Individuals in components of Waterloo area are being requested to curb their water use this week as a significant water pipe undergoes repairs.
The pipe, which providers the Mannheim water remedy plant, strikes about 20 per cent of the area’s consuming water to residents.
Mari MacNeil, the director of water and wastewater providers for the area, says they have been monitoring the pipe however found an pressing restore is required to a coupling alongside the pipe.
“Our staff will go in and shut down the water, they’re going to drain the chamber, they’re going to take away the coupling,” she advised Ontario Chronicle.
“As soon as the repairs are made we’ll slowly then refill the chamber and get again on our approach to supplying water to the area.”
These areas impacted embody:
Kitchener. Waterloo. Northwest Cambridge. St. Jacobs. Elmira. Breslau. Mannheim. Lloyd Brown. Shingletown. West Montrose. Conestogo. St. Agatha.
MacNeil says folks should not discover any adjustments after they activate the faucet and “water will proceed to stream as traditional.”
Nonetheless, the area is asking the neighborhood to scale back non-essential water utilization the place attainable to keep away from any points.
The area says folks ought to keep away from watering their lawns or washing their autos at house and will scale back water use by taking shorter showers or turning the faucet off whereas brushing their enamel.
“If everybody does their half, then we are going to see no disruption and no distinction by way of the water provide,” MacNeil stated.
MacNeil says repairs are set to start on Monday and work is predicted to go till Sunday.
