Water system in Haines Junction, Yukon, back to normal after system failure
Residents had been asked to conserve water while the town worked to fix the problem
Village officials in Haines Junction, Yukon, say the local water system is again functioning normally after some hardware had to be replaced.
The town had earlier asked residents to limit water use until the problem with the community's water system was resolved.
Public works manager Jerry Tracey said the system's critical control network failed Tuesday night.
"Our system is basically operated by a computerized system that connects all the parts and pieces of our water system as far as well production, treatment, and distribution," Tracey said.
"Within this system there is a switch that basically ties all those network cables together. And that switch has gone down."
Tracey said the town's water distribution system was still working, and people were still able to use water but that there was no way to produce enough water to refill the town's reservoir. He said the town was "in a rush to get this resolved."
By late Wednesday afternoon the town lifted its water conservation advisory, saying the faulty hardware had been replaced and the water system was "back to normal operations."
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