Killarney residents asked to reduce water use
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This article was published 09/01/2024 (722 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Due to an emergency situation with the water supply, Killarney’s mayor is asking folks who live in and around town to reduce water usage until further notice.
A public notice was sent out Sunday on the municipality’s Facebook page, with the request for the 3,000 or so residents to use less water, immediately.
It’s not “dire yet,” said Mayor Janice Smith.
“I don’t want everybody to start filling up their jugs and bathtubs, because that’s not what it is right now. But we also don’t want people to start doing unnecessary consumption,” Smith said.
“If you have children and you need to do a little laundry, you can wash your clothes. We are not in an emergency state. We’re just asking you just to watch your usage.”
There is no problem with the reservoir. It’s doing its job getting the water to people’s homes, Smith said, but the pump that is on the outskirts of town is not drawing water from the municipality’s well.
“So, we are waiting for the well company right now. They are coming tomorrow and bringing an extra pump, just in case they have to replace it.”
It’s not known if the issue is electrical, or if it’s related to the age of the equipment, said Smith. She and the manager of the waterworks department will have a better understanding of what they’re dealing with once the well company arrives on Tuesday.
This is something Smith has never seen before, but reminded people that there are enough reserves to get them through until the issue is fixed.
“The sad thing is a lot of our surrounding area communities don’t have a lot of extra treated water. We’ve been able to get some, so water trucks are filling our reservoir, Smith said.
“We are hauling treated water from Boissevain and we’re touching base with Brandon because if the pump isn’t going to be fixed, we want to be prepared.”
If all goes according to plan, and the company Watkins and Argue out of Pilot Mound, which is about an hour east of Killarney, is able to get the pump up and running, or replace it if needed, the water woes will be over by “end of day Tuesday.”
But if the issue can’t be resolved right away, Smith said they have a plan for that too.
“We will be hauling more water, and it will be quite costly until the pump gets fixed. But the next case scenario would be, if we aren’t able to get treated water into the reservoir, we would have to have a boil water advisory. But that’s a long way down the road.”
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