A water line near the post office in Burns Lake is set to be replaced, along with the installation of two valves on the same piece of property.
Excavation began last Thursday and the project is expected to take between one to two weeks to complete.
Rick Martin, Director of Public Works for the Village of Burns Lake said that the property in question is now owned by Husky Oil.
The property is undergoing remediation with the end goal of receiving a certificate of compliance from the Ministry of Environment.
The project will affect business on either side of the public parking lot behind the post office, on the east side from Gwen's Green Grocers to Lakeland Hotel, and west side businesses from Third Avenue to the parking lot at the project.
The water will have to be turned off when the line is exposed and prepared for valve insertion.
"We are hoping to keep it down to four hours but that'll be determined by the amount of water we encounter when they excavate down to the pipes. We will try and let the businesses know when we will be shutting the water off and for how long," Martin said.