Sunshine Coast water news

Province is funding 550 automated water meters for the nation

While further testing is needed to confirm the early exploration results, consultant Ineke Kalwij estimated the output of a production well at the site could yield 74 litres per second.

Chaster well upgrades, resolutions for the AVICC convention, and more considered at Jan. 23 Sunshine Coast Regional District board meeting.

The people currently running the system 'are aging out,' with several volunteers who run the system in their 70s.

'There is a way to safely continue operation of the WTP that doesn't come at our expense - the SCRD need only find the motivation to see it done,' Elphinstone Avenue resident Sean Carvajal told Coast Reporter.

Lower crown reservoir to be built in a mined out section of the Heidelberg Material’s Sechelt mine, will include a 'geomembrane liner underlain by a non-woven geotextile' to protect the quality of the stored water.

Clients served by the Sunshine Coast Regional District’s North and South Pender water systems are to receive a mock volumetric billing along with their regular water rate invoice next spring.

Sunshine Coast Regional District elected officials to review reports on a potential construction phase for the Langdale Well Field and expanding transit and fleet facilities.

After rejecting a proposed hike of around 10 per cent on Nov. 21, then receiving an updated report with the lower ask at committee on Nov. 28, elected officials sent that committee recommendation directly for approval the same day.

Increases of 8.9 per cent for the North Pender, 12.13 per cent for the South Pender and a yet-to-be-seen staff proposal for a five per cent increase for the Chapman system are to be considered by the board on Nov. 28.