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Boil-water advisory lifted for Picton and Bloomfield
Public health officials in Prince Edward County have lifted a boil-water advisory issued after fuel spilled from a partially submerged barge and was detected in a sampling line at the Picton-Bloomfield drinking water plant. Water being produced by the plant now “meets all provincial water quality standards,” the county said Thursday afternoon in a media release. The advisory was issued March 30 by Hastings Prince Edward Public Health after contaminants leaking from the barge were detected near…