Kootenay Water in the News

The Valley Voice - June 5, 2008 - South Slocan moving closer towards water system upgrades". This system of 66 connections has been living with a boil water advisory for 16 years. Changes now in progress may see that advisory lifted. It won't be cheap, though. The system, owned now by RDCK, needs over $400,000 of capital investment, about 25% of which will be borrowed. Users may have to pay around $600/year for their water, double what they pay now. When completed, their system will have a new water mainline, a new treatment system (chlorination and UV), a new reservoir, a new hydrant system and a booster pump station to raise line pressure for several houses. This is essentially what PRWUS members have had in place for several years and the reason why we haven't had a boil water advisory in that time.