Lead in drinking water - enHealth advisory
In July 2018, the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) issued a statement about the risk of lead in drinking water from plumbing materials. The advice included: using only water from cold taps for drinking and cooking flushing cold water taps used for drinking and cooking for about 30 seconds first thing in the morning to draw fresh water through the tap flushing cold water taps used for drinking and cooking for about 2 to 3 minutes after long periods of non-use