Water woes continue

conservation advisory is lifted.

He added that in his 20-plus years of working with the town, he’s never seen the lake this low.

Citizens are encouraged to reduce water consumption by avoiding washing their cars at home, ceasing lawn watering, reducing toilet flushing and other excessive in-home water usage.

Other municipalities in Nova Scotia have taken similar actions due to the unusually dry summer, which saw residential wells dry up and several forest fires rip through the province.

In response to Windsor’s mandatory conservation efforts that directly affects customers of the Windsor, Three Mile Plains and Wentworth water utilities, the Municipality of West Hants issued a press release Sept. 22.

The report noted that the municipality opened a water hauler shed on Willow Street in Hants Border.

“The site will be open to commercial haulers Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents are encouraged to contact commercial water haul- ers for water delivery,” the press release reads.

For county residents requiring safe drinking water, the municipality encourages they contact Chrystal Remme at 902-798-6931 or cremme@ westhants.ca as the province is managing this type of assistance through Red Cross and EMO.