The boil water advisory was lifted on Saturday for the districts east of the massive water main burst and for the municipality of Montréal-East.
The warning was issued as a precaution on August 16 after an 84-inch hole in a drinking water pipe on Rene Levesque Boulevard East near Delorimier Avenue sent a geyser of water more than three stories high into the air.
On Saturday evening, the City of Montreal lifted the alert for the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Riviere-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles boroughs south of Sherbrooke Street, as well as the same region in eastern Montreal.
“Analyses of water samples taken in the last few hours show that the situation has been restored in the area south of Sherbrooke Street, between Alphonse D-Roy Street to the west and Pointe de l’Île to the east,” the city said in a press release. “The agglomeration is assured that the water fully complies with the requirements of the drinking water quality regulations. It is therefore no longer necessary to boil water before drinking it in this sector.”
The city urged residents to turn on cold water from faucets and let it run for a few minutes before using it and to change the filters in water treatment or filtration systems.
The city said it was not necessary to empty the hot water tanks.
As for the chaos on Rene Levesque Boulevard, city officials said it will take weeks to complete repairs.
All roads have been reopened, except for the section where the main water pipe had broken.
