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2024-09-05
INTERRUPTION OF WATER SUPPLY and PREVENTATIVE BOIL-WATER – Sutton Street - September 5, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pmln anticipation of this interruption, we recommend that affected residents stock up on water to meet their consumption needs during the interruption period, and to flush their toilets.
INTERRUPTION OF WATER SUPPLY and PREVENTATIVE BOIL-WATER – Sutton Street - September 5, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pmInterruption of Water Supply and Preventative Boil-Water Advisory Date : September 5, 2024 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pmAffected adresses :
ln anticipation of this interruption, we recommend that affected residents stock up on water to meet their consumption needs during the interruption period, and to flush their toilets. Preventative boil-water advisoryAs soon as the drinking water supply is restored to your household, a preventative boil-water advisory will be in effect until further notice (minimum of 48 hours). You will need to bail your tap water for at least one minute before drinking it, for food preparation and to brush your teeth. Lifting of the preventative advisoryFollowing this work, water samples will be taken at various locations and submitted to laboratory analysis. You will receive a new door hanger advising you of the lifting of the bail-water advisory as soon as Applicable recommendations during boil-water periods:Please note that you must boil your tap water (bringing it to a bubbling boil) for at least 1 minute before drinking it, or use bottled water for:
You may use unboiled tap water to:
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2024-09-06
INTERRUPTION OF WATER SUPPLY and PREVENTATIVE BOIL-WATER – Curé-Trottier Street and 17 173 Brunswick Blvd. - September 9, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pmln anticipation of this interruption, we recommend that affected residents stock up on water to meet their consumption needs during the interruption period, and to flush their toilets.
INTERRUPTION OF WATER SUPPLY and PREVENTATIVE BOIL-WATER – Curé-Trottier Street and 17 173 Brunswick Blvd. - September 9, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pmInterruption of Water Supply and Preventative Boil-Water Advisory Date : September 9, 2024 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pmAffected adresses :
ln anticipation of this interruption, we recommend that affected residents stock up on water to meet their consumption needs during the interruption period, and to flush their toilets. Preventative boil-water advisoryAs soon as the drinking water supply is restored to your household, a preventative boil-water advisory will be in effect until further notice (minimum of 48 hours). You will need to bail your tap water for at least one minute before drinking it, for food preparation and to brush your teeth. Lifting of the preventative advisoryFollowing this work, water samples will be taken at various locations and submitted to laboratory analysis. You will receive a new door hanger advising you of the lifting of the bail-water advisory as soon as Applicable recommendations during boil-water periods:Please note that you must boil your tap water (bringing it to a bubbling boil) for at least 1 minute before drinking it, or use bottled water for:
You may use unboiled tap water to:
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Home composters
In addition to the Town’s weekly organic waste collection, Kirkland residents can now purchase a household composter for as little as $25 at the Public Works Department (25 Claude-Jodoin – by appointment only) and make their own compost!
To schedule an appointment, please call 514 630-2727.
*Home composters must be installed on the owner’s property in Kirkland. Maximum of two (2) home composters per address.
How do I compost?
STEPS
- Place the composter in a well-drained sunny location that is accessible year-round. Removing the grass underneath the composter allows microorganisms in the ground to be in direct contact with the compost.
- After installing the composter, cover the bottom with a layer of twigs. This allows air to circulate and encourages proper drainage.
- Alternate a mix of wet (kitchen waste) and dry waste (garden refuse) - always 50 % of wet and 50 % of dry residues.
- If possible, add “finished” compost, garden soil or a compost starter to your pile (available at most garden centres). This speeds up the composting start-up process.
- Mix the contents of the compost every two weeks or every time you add new materials. You can also add a shovelful of soil every now and then to introduce microorganisms.
- The fermentation and decomposition process usually takes one year, depending on the residues put in and the effort invested. The compost is ready to use when it is dark in colour, crumbly and has an “earthy” smell. Sort through the compost to eliminate substances that have not completely decomposed and put them back in the composter.
Materials that are acceptable for your composter
Wet materials:
Vegetable and fruit peels (including citrus fruit and banana skins), soup and salad leftovers (in small quantities so as not to soak the compost), wild mushrooms, green garden residues, grass clippings (in small quantities).
Dry materials:
Coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, cereal, bread, pasta, egg and nut shells, peach pits, wood chips, sawdust and twigs, animal hair or fur, corn cobs and stalks, dry fiber material cut into small pieces, dry tree leaves, hay, paper, newspapers and cardboard. Note that some wet materials can be dried in the sun to become dry materials.
Do NOT use:
Meat, fish and bone, dairy products, grease and oils, cheese, plastic, metal, seed-bearing weeds and diseased plants, harmful plants(ragweed, poison ivy, bindweed and quack grass), toxic products (treated turf), animal waste.
* You can compost weeds, bones, fish, meat and dairy products through the Municipal Organic Waste Collection (brown bins), as a result of the high-temperatures reached in the fermentation process due to the large quantities of composted organic materials.
