Thousands of homes now getting water from new facility
Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant in West Kelowna. (City of West Kelowna photo)
The City of West Kelowna, says as of today (Dec. 20), the former West Kelowna Estates and Sunnyside/Pritchard Systems are receiving their drinking water from the new Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant.
The city said this completes the second of two phases of water being delivered from the new facility to an estimated 19,650 water system users in the city. Users in the former Rose Valley – Lakeview System received water from the new plant in Phase 1, in November.
In Phase 2, users in the former West Kelowna Estates and Sunnyside/Pritchard Water Systems began receiving water from the new water treatment plant effective Dec. 12 and Dec. 20 respectively.
“This is excellent news for our community and we are extremely grateful to everyone who worked so hard on this priority project,” Mayor Gord Milsom said. “Congratulations everyone in the West Kelowna Estates and Sunnyside/Pritchard Water System areas, and welcome to the new Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant service.”
“Our council is also grateful to Interior Health, city staff and contractors who have been working diligently since the McDougall Creek wildfire to ensure we could provide drinking water from the plant, that meets or exceeds provincial and federal standards, prior to the end of this year,” Milsom added.
Director of Engineering and Operations Allen Fillion said, “We are very fortunate to be able to deliver this terrific news with this state-of-the-art facility to our customers in time for the holidays and the New Year. We thank you all for your patience and understanding, as we know it has not been easy at times; but we can now very much look forward to top quality drinking water from the new plant.”
A letter providing more information was mailed to Phase 1 users to confirm that they are served by the new plant, and a letter will soon be mailed to Phase 2 users as well. To learn more, water users can also visit westkelownacity.ca/rvwtp.
An official opening ceremony and community celebration will be held in the spring, with details to be released later.