Since February 10, 2004, the municipality issued a notice of preventive boiling of drinking water following the recommendations of the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Public Health. This notice remains in force.

The most recent water tests done by the Ministry of Environment have detected that the equipment for the treatment of water from the Municipality of the Village of Ayer's Cliff aqueduct could not guarantee 100 % decontamination of the water, if needed. However, the regular water tests done by the Municipality did not detect the presence of contamination in the drinking water distributed on the territory. Since the municipal equipment can not guarantee a complete decontamination of the water, if needed, the representatives of the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Public Health recommend to the Municipality to issue a notice of preventive boiling of drinking water.

The contamination of the water means that it may contain micro-organisms that could be harmful to your health. Young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk.

What should you do ?
If you use tap water
you have to boil it for at least one minute;
or use commercially bottled water.

Schools, businesses, and institutions : advise your clients and beneficiaries that the water could be unfit for consumption; you must post this information wherever water is available. You must provide them with a source of clean drinking water.

Please take note that the municipality continues the required procedures to find and to connect to a new supplying source of tap water.

We are sorry for the unpleasant consequences that this recommendation brings to you but we have to respect the law.