Do Not Drink Water Notice - Antwerp Springs Source
January 13, 2010 - Regional District of North Okanagan – Greater Vernon Water (RDNO-GVW) and Interior Health Authority (IHA) are issuing a DO NOT DRINK WATER NOTICE for customers on the Antwerp Springs Well Source.
Areas Affected: Antwerp Springs Source - Lavington and parts of Coldstream.
Bottled Water will be available at the Coldstream Fire Hall on Aberdeen Road and Lavington Fire Hall on School Road as of 6:00am Thursday, January 14.
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Based on the recommendation of Greater Vernon Water, School District 22 will be closing Coldstream and Lavington Elementary Schools as well as Kalamalka Secondary School for today, January 14. Students should not be in attendance at these schools. Please refer to the school district website for further information as it occurs. This closure is due to the contamination of the Antwerp Water Supply. Updated information will be provided to the radio stations.
Bev Rundell
Superintendent of Schools
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A water contamination in the Lavington and Coldstream area is so bad residents are being told not only not to drink the water, but but they should not use it for cooking, making ice, bathing, showering or brushing their teeth. Three schools have been closed due to the contamination of their water source. School District 22 Superintendent, Bev Rundell says Coldstream and Lavington Elementary as well as Kal Secondary Schools will close for today.
Officials tell us a landslide resulted in manure getting into the reservoir, resulting in a severe contamination. Vernon RCMP and Auxiliary spent three hours going door to door last night in the pouring raining telling residents not to drink the water. Greater Vernon Water says customers affected are in Lavington and Coldstream, as far west as McClounie Road, who's water suppy is from the Antwerp Springs source. Bottled water is being supplied for those affected and can be picked up at the Lavington and Coldstream Fire Departments.
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