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Petrolia Awaits Latest Water Test Results

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Petrolia residents are still under a strict boil order because of three water mains that broke a week ago.

The city has taken new samples of the water and tested them Monday. The results should be ready by 9 a.m. Tuesday.

The largest of the breaks happened September 4th. The other two, broke the next morning the city's water to be shut off for most of the day and Petrolia schools to close early.

Thousands of gallons of water were lost in a city that's desperate for it. Still Petrolia's mayor said he doesn't believe the city will have to move beyond stage four drought restrictions.

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