The township of Whitewater Region has declared a state of emergency as flood waters impact every community of the municipality along the Ottawa River.
"It means that we can then take some resources that we have allocated for day-to-day operations - filling potholes, grating gravel roads - and reallocate them to support the emergency," Mayor Neil Nicholson told CTV News Ottawa.
The Renfrew County Health Unit has issued a warning to residents on well water saying flood and ponding water may affect the safety of drinking water.The MRC Pontiac also put out a warning to residents in the L'Isles-aux-Allumettes, Chichester, and Sheenboro areas to prepare for flood waters to reach and possibly exceed levels seen in 2019.
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