Preventive boil advisory for part of the Gatineau sector

Gatineau, August 2, 2019. - Ville de Gatineau is issuing a preventive boil water advisory for part of the Gatineau sector. This is further to a power outage that affected the water treatment plant in the Gatineau sector. This advisory concerns more than 33,000 homes, and is now in effect until further notice.

Quick facts

●	Affected residents and institutions will have to boil their water for one minute before consuming it and this, until the advisory is lifted.

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Once the boil water advisory has been lifted: - Open all cold water taps and let the water run for one minute or until it gets cold before consuming it, and follow the same procedure for water fountains; - Discard any ice that was made with tap water while the preventive boil water advisory was in effect.

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