Residents in Montreal, Surrounding Cities Asked to Reduce Water Consumption This Summer
Officials said the city aims to cut daily water use by just under 10% while monitoring compliance and possible fines.
- On Friday, the City of Montreal called on residents to reduce water consumption by less than 10 per cent as emergency repairs begin on a deteriorating 48-inch aqueduct line beneath Atwater Avenue.
- Deterioration of the water main feeding the McTavish reservoir prompted the emergency work, which coincides with two other major conduits already offline for separate reconstruction projects during peak summer demand.
- An advisory targets about 1.2 million people across 16 of the city's 19 boroughs and six demerged municipalities, including Mount Royal, Westmount, and Hampstead.
- Officials are asking residents to limit outdoor watering, take short showers, and turn off taps while brushing teeth, while the city suspends continuous pipe flushing and street washing.
- Alan Desousa, a member of the city's executive committee, noted officials could introduce a complete watering ban and step up enforcement if the situation becomes critical during repair work.
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Montreal asks residents to limit water use as emergency repairs needed on network
MONTREAL - The city of Montreal is asking residents to reduce their water consumption over the next few weeks as it carries out emergency repairs to its aqueduct network.
Residents in Montreal, surrounding cities asked to reduce water consumption this summer
Residents living across all the boroughs of the City of Montreal, as well as its surrounding municipalities, are being asked to collectively reduce their consumption of drinking water over the coming weeks.
Montreal urges residents to cut water use amid emergency aqueduct repairs
The City of Montreal is calling on residents to reduce their water consumption over the coming weeks as emergency repairs are carried out on a major aqueduct line beneath Atwater Avenue. City officials announced Friday that inspections and monitoring of a primary water distribution pipe determined urgent intervention is required in the short term. Work […]
Montreal is asking its citizens to reduce their drinking water consumption by taking "emergency" action on a hot water pipeline.
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