Boiling Tap Water

Residents have now been advised not to drink directly from the tap and boil it before consumption.

Heating tap water before use has the potential to eliminate at least 80 percent of the minuscule, potentially harmful plastic particles it may contain.

Nearly 300,000 residents of Quebec City were without potable tap water Wednesday after a major pipe burst, prompting a boil water order, and a run on bottled water.

Residents have now been advised not to drink directly from the tap and boil it before consumption.

Heating tap water before use has the potential to eliminate at least 80 percent of the minuscule, potentially harmful plastic particles it may contain.

Nearly 300,000 residents of Quebec City were without potable tap water Wednesday after a major pipe burst, prompting a boil water order, and a run on bottled water.