Monday, November 29, 2010

Reduce Water Notice - Foothills Area


Greater Vernon Water says the construction of the Kalamalka Lake – Duteau Creek Interconnect project requires the drainage of the large water supply main serving customers in the Foothills Area of Vernon.Manager, Al Cotsworth says the line will need to be drained two or three times this winter. The work allows the utility to put Kalamalka Lake water into the Duteau system or Duteau water into the Kalamalka system when conditions warrant.  He says the works will significantly reduce the risk of a water supply outage to Greater Vernon.The utility is requesting domestic water customers in the Foothills area  reduce their water use, where possible, from next Monday morning, November 29 th and ending the evening of Tuesday November 30th.
This includes but is not limited to:
  1. • Reducing clothes washing;
  2. • Home car washing
  3. • Reduce other cleaning that requires water
  4. • Making backyard ice rinks
Greater Vernon Water is taking additional measures to lessen the impact of the reduced water supply, and a notification will be updated as the program progresses.

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