Conception Bay South has already spent much of August under a state of emergency and evacuation alerts because of wildfires.

A mayor near Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital city said his town of about 27,000 people would likely run out of water by Tuesday evening.

Darrin Bent said officials noticed earlier in the day that the water flow was decreasing to Conception Bay South, on the outskirts of St. John’s. They soon found a main pipe was leaking and the town’s water reserves were running out, he said.

“Within the next two to three hours, we’ll be out of water,” Bent said in an interview at about 5 p.m. local time.

The town declared a state of emergency and asked all businesses to close. Residents were not allowed to use water for anything other than emergencies.

“It’s something that

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