Government of New Brunswick

Past Boil Orders

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2025

Location
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Order
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Drink
Other
Start Date
End Date
Comments
Rivière-Verte Sector (City of Edmundston) Yes No No 01/05/2025 01/09/2025 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
The Village of Southern Victoria (Aroostook) Yes No No 03/17/2025 03/28/2025 Increase in turbidity levels
Ryder Mobile Home Yes No No 03/11/2025 03/13/2025 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Town of St. Stephen Yes No No 02/08/2025 02/21/2025 Increase in turbidity levels
Crown & Currie Estates - Curry Cres., Michael Ct., Crown Ct., Curry Ct., Kelly Cl., Champion Ct., Waasis Farm Rd., Nevers Rd. Yes No No 02/14/2025 02/20/2025 Power outage and loss of pressure
City of Bathurst – Belle Baie secteur Beresford  Yes  No No 02/13/2025 02/16/2025 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Tamarack Estates Yes  No No 02/09/2025 02/24/2025 Pump malfunction and a subsequent loss of system pressure
Birchwood Estates Yes  No No 02/05/2025 02/06/2025 Planned system outage – repairs to water system
Dover Estate Yes  No No 02/04/2025 02/06/2025 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Birchwood Estates Yes  No No 01/28/2025 01/29/2025 Power outage and loss of pressure
Ville de Dalhousie et Eel River Bar First Nation Yes  No No 03/31/2024 2025 Increase in turbidity levels
Hanwell Community Yes  No No 01/20/2025 01/20/2025 Planned system outage - repairs to water system

2024

Location
Boil
Order
Do Not
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Other
Start Date
End Date
Comments
Town of St. Andrews Yes No No 12/10/2024 12/13/2024 Planned system outage – repairs to water system
Harmony Communities - Hanwell Community – all users Yes No No 12/12/2024 12/13/2024 Power outage and loss of pressure
Birchwood Estates – all users Yes No No 11/29/2024 12/01/2024 Power outage and loss of pressure
Town of Sussex Ward 1 Yes No No 11/17/2024 11/22/2024 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Village of Alma Yes No No 10/24/2024 11/02/2024 Increase in turbidity levels
Hanwell Community (Mini-home park, 385 homes) Yes No No 11/02/2024 11/02/2024 Pump malfunction and a subsequent loss of s stem ressure 
Hanwell Community (Mini-home park, 385 homes) Yes No No 10/27/2024 10/29/2024 No water pressure in system
Dover Estates (Dieppe) Yes No No 10/21/2024 10/24/2024 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
District of Tobique Valley (Village of Plaster Rock, all users) Yes No No 0/23/2024 10/25/2024 Presence of E.coli in distribution system
Newcastle (Miramichi) **High side region above the railroad track  Yes No No 04/15/2024 04/17/2024 Increase in turbidity levels

Town of Woodstock - All users on Center Street, Division Street, Park Street, Queen Street South,

St. Gertrude Street, Cemetery Street, Prince William Street, Union Street between George

