Nova ScotiaA broken water main on Waverley Road in Dartmouth has been repaired, according to a news release from Halifax Water. Halifax Water says the system is being returned to serviceListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Crews were on the scene Sunday after a water main on Waverley Road broke Saturday. (Giuliana Grillo de Lambarri/CBC)A boil-water advisory for some Dartmouth residents that was prompted by a broken water main has been lifted.The advisory affected roughly 2,000 Halifax Water customers, including those along Waverley Road, Spider Lake, Montague Road, Keystone Village, Port Wallace, Montebello, Craigwood Estates and Avenue du Portage.Halifax Water says water will be safe for consumption and use after customers complete the following steps: Flush fridges or other appliances that store water for 10 minutes. Dispose of ice made in an icemaker or ice cube tray during the boil-water advisory. The utility said it has been continuously monitoring the system and has completed sampling in accordance with provincial health requirements. The advisory was issued around 3:30 a.m. Sunday after the water main broke on Waverley Road in Dartmouth on Saturday evening. Halifax Water said work to restore the road impacted by the emergency repairs is ongoing. Details will be shared once they are confirmed, likely sometime this week. In the meantime, drivers should expect delays and are asked to use alternative routes.Cause of water main break unclearA spokesperson for the water utility said in an email Sunday that the cause of the water main break was not clear, but factors such as “the type of pipe material and age, soil chemistry, and the effects of frost and temperature” could have contributed. Jake Brenner says he and a group of neighbours tried to redirect the water away from houses. (Submitted by Jake Brenner)Jake Brenner lives near where the break happened, and said he was at home Saturday afternoon when he noticed something unusual. “I thought I was, like, in a dream from what I was seeing. It just looked like there was a full-on river in the front of our house,” he said. “It got pretty intense. And so I went right into survival mode. I strapped on my big boots and I got out there.”He and some neighbours started creating improvised barricades using sandbags and plywood to redirect the water away from houses to prevent water damage.Brenner said his partner alerted the water utility, and they sent a team right away. But he said it took hours before the water finally stopped coming down the road. Brenner said that he never lost his water connection, but he still went to the store to grab some bottled water just in case, and was following the boil-water order. Coun. Tony Mancini says he and other people in the area were without water. (Giuliana Grillo de Lambarri/CBC)Coun. Tony Mancini, who also lives in the area, said he lost water, and so did other neighbours. “We do take water for granted, right? We turn on the taps, you don’t think about it. And all of a sudden when we turn it on, it’s not there,” he said. MORE TOP STORIES ABOUT THE AUTHORGiuliana is a journalist originally from Lima, Peru. She is interested in stories about rural Nova Scotia, science, the environment and more. If you have any story tips, you can reach her at giuliana.grillo.de.lambarri@cbc.ca. With files from Meig Campbell
Boil-water order lifted after water main break on Waverley Road
