{"id":319960,"date":"2025-12-02T06:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T06:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/319960\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T06:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T06:20:07","slug":"sewer-main-leak-leads-duncan-to-turn-off-well-boil-water-advisory-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/319960\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewer main leak leads Duncan to turn off well, boil water advisory issued"},"content":{"rendered":"

A boil water advisory has been issued for the City of Duncan after a sewer main break<\/a> led to one of the wells being turned off as a precaution.<\/p>\n

The city issued the boil water advisory for all residents and businesses connected to the water distribution system.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re using water, you\u2019re advised to boil all tap water for at least one minute before drinking, cooking or brushing teeth.<\/p>\n

The city says there is no confirmed contamination in the water distribution system.<\/p>\n

\u201cA recent sewer main break near McAdam Park caused untreated wastewater to leak,\u201d the city said in the advisory.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough not in the immediate vicinity of the leak, one of the City\u2019s wells has been turned off as a safeguard while further testing is ongoing. The other City wells are still active.\u201d<\/p>\n

The city says the advisory will remain in place until testing has been completed.<\/p>\n

Island Health says this advisory is affecting between 301 and 10,000 connections.<\/p>\n

When a boil water advisory is issued, the health authority says water should be boiled for drinking, including when using additives like fruit juice or iced tea; food preparation, including washing fruits and vegetables that will not be cooked; coffee machines; brushing teeth; infant formulas; making ice; fruit and vegetable washing; home canning; beer and wine making and water for pets.<\/p>\n

When the advisory is lifted, it is advised that residents flush all water-using fixtures for one minute, drain and flush all ice-making machines in your refrigerator, run water softeners through a regeneration cycle, drain and refill hot water tanks set below 45 C, and change any pre-treatment filters.<\/p>\n

Find more information about boil water advisories on Island Health\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A boil water advisory has been issued for the City of Duncan after a sewer main break led…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-319960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}