A power outage stopped pumps at the Chomedey water plant a few\u00a0weeks ago forced more 150,000 residents in Chomedey, Laval-Ouest, St-Doroth\u00e9e, Fabreville, Laval\u2014Les \u00celes, Laval-sur-le-Lac and Laval-des-Rapides to boil their water for a minute before drinking it.\u00a0 They also had to throw out any ice-cubes or food prepared between Tuesday morning at 5 a.m., when the advisory went into effect, and Wednesday afternoon, when it was lifted.<\/p>\n
Emergency pumps should have kept water pressure in the plant strong, but they didn\u2019t kick in. Officials are investigating the problem, but in the meantime they want residents to limit their use of water during hot periods for the rest of the summer.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite the lifting of the boil water advisory, Ville de Laval is asking for the cooperation of the citizens of the affected areas to reduce their water consumption for outdoor activities,\u201d says a city notice. \u201cTo ensure an adequate supply of drinking water and preserve water quality, citizens are encouraged to reduce their water use for the following activities: watering the lawn and flowers, washing the vehicle or\u00a0filling the\u00a0pool.\u00a0Please note that this request does not apply to the daily use of water for hygiene and diet.\u201d<\/p>\n
The situation is a frustration for a city that works hard to provide citizens with top-quality drinking water. The Chomedey plant got three stars from the Programme d\u2019excellence en eau potable<\/em> (PEXEP) last October and the Pont-Viau and Sainte Rose water treatment plants received five stars each. To achieve five stars, a plant has to meet criteria that is three to six times stronger than that demanded within Quebec regulations for water quality.<\/p>\n To help citizens save water, Laval offers $70 grants for rain barrels and either $60 or $75 grants for low-flush toilets. Residents can apply for up to two grants every year. Homemade rain barrels are not eligible for the grant, nor are barrels or toilets purchased outside of Laval. For more information, refer to the application forms at http:\/\/www.laval.ca\/Pages\/En\/Citizens\/rainwater-barrel.aspx<\/a> and http:\/\/www.laval.ca\/Pages\/En\/Citizens\/ecological-toilets.aspx<\/a>. The online notice for the rain barrels says that purchases have to be made in Laval in 2013, but the program was renewed, so grants are available until the end of 2014.<\/p>\n Note: This article appeared on page 4 of the Laval Edition of the Suburban on July 16, 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A power outage stopped pumps at the Chomedey water plant a few\u00a0weeks ago forced more 150,000 residents in Chomedey, Laval-Ouest, St-Doroth\u00e9e, Fabreville, Laval\u2014Les \u00celes, Laval-sur-le-Lac and Laval-des-Rapides to boil their water for a minute before drinking it.\u00a0 They also had to throw out any ice-cubes or food prepared between Tuesday morning at 5 a.m., when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20,3],"tags":[471,136,470,469,466],"class_list":["post-15874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hundredmilecircle","category-journalism","tag-grants","tag-laval","tag-rain-barrel","tag-toilet","tag-water","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-482","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16083,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/proposed-zoning-changes-laval\/","url_meta":{"origin":15874,"position":0},"title":"Proposed Zoning Changes in Laval","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"November 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Anyone living in Souvenir-Labelle, Fabreville and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul will want to pay attention to official notices announcing consultations during the holiday season. 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