The boil water order in Logan Lake has been lifted, just under two weeks after it was first put in place.

About 2,000 residents have had to boil water since June 1, which is when routine test results flagged high levels of bacteria, which prompted the need for the advisory.

CAO Randy Lambright says there’ll be some residual chlorine in the water system over the next two to three weeks as a result of disinfection work.

“The amount of chlorine that is put into the system is light and/or minuscule. There won’t be any effects,” he said. “That is simply to assist in the disinfection of the line so that should be good. It is unusual for us to put that in. However, we did so to disinfect the lines, and that we suspect has had some effect.”

Lambright adds the issues are likely connected to maintenance work that was being done in Logan Lake, and that the bacteria did not originate from the groundwater.

“We do testing on a daily and/or weekly basis,” he added. “Certainly, we do once a week testing which is fairly robust given that we do have a natural groundwater source and its untreated. So we will continue to monitor it as we have in the past. Our hope is that we can put this past us.”

 

The advisory was initially expected to be lifted tomorrow.