 Yes No No 10/02/2024 10/05/2024 Planned system outage - repairs to water system
Harmony Communities, Hanwell Community      All residences Yes No No 09/30/2024 10/02/2024 Pump malfunction and a subsequent loss of system pressure
Gagnon beach (Grand-Barachois) Yes No No 05/10/2024 09/30/2024 Presence of coliforms in the distribution system
Riverside-Albert Yes No No 09/06/2024 09/12/2024 Increase in turbidity levels
Birchwood Estates, Hanwell Yes No No 09/03/2024 09/05/2024 Power outage and loss of pressure
Town of St. Andrews   Yes No No 08/12/2024 08/15/2024 Malfunction of chlorination system
Sandy Beach Camping, Cap-Pelé Yes No No 10/07/2019 08/01/2024 Bacterial counts in distribution system
Village of Doaktown - all users of the system South of Doaktown Bridge except: 7, 8, 9, 13 and 19 Miramichi Street Yes No No 07/18/2024 07/25/2024 Planned system outage - repairs to water system
Birchwood Estates (All consumers) Yes No No 07/12/2024 07/17/2024 Power outage and loss of pressure
Town of Sackville Yes No No 07/02/2024 07/04/2024 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
254-395 Main Street, Village of Aroostook Yes No No 06/25/2024 06/27/2024 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
St. Margarets Yes No No 06/14/2024 06/20/2024 No water pressure in system
Sections of Village of Doaktown:
84 to 239 Main St.
6 Russell Dr.		 Yes No No 05/25/2024 05/30/2024 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Newcastle (Miramichi) Yes No No 04/10/2024 04/14/2024 Increase in turbidity levels
Sections of Town of Woodstock:
241 to town limits of Connell street. Searle Street, Connell Park drive. Hellen street, Elizabeth street. Cook street. Creighton street north and south Squires court. Manor court. 
Lewis P. Fisher drive. Cambridge street. Rose court, Langdon street
Osprey court, Peters street. Burtt street, Deaken drive. Everett street. Gallop street. Maxwell street.  Bicentennial drive, Garden street. Beaty street, Fisher street. Wilson street, Stiles street. Kirkpatrick street, Noble street. Pleasant drive. Riverside drive,  Eastwood drive. Spring court. Kelley court, Neilson Street. Strong street. Jules street. Culbert drive, 780 north to Neilson street on Main street		 Yes No No 02/16/2024 02/20/2024 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Birchwood Estates Yes No No 12/19/2023 01/02/2024 Power outage and loss of pressure
Sections of Village of Aroostook:
254 Main St. to 395 Main St. (end of line)
30 and 31 Pleasant St.
Berry Dr.
School St. (all)
Shady Lane (all)
Bridge St. (all)		 Yes No No 01/02/2024 01/05/2024 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Tamarack Estates Yes No No 12/22/2023 01/05/2024 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system

2023

Location
Boil
Order
Do Not
Drink
Other
Start Date
End Date
Comments
Edmundston (639-833 St-François Street) Yes No No 07/10/2023 07/17/2023 Planned system outage – repairs to water system
Harvey Yes No No 12/20/2023 12/22/2023 Power outage and loss of pressure
Town of Alma Yes No No 07/05/2023 10/25/2023 Increase in turbidity levels
Village of Blacks Harbour  Yes No No 08/14/2023 09/11/2023 Increase in turbidity levels
Village of Doaktown, groundwater spring fed water distribution system, South Doaktown Yes No No 08/17/2023 08/22/2023
Malfunction of chlorination system
Village of Beresford Yes No No 07/21/2023 07/25/2023 Water supply interruption – risk of backflow
St Margaret's Yes  No No 06/21/2023 06/23/2023 Microbial issues in the distribution system
Atlantic Institution Yes No No 02/22/2023 02/24/2023 Due to pressure loss in the system
Ocean Surf Park, Shediac Yes No No 08/24/2022 05/11/2023 Due to power outage
Capreit - Crown and Currie Estates, Birch St., Cedar St., Crystal Dr., Maple St., Poplar St. and part of Waasis Farm Dr. Yes No No 05/01/2023 05/04/2023 Power outage and loss of pressure
Birchwood Estates, Hanwell Yes No No 05/01/2023 05/03/2023 Power outage and loss of pressure
Village of Alma Yes No No 04/20/2023
 04/27/2023 High Turbidity
St. Stephen Yes No No 03/15/2023 03/24/2023 Due to increase in turbidity levels
Atlantic Institution  Yes No No 02/10/2023 02/16/2023 Clorination problem
Crown & Currie Estates – Birch St., Cedar St., Crystal Dr., Maple St., Poplar St. Yes No No 02/05/2023 02/10/2023 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Tamarack Estates Yes No No 02/05/2023 02/10/2023 Pump malfunction and a subsequent loss of system pressure
Riverside Albert Yes    No    No 01/20/2023 01/27/2023 Due to power loss
Lakeside Estates Yes    No    No 01/16/2023 01/23/2023 Due to power loss

