Halifax Water is planning on implementing mandatory water restrictions in the coming days because recent rainfall in the province still hasn’t been enough to raise levels in the reservoirs.

Brittany Smith, a spokesperson for the utility, says the Pockwock and Lake Major reservoirs are almost a metre below normal levels after months of dry weather.

“We haven’t really seen a whole lot of rain since then, and then we’re also not seeing any demand on the system drop,” she said.

Details about the restrictions and possible consequences should be announced within the next few days, she says.

Overnight Sunday into Monday morning was particularly rainy in some regions, but Smith says the precipitation is only delaying the inventible by a couple of days or weeks.

“The team is looking today to e

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