EMERGENCY WATER RESTRICTION
Please do not use water until this is repaired. A pipe has burst at the water treatment plant. Repairs are underway.
Special Announcement with meeting May 22
VAID is very pleased to announce that we successfully applied for a grant for $ 969,352.00 from the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs that will cover all the costs of purchasing and installing water meters to all our water connections.
See BC Govt News for more details.
We have scheduled a community meeting for 7 pm on Thursday May 22 at the Legion in order to provide details of the grant and project.
VAID would like to thank and credit Sandra Haszard for spearheading this initiative.
See more information on our page about the Meter Pilot Project.
Mining Concerns
VAID has written a response to Zyrox’s application.
Planned Road Closure Friday Jul 19
The road at Columbia/Midas will be closed from 8 am to 5 pm on Friday Jul 19. Work planned is installation of waterline conduit under the road. Water services should not be affected at this time.
The area of work is on the main road used going uphill from the store towards Wall St/Imperial Quarry/High Rd.
Detour via Copper Queen/Aladdin (see image).
Texada Drainage Report
MOTI Texada Drainage Report (2024)
Parsons was retained by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) of British Columbia to undertake engineering services for a drainage study on Texada Island. The purpose of the study was to assess the condition and vulnerability of six priority areas, which cover culvert crossings along major traveling routes.
The primary objectives of the study were as follows:
- Conduct field assessments for each identified priority area, including condition assessment and
noticeable problems on site; - Conduct a hydrologic analysis for the major watersheds and calculate design peak flows for the major
streams; - Conduct a hydraulic analysis using HY-8 for each culvert crossing from the priority areas and additional
areas noted from the field assessments; - Develop new proposed drainage improvement recommendations for each stream crossing with an
identified condition or calculated hydraulic efficiency based on current MoTI design criteria; an - Provide a high-level conceptual cost estimate for the proposed drainage improvements.
In addition to the six priority sites, major arterial roads were included as part of the field condition assessments for major culvert crossings.
This document summarizes the project background, the field assessment, hydrologic and hydraulic assessment, proposed drainage improvement recommendations and cost estimate.