2022

Location
Boil
Order
Do Not
Drink
Other
Start Date
End Date
Comments
Silver Meadows Park     Yes    No    No 04/14/2022 12/22/2022 Due to inability to maintain adequate pressure in the distribution system
Village de Rivière-Verte    Yes    No    No 12/8/2022 12/22/2022 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Birchwood Estates
    Yes    No    No 12/11/2022 12/14/2022 Power outage and loss of pressure
Village of Alma    Yes    No    No 10/22/2022 11/08/2022 Due to pump failure and high turbidity
East Bathurst    Yes    No    No 10/10/2022 10/13/2022 Due to a water main break and total loss of pressure
Village of Dorchester    Yes    No    No 10/06/2022 10/12/2022 Due to a water main break and depressurization of the distribution system
Village of Alma Yes No No 08/18/2022 08/27/2022 Due to power failure, turbidity and the water demand exceeded it supply capabilities.
Ocean Surf camping Yes No No 08/11/2022 08/17/2022 Power Outage, loss of pressure in the distribution system
Camper City Yes No No 08/11/2022 08/15/2022 Power Outage
Parlee Beach Camping Yes No No 08/11/2022 08/15/2022 Power Outage, loss of pressure in the distribution system
Murray Beach Provincial Park Yes No No 09/09/2019 06/10/2022 Power loss
Rivereast Park Yes No No 07/20/2020 06/10/2022 Loss of pressure
Village of Alma  Yes No No 08/27/2021 08/10/2022 Pump failure 
Town of Woodstock Yes No No 06/16/2022 06/17/2022  
Riverside Albert Yes No No 06/09/2022 06/13/2022 Due to loss of pressure in the distribution system
Birchwood Estates, Hanwell Yes No No 06/03/2022 06/07/2022 Power outage and loss of pressure
Village of St-Quentin  Yes No No 05/28/2022 06/02/2022 Due to high turbidity
Town of Woodstock Yes No No 03/01/2022 03/04/2022 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Riverside Albert  Yes No No 05/18/2022 05/27/2022 Due to loss of pressure in the distribution system
Village de Rivière-Verte Yes No No 03/09/2022 03/16/2022 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Scoudouc Industrial Park  No Yes No 03/03/2022 03/10/2022 Due potential antifreeze leak into water reservoir
Haut-Madawaska – Quartier de Clair sur la rue Principale à partir du 742 jusqu’au 809 Yes No No 02/08/2022 02/15/2022 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Tamarack Estates, except Thomas Court and Bird Court Yes No No 01/31/2022 02/07/2022 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Town of Beresford Yes No No 01/27/2022 02/03/2022 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Town of St-Leonard Yes No No 01/23/2022 01/28/2022 Loss of pressure due to water main break
Village of Aroostook Yes No No 01/18/2022 01/25/2022 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Village of Fredericton Junction Yes No No 01/07/2022 01/13/2022 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Town of Grand Falls Yes No No 01/01/2022 01/05/2022 Loss of pressure due to water main break

2021

Location
Boil
Order
Do Not
Drink
Other
Start Date
End Date
Comments
Town of Hartland Yes No No 12/14/2021 12/17/2021 No water pressure in system
Whitefrost Park  Yes No No 12/09/2021 12/14/2021 Due to a watermain break
Birchwood Estates, Hanwell  Yes No No 11/29/2021 12/02/2021 Pump malfunction and a subsequent loss of system pressure
Campbellton Yes No No 09/24/2021 11/08/2021 High turbidity
Silver Meadows Park in Salisbury  Yes No No 11/02/2021 11/04/2021 Due to high coliform counts
Town of Beresford from 971 Principale street to the northern limit of the system Yes No No 06/16/2021 07/06/2021 Loss of pressure due to a water main break
Birchwood Estates Yes No No 06/30/2021 07/05/2021 Power outage and loss of pressure
New Maryland Potable Water Supply – Springwater Place only Yes No No 06/30/2021 07/03/2021 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
NBDTI Harvey Water System Yes No No 3/29/2021 4/01/2021 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Town of Beresford from des Chalets street to Nigadoo limit Yes No No 3/31/2021 4/02/2021 Loss of pressure due to water main break
Town of Shediac Yes No No 2/13/2021 2/16/2021 Both watermain and sewage line break
Silver Meadows Park Yes No No 1/07/2021 1/11/2021 Due to a watermain break and de-pressurization

