Construction season may cause discoloured water

With construction season ramping up within the City of Timmins, staff are advising that some residents may experience some discolouration to their water.

Various construction or maintenance activities may cause residents to experience short-term loss in water pressure or experience brown or rust-coloured water, such as water main repairs or a water main break when valves need to be shut off, and the annual flushing of fire hydrants.

Employees make every attempt to advise residents of work being conducting by posting Notices of Disruption to the corporate website and Facebook page, as well as hand-delivering a notice to each resident in the contract zone.

While it is sometimes hard to gauge how far the effects will be felt, residents are advised that should they experience coloured water it is recommended not to drink it or wash laundry. While it is not harmful to your health, it can stain laundry. Should this occur, it is advised to run the COLD water tap closest to the source (usually your laundry tub tap) and let it run for approximately 15-20 minutes or until the water colour has returned to normal.

Members of the Public Utilities Department will make efforts to notify areas of high impact (such as restaurants, daycares, schools and seniors’ residences) when completing work nearby.

City staff would like to thank residents for their patience and cooperation during these necessary repairs and/or maintenance activities, and advise that if there are any questions, concerns or requests for additional information, they may contact the Public Utilities Department at 705-360-2646.

After-hours emergencies should be directed to 705-264-1201.

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