Ucluelet-Tofino area

Tofino power outage hobbles water system; heavy snowfall brought down power lines

Tofino power outage hobbles water system; heavy snowfall brought down power lines

Tofino residents were asked to limit their water use to drinking and flushing on the weekend after the district’s water supply was affected by a major power outage. All food operators were asked to only serve takeout orders to save on water. Heavy snow downed trees onto power lines Saturday evening, cutting electricity to about 2,300 B.C. Hydro customers, including the system that runs Tofino’s water supply. Environment Canada said about 32 centimetres of snow fell in the Ucluelet-Tofino area Saturday, more than anywhere else on the Island.