The previous AWOS, installed at Debert Airport in 2017, was unable to be repaired due to its age. It will be sourced from Approach Navigation Systems, the same supplier as the previous unit. The purchase of a new automated weather observation system (AWOS) was approved by Colchester council in Nova Scotia at a special summer meeting after the existing one was damaged in a power surge. “Sometime on July 9, a power surge damaged the equipment, suspected from lightning in the area at the time. Colchester’s director of corporate services is currently speaking with the county’s insurance to investigate whether the power surge can be claimed.