale has had a boil water order in place since February.

The Hopedale Inuit Community Government’s Town Manager, Kitora Abel, says the order is in place because of a leak in one of their main lines.

The HICG must wait for the ground to thaw before the problem can be fixed.

The Rigolet ICG has been instructing their residents to boil their water since the end of April.

The condition of their water is due to a problem with town’s chlorination pumps.

The RICG sent out samples of the water yesterday.

They are now waiting on the results of those samples.