Sunshine Coast water news

The loans would require an alternative approval process for long-term borrowing

Before the final phase of water meter installations for properties served by regional water systems could get underway, direct award of a contract to shíshálh Nation for up to $618,261 plus GST for archaeological monitoring required approval.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors were asked to consider getting behind another grant application to support the shíshálh Nation’s water reservoir project.

Matching legalities with current practices proved to be a complicated undertaking for the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) board at its March 14 meeting.

'Let’s be ready for anything and everything': advice shared with SCRD directors on Chapman water system supply in 2024's first regional water system update.

A tone of reassurance detailing that “there are no changes to how fire flow will be provided should there be a fire within an SCRD (Sunshine Coast Regional District) water service area” came forward in a press release from that local gove

'I expect that we need substantially more days with low temperatures and rain at sea level to get back to a snowpack we would like to see ideally,' says Remko Rosenboom

Compensation has been made available to First Nations communities and individuals impacted by long-term drinking water advisories. The deadline to apply is March 7. 

What could be a truce between the local land development community and the Sunshine Coast Regional District over feared delays to building projects was detailed at a Jan. 25 committee meeting.

Even if this year’s test drilling program pinpoints a viable wellsite, it will take six to seven years before Sunshine Coast Regional District customers would be enjoying water from any new source.