The Cariboo Regional District announced today (October 22) that water supplied through their Lac La Hache water system will soon be protected from bacterial infections through chlorination of the drinking water supply.
The CRD said the well replacement and treatment process was made possible by $750,000 in funding from the BC Growing Communities Fund.
To ensure that water supplied through this well was safe to drink, filtration and disinfection processes were included.
Cariboo Regional District Utilities Manager, Kelly McDonald said they have a pump station and two new wells about to come online.
“The pump station should be completed in mid-November and then we’ll have to do some well-proofing and I’m hoping to have everything online by Christmas,” McDonald said.
While most communities in BC chlorinate their drinking water supply, the Lac La Hache system has not been chlorinated and coliform bacteria have been previously detected in the system.
The CRD Utilities Department will be holding a public information meeting November fifth from 1 to 6 at the Lac La Hache Community Hall with Electoral Area G Director Al Richmond and Kelly McDonald on hand to answer questions.
McDonald noted that they are working on a treatment plant to remove manganese in the Horse Lake water system.
“Most of our (CRD) water systems now are chlorinated, there are just a couple of outliers that we’re looking for funding for.”
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