Water advisories

Snowfall and Heavy Winds Warning – City Urges 72 Hour Water Preparedness - Potable Water Available

Environment Canada has issued a snowfall and heavy winds warning for Iqaluit. The City
encourages all residents to ensure that they have enough water for a period of up to 72 hours.
The Reverse Osmosis refill depots are open today, Monday November 22nd, from 11 am to 6 pm.

The City of Iqaluit would like to advise residents that additional treated, potable water from
CAF Operation LENTUS is available at the following locations:

Potable Water Available

The City of Iqaluit would like to advise residents that additional treated, potable water from
CAF Operation LENTUS is available at the following locations, starting Sunday, November 21st,
2021:

• AWG Parking Lot
• Abe Okpik Hall (indoor)
• Elder's Qammaq (indoor)

The depots will be open from 11am 6pm daily.

Exceptions to the above schedule are as follows:

Water Interruption – Happy Valley

Please be advised that due to repairs to the water infrastructure, a water interruptions will be taking place on Thursday, November 18th 2021 between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM to allow for the repairs.

Location of water interruptions:
400s, 500s, 1600s

These repairs will have no impact on the current do not consume advisory issued by the Government of Nunavut’s Department of Public Health on October 12, 2021. Until further notice, the do not consume advisory for the City of Iqaluit remains in place.

Additional Potable Water Available

The City of Iqaluit would like to advise residents of an update to Bottled Water Distribution, ef-fective Sunday, November 14th.

Given the success of CAF-Operation LENTUS in providing the City's water filling depots with treated, potable water from their Reverse Osmosis (RO) machine, the City is scaling back the provision of bottled water to residents.
To date, more than 750,000 Litres of bottled water have been distributed to the community through the Bottled Water

Water Update - Change of Water Source – Reverse Osmosis Water

The City of Iqaluit would like to advise residents that pumping operations at the river will cease, effective Tuesday, November 9th, 2021. The colder temperatures are making pumping opera-tions at the river increasingly difficult. To continue filling trucks at the river could cause dam-age to the water truck pumps, delays in filling and delivery, and increases safety concerns.

Trucked Water Services Update - Change of Water Source

This announcement pertains to all businesses and residents on Trucked Services.

The City of Iqaluit would like to advise all residents and businesses on Trucked Services that the source of their water is changing, effective Tuesday, November 9th, 2021.

Drinking Water Update – Additional Potable Water Available

The City of Iqaluit has potable bottles of water available for residents this week. Bottled water will be available every day of the week, but dates and locations have changed based on demand and traffic at each location.

Nakasuk School
Monday November 8 to Friday November 12 – 5:00PM to 7:00PM
Sunday November 14 – 1:00PM to 3:00PM

Arctic Winter Games Arena
Wednesday November 10 – 5:00PM to 7:00PM
Saturday November 13 – 1:00PM to 4:00PM

Drinking Water Update – Additional Potable Water Available

The City of Iqaluit has potable bottles of water available for residents this week. Bottled water will be available at these sites from 5:00PM to 7:00PM Monday to Friday, and 1:00PM to 4:00PM on Saturday.

Nakasuk School
Monday, November 01, 2021 to Saturday, November 06, 2021

Arctic Winter Games Complex
Wednesday, November 03, 2021 and Saturday, November 06, 2021

Drinking Water Update – Additional Potable Water Available

The City of Iqaluit has potable bottles of water available for residents over the Halloween weekend.

Saturday, October 30, 2021
Nakasuk School parking lot and Arctic Winter Games Complex, from 1:00PM to 4:00PM

Sunday, October 31, 2021
Nakasuk School parking lot, from 1:00PM to 3:00PM

Household limits will be in effect throughout the water distribution. We recommend that this water be used for consumption only.

Drinking Water Update – Additional Potable Water Available

The City of Iqaluit has potable bottles of water available for residents on Thursday, October 28th and Friday, October 29th, 2021.

- Nakasuk School parking lot, from 5:00PM to 7:30PM
- AWG Complex parking lot, from 5:00PM to 7:30PM

Household limits will be in effect throughout the water distribution. We recommend that this water be used for consumption only.