Regina, Moose Jaw asking residents to conserve water due to issue at treatment plant

Alexander Quon · CBC News

· Posted: May 29, 2025 6:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Regina and Moose Jaw are asking each residents to voluntarily restrict their water usage, arsenic a disruption astatine the installation feeding some cities has reduced h2o supplies.

The Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Corporation says it has, "identified an contented with the works that is presently addressing."

The unspecified contented is the effect of upgrades being carried retired astatine the facility.

"This is an unexpected situation," said Kurtis Doney, the City of Regina's lawman metropolis manager of metropolis operations.

Doney stressed the conservation petition is necessary and indispensable beryllium followed arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.

"It's truly important that we conserve h2o voluntarily due to the fact that if we don't, we volition request to determination to mandatory h2o restrictions," Doney said.

Emergency wells present active

Doney said the Regina's emergency h2o wells are present active, but they tin only provide the metropolis with 25 to 30 per cent of the h2o it requires.

The reliance connected good h2o means immoderate residents whitethorn announcement h2o discoloration, Doney said.

Regina and Moose Jaw person issued a database of recommendations to assistance conserve water. They include:

• Not watering lawns.
• Delay filling blistery tubs, pools and ponds.
• Avoid washing vehicles but erstwhile required for wellness and safety.
• Turns disconnected taps arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable during showering.
• Showering alternatively of bathing.
• Running dishwashers and washing machines lone erstwhile full.

Regina said it volition beryllium doing its portion by not continuing to capable outdoor pools, turning disconnected spray pads, discontinuing thoroughfare sweeping and not watering parks with metropolis water.