On Wednesday a precautionary water advisory for issued for the Town of Eastend and it looks like it going to remain for some time.

The advisory is as a result of elevated turbidity due to spring runoff.

Edna Laturnus, is the CAO for the Town of Eastend, and said the town experiences this often.

"Our water treatment plant is aged, and it's difficult to cope with the increasing restrictions in respect with turbidity so yes we do experience this quite often in the spring," she said.

Laturnus added that they are currently in the process of replacing their water treatment plant and that the advisory will remain until at least the beginning of April.