Ahousaht First Nation declared a local state of emergency earlier this week due to a low water reservoir level and water contamination. (Ahousaht Admin/Twitter).
The Ahousaht First Nation is no longer under a local state of emergency due to water supply, the community announced Thursday.
According to the First Nation, the water quality and levels have been tested and are safe. The boil water advisory also ended as testing showed Total coliforms and E.Coli were
The local state of emergency was declared on Nov. 5 when its water reservoir was at 32 per cent capacity. The remote west coast community had been under a boil water advisory since Sunday due to an increase in water turbidity. The drop in reservoir levels was later determined to be multiple leaks.
Ahousaht Community working together day and night. Some going 24 hours straight. #ahousahtwatercrisis @ahousaht659 #ahousaht pic.twitter.com/FloNz9BqKS
— Ahousaht Admin (@AhousahtAdmin) November 8, 2018
Ahousaht’s elderly were transported to Tofino and barge from Cermaq was used to ship water in large storage tanks and jugs to Ahousaht.
More water arrives in Ahousaht earlier today #ahousahtwatercrisis Thank you again @CermaqCan pic.twitter.com/YfJxAzqwRX
— Ahousaht Admin (@AhousahtAdmin) November 8, 2018
Khalsa Aid Canada purchased water bottles and hand sanitizer to send to the island. The international charity usually provides aid during natural disasters and war zones, but has local teams.
Khalsa Aid will be delivering water and hand saniziters to the Ahousaht Nation, who have been without water for five days due to a damaged pipeline.#ahousaht #khalsaaid #khalsaaidca #watercrisis pic.twitter.com/QL56Nmvts4
— khalsaaidca (@khalsaaidca) November 6, 2018
With files from the Times Colonist and CBC.
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