Advisory for Osoyoos - rural, British Columbia

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Osoyoos - rural

Type: Boil Water  -  Inactive

Issued: 3/28/2018

Details:

The Town of Osoyoos has issued
 a Boil Water Notice for
 Domestic Water Customers
 served by Rural Water Systems
 8 and 9 Effective April
 1,2018 until November 16,
 2018. 

During this time period the
 water source is switched
 from groundwater (well
 source) to Osoyoos Lake
 surface water supply.  
While the Osoyoos Lake water
 is chlorinated, the current
 disinfection process is not
 adequate to protect from
 bacterial, viral and
 protozoan pathogens that
 may be present in the
 surface water source.