Montreal’s Construction Lifestyle
In the past, construction in Montreal was a summer inconvenience, something to joke about:
THERE ARE TWO SEASONS IN MONTREAL: Winter and Construction.
THE BUSIEST CONSTRUCTION DAY? The Friday before the construction holiday begins. Workers block off highways and tunnels with thousands of orange traffic cones and leave. After the 2 week holiday they remove the cones and that's it. I guess the roads just needed a rest.
Now construction has become a big part of the Montreal lifestyle, directly affecting the day to day life of Montrealers. Along with the noise and dust, streets are closed for months and even years. People are forced to adjust to longer commutes due to limited access to where they live an work. Try exiting downtown after an evening show at the Jazz Fest or Just for Laughs, it is like driving through an orange maze.
Open Water Pipes = Boil Water Advisory
It’s not just traffic that is at issue during construction: your drinking water is too. Underground water and sewer lines are constantly uncovered, opened up, repaired, replaced or even broken. This can allow your drinking water to become contaminated.
The city’s water treatment plant filters and purifies water, then adds chlorine to keep it safe for use as it is pumped through pipes to your home or business. Any time the pipes are opened there is a chance for contaminants to get into your water.
BOIL WATER ADVISORIES Reasons to issue precautionary boil water advisories include but are not exclusive to: - Water leaks or main breaks. - Depressurization of water mains. - Contaminants enter the water system from issues at the Treatment Plant, improper pipe connections, or by some other means.
These contaminants can include harmful microbes, like E.coli bacteria or Giardia parasites could be present in the potable (drinking) water supply. Consuming water contaminated with these microbes can make you sick.
If the city detects contamination they will take action to resolve the issue. They may even issue a boil water advisory to keep people safe.
The question is:
What were your drinking before the boil water advisory?
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Looking for more info online? Check these out:
As a test search Google News for “boil water advisory after water main break” see how many results you get.
There are also cases of water with bad taste, bad smell, or colour. Brown or Red water is a common issue during construction or as older pipes are flushed out. This isn’t harmful to use in the short term but do you really want to drink it?
BROWN WATER A group of Pointe-Claire residents are trying to figure out their next move after learning that it will be months before the city of Pointe-Claire will start the process to rectify a long-standing water main problem that has been turning their water murky brown on and off for months, six times alone in January. Montreal Gazette>
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