Regulator demands answers over Halifax boil-water advisory

The utility responsible for water in Halifax is facing questions from its regulator about why customers were issued a boil-water advisory for the second time in seven months this week, in an incident that prompted the cancellation of hundreds of surgeries and clinical procedures.About 200,000 Halifax Water customers were affected Tuesday through to Thursday morning after an electrical failure at Halifax Water’s J.D. Kline Water Supply Plant during a planned power outage. The resulting loss of power meant that for half an hour, treated water was not disinfected with chlorine, prompting the boil-water advisory – months an after electrical failure led to a similar boil-water advisory.