Boil Water Order issued for Stirling after breaks shut down system
STIRLING – Residents of Stirling began the week without running water, and as it comes back on, they now face boiling it.
Alberta Health Services issued a boil water order for the village southeast of Lethbridge Monday, April 24. It followed water main breaks that forced the entire shutdown of the water system a day earlier.
According to the village website, residents were notified of the shutdown around 1 p.m. Sunday. As of 5:30 p.m. crews were working on a pair of line breaks, one a broken valve on a service main line on 7 Street, the other on 7 Avenue, on the village main line.
At 11 p.m. repairs were complete, and workers began pressurizing the system. But one valve burst and another developed problems, leaving the village without water Monday morning and prompting the school to close. Parts had to be brought in from Calgary.