Public drinking water must be tested regularly to make sure it's always safe to drink. Boil water advisories are issued when sampling and testing detects higher than accepted amounts of coliform bacteria or if there are deficiencies with chlorination or other forms of disinfection.
Below are current advisories in effect for public and municipal water systems.
| Municipal Public Water Supply - Boil Advisories | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facility | Community | County | Boil Advisory Issued | Boil Advisory Removed |
| Community of Neil's Harbour | NEW HAVEN | Victoria | ||
| As of | ||||
| Registered Public Water Supply - Boil Advisories | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facility | Community | County | Boil Advisory Issued | Boil Advisory Removed |
| Sheet Harbour Motel | SHEET HARBOUR | |||
| Riverside Elementary School | ALBERT BRIDGE | Cape Breton | ||
| Shubenacadie Wildlife Park Complex | SHUBENACADIE EAST | Colchester | ||
| Shubenacadie Wildlife Park Complex | SHUBENACADIE EAST | Colchester | ||
| Pugwash Curling Club | PUGWASH | Cumberland | ||
| NS Public Works | SAULNIERVILLE | Digby | ||
| Hubbards Campground | HUBBARDS | Halifax | ||
| Hubbards Beach Campground | HUBBARDS | Halifax | ||
| Beaver Bank Kinsac Lions Club | BEAVER BANK | Halifax | ||
| El Centro Pizza | LAWRENCETOWN | Halifax | ||
| Henley House | SHEET HARBOUR | Halifax | ||
| Haddad's Pizza | MIDDLE SACKVILLE | Halifax | ||
| Big Wedge Pizza | PORTERS LAKE | Halifax | ||
| Petpeswick Yacht Club | EAST PETPESWICK | Halifax | ||
| Elmhurst Apartments | SHEET HARBOUR | Halifax | ||
| Granite Springs Golf Club | BAYSIDE | Halifax | ||
| FANCY CHOPSTICKS CHINESE & CANADIAN FOOD | PORTERS LAKE | Halifax | ||
| THE CHEZZETCOOK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT | HEAD OF CHEZZETCOOK | Halifax | ||
| Fairwinds Motel & Restaurant | SHEET HARBOUR | Halifax | ||
| Crazy Weasel | LAKE ECHO | Halifax | ||
| Pinedale Park Well #3 | Halifax | |||
| Pinedale Park Well #2 | PROSPECT BAY | Halifax | ||
| Norse Cove Camping | EAST SHIP HARBOUR | Halifax | ||
| Petpeswick Yacht Club | EAST PETPESWICK | Halifax | ||
| Nova Scotia Department of Transportation | FALL RIVER | Halifax | ||
| Harold Barrett Fun Forest Camp | BEAVER BANK | Halifax | ||
| Philly's Country Oven | DUTCH SETTLEMENT | Halifax | ||
| Eastern Shore District High School | MUSQUODOBOIT HARBOUR | Halifax | ||
| Pinedale Park Well #1, Prospect Bay | PROSPECT BAY | Halifax | ||
| The Links at Penn Hills | RINES CREEK | Hants | ||
| Gore District Volunteer Fire Department and West Gore District Playschool | WEST GORE | Hants | ||
| Yellow Leaf Restaurant | KINGSTON | Kings | ||
| FOREVERGREEN COUNTRY CAMPGROUND | WEST BLACK ROCK | Kings | ||
| Oakhill Firehall | WHYNOTTS SETTLEMENT | Lunenburg | ||
| Salty Rose Cottages | ROSE BAY | Lunenburg | ||
| MacLeod Cottages Holding Limited | GREEN BAY | Lunenburg | ||
| Conquerall Bank Fire Department | CONQUERALL BANK | Lunenburg | ||
| Charlie's Burger and Pizza | NEW GERMANY | Lunenburg | ||
| OAKHILL PINES CAMP & TRAILER PARK | OAKHILL | Lunenburg | ||
| LUTHERAN CAMP MUSH-A-MUSH | MIDDLE NEW CORNWALL | Lunenburg | ||
| KC Restaurant | WESTERN SHORE | Lunenburg | ||
| Hunts Point Market & Café Limited | HUNTS POINT | Queens | ||
| Wilson's Gas Stop- West Arichat | WEST ARICHAT | Richmond | ||
| Home Away From Home Daycare building | BARRINGTON PASSAGE | Shelburne | ||
| Riverside Convenience | CLYDE RIVER | Shelburne | ||
| Clyde Fram Campground | LOWER CLYDE RIVER | Shelburne | ||
| Castle Rock Inn | INGONISH FERRY | Victoria | ||
| Seaside Bowling Lanes | LITTLE BROOK | Yarmouth | ||
| As of | ||||
We make every effort to ensure this information is always up to date but we aren't responsible for errors or delays in posting this information.
Related
- Boil Water Fact Sheet
(PDF:50k) - Fiche de renseignements - Directives pour l'utilisation de l'eau pendant une période où l'eau doit être bouillie (PDF:49Ko)
- Users That Must Take Particular Precautions During a Boil Advisory (PDF:33k)
- Well Disinfection Procedure (PDF:20k)
- Preparing an action plan when contamination persists following disinfection (PDF:19k)
- Boil Water Advisory Sign (PDF:137k)