Residents of an Ontario village are being subject to a “full lawn watering ban” due to a watermain break.

The Township of Selwyn, which is in Peterborough County, says on its website the break in Lakefield – a village adjacent to the Otonabee River – is impacting the capacity of its water system.

“A full lawn watering ban is now in effect,” the township said.

“Lakefield residents are asked to please also limit all non-essential water use until further notice.”

This is not the first order to stop non-essential water use this summer.

Last month, residents and businesses in Bowmanville, Ont., were told by Durham Region to discontinue all non-essential indoor and outdoor water use.

“The Region is currently investigating a maintenance issue with one of the three filters at the plant,” a

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