Boil water advisory issued for Déline

The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Déline to boil their drinking water for at least one minute, stated a notice on Monday.

This advisory is precautionary in nature and is due to higher-than-normal turbidity (muddy water) in the water.

There have been no illnesses associated with drinking water reported in the community.

The Health Officer, Chirag Rohit, in collaboration with the community government, will continue to monitor the situation and provide formal notice when it is safe to lift the boil water advisory.

Until then:

• All water used for drinking, preparing food, hot and cold beverages, ice cubes, washing fruits and vegetables, and brushing your teeth must be boiled.
• This is of particular importance when preparing infant formulas.
• Do not drink water from public drinking fountains.
• It is not necessary to boil water used for other household purposes including showering, bathing or doing laundry, but avoid swallowing the water.

Alternatives to boiling water include using bottled water or water that has been processed by one of the following methods:

• Distillation.
• Reverse osmosis.
• Filtered using a filter size of 1 micron absolute or less.

Note: “Brita” type drinking water filters, which use activated carbon filters, are not a safe method for treating water during a Boil Water Advisory. They do not disinfect the water.

There are three types of drinking water advisories:

• Boil water advisories;
• Do not consume advisories; and
• Do not use advisories.