2020

Location
Boil
Order
Do Not
Drink
Other
Start Date
End Date
Comments
City of Saint John – Champlain Heights Yes No No 12/21/2020 12/23/2020 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
City of Saint John – Rockwood Park Zone Yes No No 12/10/2020 12/12/2020 No water pressure in system
Department of Transportation & Infrastructure Water System, Harvey Yes No No 11/02/2020 11/23/2020 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Department of Transportation & Infrastructure Water System, Canterbury Yes No No 11/02/2020 11/16/2020 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
#84-317 Main Street and #15-33 Pleasant Street, Doaktown Yes No No 10/19/2019 10/28/2020 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Fredericton International Airport Authority Yes No No 10/20/2020 10/23/2020 Planned system outage – repairs to water system
Department of Transportation & Infrastructure Water System, Canterbury Yes No No 09/29/2020 10/02/2020 Power outage and loss of pressure
Burton Estates Yes No No 09/03/2020 09/14/2020 No water pressure in system
Kelly Lane, Crown Court, Currie Court, Currie Crescent, Michael Court, Champion Court and Civic # 563, 569 Nevers Road, Crown and Currie Estates, Nevers Road Yes No No 09/09/2020 09/14/2020 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Birchwood Estates, Hanwell Yes No No 08/10/2020 08/14/2020 Coliform bacteria in the water distribution system
Dieppe Central St Yes No No 07/26/2020 07/29/2020 Watermain break
Village of Fredericton Junction Yes No No 07/23/2020 07/27/2020 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Rosewood Park Yes No No 06/23/2020 07/20/2020 Loss of pressure in water distribution system
Crown and Currie Estates, Nevers Road Yes No No 06/25/2020 07/03/2020 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Rivereast Park Yes No No 06/27/2020 06/30/2020 Power failure
Birchwood Estates, Hanwell Yes No No 06/26/2020 06/30/2020 Power outage and loss of pressure
Town of Beresford Yes No No 06/14/2020 06/16/2020 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Rivereast Park Yes No No 06/11/2020 06/15/2020 Power outage
Birchwood Estates, Hanwell Yes No No 06/05/2020 06/08/2020 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Beresford – From 585 Principale St to Nigadoo limits Yes No No 05/19/2020 05/26/2020 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
City of Campbellton Yes No No 05/18/2020 05/29/2020 High turbidity
Parkside Estates, Lincoln Yes No No 06/02/2020 06/05/2020 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Tamarack Estates, Lincoln Yes No No 05/05/2020 05/08/2020 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Civic #31, 33, 34 & 38 Waasis Farm Road, Crystal Drive, Maple Street, Cedar Drive, Birch Street, and Poplar Street in Crown and Currie Estates, Nevers Road, NB Yes No No 04/29/2020 05/07/2020 Planned system outage – repairs to water system
Village of Hillsborough Yes No No 04/20/2020 04/23/2020 Loss of pressure
Rivereast Park Yes No No 02/26/2020 03/02/2020 Due to power loss
Parkside Estates, Lincoln Yes No No 11/28/2019 01/29/2020 Presence of coliforms in the distribution system
Burton Estates, Burton Yes No No 01/17/2020 01/23/2020 Watermain break and subsequent loss of pressure in water distribution system
Town of Caraquet from 171 St.Pierre to West boundry Yes No No 01/15/2020 01/20/2020 Loss of pressure due to water main break
Minto Industrial Park, Minto Yes No No 12/23/2019 01/17/2020 Precautionary due to Tire Fire in Minto Industrial Park
Lincoln Elementary School Yes No No 01/06/2020 01/10/2020 Pump malfunction and a subsequent loss of system pressure
Minto Memorial High School, Minto Yes No No 01/03/2020 01/08/2020 Mechanical malfunction and a subsequent loss of system pressure