The community of Sachs Harbour is under a precautionary boil water advisory.
The Chief Environmental Health Officer advises those in the community to boil drinking water for at least one minute.
This advisory is reportedly due to frozen intake and truck-fill pipes caused by extreme winter conditions. The water treatment plant is unable to draw and treat water for the community. Manual chlorination of the water is underway to minimize risks.
Municipal and Community Affairs are working with Sachs Harbour to restore functionality as soon as possible. The Chief Environmental Health Officer will continue to monitor the situation, and an official announcement will be made when the advisory is lifted.
Currently, no illnesses have been reported in association with drinking water in the community.
