Water Treatment Plant

Media Release: Peachland Water Treatment Plant Up and Running

MEDIA RELEASE: Peachland Water Treatment Plant Up and Running

What is Happening?

A new Water Treatment Plant is currently being constructed in Peachland. The need for various water infrastructure improvements, including a Water Treatment Plant, was identified in 2007. Construction began in January 2019 and the project is expected to be up and running by early 2021.

When complete, the new Water Treatment Plant will provide Peachland residents with safe, reliable, filtered drinking water year-round and the regular annual boil water advisories will be a thing of the past.

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What Are the Goals of the Water Treatment Plant Project?

The new Peachland Water Treatment Plant will solve three issues facing Peachland residents:

Improve water quality

The Peachland Water Treatment Plant will provide year-round, safe, clean drinking water for Peachland residents. The new plant will have a filtration component, eliminating water cloudiness. The new plant will also disinfect water using both chlorine and ultra-violet (UV), both safe and highly efficient methods. As a result, regular annual boil water advisories will no longer be necessary.

Consolidate Peachland’s current water distribution system

Peachland’s current water distribution system is inefficient. The District of Peachland acquired three systems in the 1980s, all of which were originally built to service the tree fruit industry, not a growing District. Instead of three systems, the new Water Treatment Plant will be efficient. It will supply clean water to Peachland residents from a single water source: Peachland Lake.

Service the future growth of Peachland The new Water Treatment Plant has been designed to service the planned future growth areas of Ponderosa-Pincushion and New Monaco. The new system will also ensure existing and future neighbourhoods experience adequate water pressure and fire flows.

Where Is the New Water Treatment Plant?

The new Water Treatment Plant will be located at the current Peachland Creek water intake site. This is high in the hills off of Princeton Avenue.
water treatment plant location

How Will the Water Treatment Plant Work?

Step 1: Water will be drawn from one water source: Peachland Lake.

Step 2: Water is transmitted to the Water Treatment Plant site.

Step 3: Via low lift pumps, lake water undergoes flocculation, clarification, filtration, and UV and chlorine disinfection.

Step 4: The clean, treated water will be transported to an on-site reservoir where it is stored.

Step 5: Clean water is distributed to Peachland residents.

Glossary of Water Treatment Terms

The Future of Drinkable Water in Peachland

Even with the new Water Treatment Plant up and running, it will take some time for the plant to deliver crystal-clear water to you in all seasons. That’s because the current distribution system was constructed in the 1960s. Sediment has accumulated over the years and it will take some time to flush that out, both before and after the plant opens. There may be some variation in the colour of your treated water. However, once the Water Treatment Plant opens, your water will always meet federal and provincial safe drinking water guidelines.

Important Documents and Useful Links

Drinking Water Treatment Objectives For Surface Water Supplied in BC

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