{"id":49751,"date":"2025-08-06T15:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/49751\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:13:12","slug":"halifax-water-asks-customers-to-cut-down-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/49751\/","title":{"rendered":"Halifax Water asks customers to cut down consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nova Scotia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Halifax has become the latest area in Nova Scotia to impose voluntary water use restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Utility says voluntary conservation measures could reduce or delay need for mandatory restrictions<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/blair-rhodes.JPG\" data-cy=\"author-image-img\"\/><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/author\/blair-rhodes-1.2967411\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blair Rhodes<\/a>  \u00b7 CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Aug 05, 2025 1:10 PM EDT | Last Updated: August 5<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The corner of a commericial building with the words Halifax Regional Water Commission.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/halifax-water-building.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Halifax Water is asking customers to voluntarily conserve water now to avoid the imposition of mandatory water restrictions later. (CBC)<\/p>\n<p>Halifax has become the latest area in Nova Scotia to impose voluntary water use restrictions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Halifax Water issued a news release Tuesday afternoon asking its customers to conserve water now to avoid the imposition of mandatory water restrictions later.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The utility said\u00a0water levels in the lakes and reservoirs that make up its supply have not been replenished recently because of a prolonged period of minimal rainfall.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;With no significant precipitation forecasted in the coming weeks, these levels will continue to lower,&#8221; the release warned.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Halifax Water is asking people to take shorter showers, turn off taps when not in use\u00a0and only do full loads of laundry and dishes. The utility also suggests that customers flush toilets less frequently and avoid washing cars, watering lawns and filling swimming pools.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On Tuesday, the <a href=\"http:\/\/cbc.ca\/1.7019695\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nova Scotia government announced<\/a> it was\u00a0banning hiking, camping, fishing and use of vehicles such as ATVs in the woods due to an elevated wildfire risk.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The fine for violating the ban is $25,000.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754493192_13_blair-rhodes.JPG\" data-cy=\"author-image-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"authorprofile-biography\">Blair Rhodes has been a journalist for more than 40 years, the last 31 with CBC. His primary focus is on stories of crime and public safety. He can be reached at blair.rhodes@cbc.ca<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia Halifax has become the latest area in Nova Scotia to impose voluntary water use restrictions. 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