The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Déline to boil their drinking water for at least one minute.
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 Chief Environmental Health Officer, in collaboration with the community government, will continue to monitor the situation and provide formal notice to lift this boil water advisory.
Please be advised that this advisory is issued for precautionary reasons only. All water used for drinking, preparing food, hot and cold beverages, ice cubes, washing fruits and vegetables, and dental hygiene must be boiled. This is of particular importance in the case of the preparation of infant formulas. Do not drink water from public drinking fountains. It is not necessary to boil water used for other household purposes. You may shower, bathe or wash using tap water, but avoid swallowing the water.
Alternatives to boiling water include using bottled water or water that has been processed by distillation, reverse osmosis, or by using a filter size of 1 micron absolute or less.
UPDATE:
The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in the community of Délı̨nę that the precautionary Boil Water Advisory has been lifted.
Residents who receive their water from the Community Government of Délı̨nę were asked to boil their water due to higher than normal turbidity (muddy water).
There have been no illnesses associated with drinking water reported in the community. The Community Government of Délı̨nę and the Chief Environmental Health Officer have
observed that the turbidity levels have dropped to acceptable levels in water from the water plant. The precautionary Boil Water Advisory is now lifted. Normal use of drinking water may resume.
It is recommended that residents in the affected area change any water filters that may have been affected, and flush out any machines that use water, such as coffee machines and ice making machines.
