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local Medical Officer of Health has issued a "boil water advisory"
for the provincial parks listed below, as a precaution, because there
may be Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium organisms in the surface
water in these areas or there have been occurrences of high turbidity.
In some parks only one building or a portion of the park is posted
with a boil water advisory, while in other
situations the entire park has been posted. The exceptions are noted
in the list below.
The advisory
states that drinking water is to be boiled for a minimum of five
minutes. While all water supply systems in provincial parks are
chlorinated there are parks that do not have the type of filtration
system required to remove turbidity, or the Giardia lambia and Cryptosporidium
organisms. Chlorine will not kill Giardia lambia and Cryptosporidium.
To check if a park has a boil water order, please refer to the Park Alerts page.
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