Since July 2024, over 18 446 m of water pipes and 41 030 m of sewer pipes have been replaced in several projects across the city. In keeping with its commitment to building resilient water and ...

Understanding why pipes burst starts with looking at water at a molecular level. When water freezes molecules spread apart, causing the water to expand by up to 9%. This expansion can crack pipes ...

The City of Port Alberni ... found in the water, Willa Thorpe, the city’s director of parks and recreation, told council. In that case, the water had been allowed to sit in the pipes for more ...

After the City of Port Alberni encouraged ... It’s also the water. Some waters have a higher tendency to leach metals out of pipes more so than others,” said Berube. If you want to do a ...

"With Port Alberni’s older building stock, we want to take this opportunity to encourage households that pre-date 1975 to undertake private water testing," Fox said. To date, 68 water samples have ...