Don’t trust your tap water after flooding, health unit warning

Don’t trust your tap water after flooding, health unit warning

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is warning residents to refrain from using their tap water after a flood.

Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit cautions well owners during flood season

By Brian Lockhart With recent warnings of flooding in the region, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reminding citizens to take precautions to keep food and drinking water safe. This is especially important for residents who get their drinking water from a well. Private wells are at a higher risk of contamination during floods, and any well can become unsafe. A prolonged power outage can cause your well pump and any treatment devices to …

Beware of consuming tap water from wells after a flood, health unit warns

Barrie, Ont. – Residents with private wells are being advised not to use tap water f0llowing a flood. Flooded waters have been experienced this spring in several locations, and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit warns that if water has reached or covered a private wellhead that drinking, cooking or brushing teeth with tap water should cease. Flooding can introduce bacteria and unsafe chemicals into drinking water. Water should be boiled bef…