After 24 years without clean drinking water, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation has opened a water treatment facility to end water advisories for the community.
The end of water advisories for the community was officially announced at an event Wednesday morning on the First Nation.
Shoal Lake has never had a centralized water treatment facility despite being the source of where the city of Winnipeg draws water from.
All homes in the community will be able to access clean drinking water from the plant.
Construction of the new $33-million water treatment system started in 2019.
Shoal Lake, which is on the Ontario-Manitoba border, has been under drinking water advisories since 1997.
