Boil water advisory issued for southwest Calgary neighbourhood

The City of Calgary has issued a boil water advisory for hundreds of homes and businesses in a southwest neighbourhood.

Alberta Health Services ordered the city to issue the advisory on Friday afternoon for 500 homes and businesses in the areas of Wildwood and Rosscarrock, all in the community of Spruce Cliff.

The advisory is connected to a water-main break that broke on a private property around noon on Friday.

City crews shut off the water, but the city says in doing so there was a disruption to the main supplying drinking water to the surrounding area. Water was restored to those areas on Friday afternoon.

AHS says the boil water advisory is a precautionary measure and is not related to the Bearspaw South feeder main.

It adds the break wasn’t on a city water main.

People in homes and businesses within the affected area are told to “bring all tap water to a rolling boil for one full minute” before drinking, brushing their teeth, cleaning raw foods or making ice.

The advisory will remain in effect until further notice.

Anyone with health-related questions about boil water procedures can contact Health Link at 811 or visit myhealth.alberta.ca/Alberta/Pages/Boil-water-advisory-how-to-use-water-safely.aspx.