Water main break means 8,000 Kamloops households without water

14-May-2026

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Around 8,000 households in Kamloops will be without piped water for at least one more day after efforts to repair a water main break near the city's downtown were unsuccessful.

Officials said on May 12 that crews identified the break in a 500-millimetre main along River Street, and that water is cut off for people living east of the site, including in the neighbourhoods of Rose Hill, Barnhartvale, Juniper Ridge, Dallas and Campbell Creek.

In an update at 5:10 p.m, the city said repair efforts were unsuccessful and the system remained compromised.