Gov't funding all wet

 by Darren Handschuh CASTANET - Jul 8, 2015 / 8:00 pm
Residents of Kamloops and Black Pines will have better access to water, thanks to money from the federal and provincial governments. To protect Kamloops' municipal water supply from potential impacts of a hazardous-material spill along the CP Rail main line, the Trans-Canada Highway, or failure of the city's water quality centre, Kamloops will add a secondary raw-water intake in the North Thompson River. This will ensure a backup supply of water is available in the event of an emergency, or if water from the South Thompson becomes unsuitable for treatment or human consumption. To allow the Thompson-Nicola Regional District to continue providing Black Pines residents with clean, safe drinking water, a new raw-water intake for its community water system and accompanying treatment plant will also be built on the North Thompson River. The federal and provincial governments are chipping in $3 million each for the $9-million Kamloops water intake project, with the City of Kamloops responsible for the remaining $3 million. For the Black Pines project, the feds and province will team up to provide close to $1 million.