Test results from water samples taken Mar 2 are back and show the water is clean. The advisory was put in place as a precautionary measure after fire fighting on the night of Feb 28/Mar 1, when there was a high volume of water moving through the system.
We encourage everyone to join our Board of Trustees for their regular monthly meeting, at Mary Mary Cafe (Firehall is unavailable) on Wednesday March 16th at 1.30pm, unless public health concerns determine otherwise. Contact Administration office if you would like any other information: 604-486-7035 or contact@vananda-id.ca
Previous meetings minutes can be found on the Meetings & Minutes page.
Up to 9 residences in this area will have a water outage today, Tues March 1st, as repairs are made to a leak. Apologies for the short notice; this is a situation that was already scheduled for repair but due to sudden worsening, must be dealt with today.
Water shut off will be around noon and continue for approx 3 hours. Please shut off power to your hot water tank and ensure all faucets are closed.
When the water is back on, open faucets fully until the water runs smoothly and any residue is gone.
Contact the office at contact@vananda-id.ca or 604-486-7035 if you need more information.
*UPDATED 2.25 PM* leak is repaired, water back on.
A boil water notice is now in place. Boil water for at least one minute.
More information is available on this page
UPDATE SAT Mar 5: Notice lifted.
Due to a major leak in the water main on Smelter, water has been turned off at the main by the Wharf. Anyone East of this point will be without water until the main is repaired. If you are affected by this outage, we recommend turning off power to your hot water tank and ensuring all faucets are closed.
Our water operators are on the job and we will keep you updated. An estimated time for the outage will be provided when we have more information on the cause of the leak and the repairs needed.
UPDATE: the repair was completed by 3.30 pm, thanks to the speedy response of our crew including contractor Al Davis. We suspect this had been an ongoing substantial leak and hope to see a reduction of pump hours now its fixed.
Visit our page with the most recent Water Inspection Results
Phone numbers, email addresses, names, mailing address here: Contact Us
Please call Mark Robert – Fire Chief – 604.414.9662 … see Volunteer Firefighter