{"id":331927,"date":"2025-12-08T07:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/331927\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T07:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:37:10","slug":"halifax-area-residents-under-boil-water-advisory-after-watermain-break-halifax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/331927\/","title":{"rendered":"Halifax-area residents under boil water advisory after watermain break &#8211; Halifax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted December 7, 2025 1:58 pm<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated December 7, 2025 6:07 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 2,000 customers are under a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/boil-water-advisory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">boil water advisory<\/a> in the Halifax area after a watermain break,\u00a0and while repairs have been made, authorities say the advisory remains in effect.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765086924_279_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Halifax Water says in an update Sunday evening that the break in the pipe near Waverley Road has been fixed and customers will gradually see their water pressure return to normal.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet weekly health news<\/p>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>But the agency is still advising people in the affected area to continue boiling their drinking water as a precaution until further notice, due to the prolonged loss of pressure the break caused.<\/p>\n<p>Customers in the area, including Port Wallace, Montebello, Keystone Village and Spider Lake, have been on a boil-water advisory since Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11563659\/ed-bambas-army-vet-grocery-store-video\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765179430_944_Untitled-design-50.png\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tOver $1.7 million raised for 88-year-old army vet working in grocery store\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11566494\/vatican-indigenous-items\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765179430_130_Screenshot-2025-12-06-201653.png\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tDozens of Indigenous artifacts return to Canada from Vatican\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Halifax Water says residents should boil water for at least one minute before drinking, using it for cooking, brushing teeth or preparing infant formula.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Halifax Regional Municipality has opened the East Dartmouth Community Centre to residents without water.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Health<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By 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