AHS issues boil water advisory for Beiseker

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Alberta Health Services issued a boil h2o advisory for the confederate Albertan colony of Beiseker Wednesday nighttime owed to "depressurization of the water system during repair work."

Residents and businesses are advised to bring h2o to a rolling boil earlier consuming

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· Posted: Apr 03, 2025 9:34 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Alberta Health Services (AHS) issued a boil h2o advisory for the confederate Albertan colony of Beiseker Wednesday night due to "depressurization of the water system" arsenic the village's h2o reservoir undergoes repair work.

Beiseker residents and businesses are advised to bring h2o to a rolling boil for astatine slightest 1 infinitesimal earlier consuming. That includes:

drinking
brushing teeth
cleaning earthy foods
preparing babe look oregon juices
making ice

When washing hands, AHS advises washing with h2o and soap. Then, aft drying your hands, use an alcohol-based manus sanitizer containing much than 60 per cent alcohol.

Pets should not beryllium fixed pat h2o to drink, and at-home h2o filters cannot safely dainty contaminated water.

The advisory noted that h2o for bathing oregon washing apparel does not request to beryllium boiled.

Beiseker's website says the colony hopes to person the advisory lifted by Friday, but for now, it will enactment successful effect until further announcement from AHS.

Before rescinding the advisory, AHS Environmental Public Health volition receive confirmation from Beiseker that the water system has been appropriately flushed.

More accusation connected boil h2o advisories and utilizing h2o safely is disposable connected the AHS website.

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