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Greater Vernon Water - Precautionary Boil Water Notice - Pottery Rd and 18 Ave

Updated: Oct 21, 2024. 10:11am Alert level: Order

There is a Precautionary Boil Water Notice for the Pottery Rd and 18 Ave area.

Greater Vernon Water - Precautionary Boil Water Notice - North Part of East Hill Area

Updated: Oct 16, 2024. 4:39pm Alert level: Order

The North part of East Hill is under a precautionary boil water notice.

Greater Vernon Water - Boil Water Notice - 32 Avenue and Alexis Park Drive, 30 Avenue between 37 Street and 39A Street, and 38 Street between 2708 38 Street and 32 Ave

Updated: Oct 2, 2024. 9:16am Alert level: Order

There is a Boil Water Notice in the area of 32 Avenue and Alexis Park Drive, 30 Avenue between 37 Street and 39A Street, and 38 Street between 2708 38 Street and 32 Ave.

Delcliffe - UPDATE - Water Quality Advisory

Updated: Sep 23, 2024. 4:19pm Alert level: Alert

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Grindrod Water Utility

September 16 and 17, 2024 - No Outdoor Watering for Planned Shutdown. For more information, click here.

The Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) manages the Grindrod Water Utility (GRW) located in area "F" which serves approximately 50 customers. Water is drawn from the adjacent Shuswap River near the Highway 97A crossing and is treated to meet Canadian Drinking Water Standards.

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Water Conservation

During spring run-off, turbidity is high in the Shuswap River which is the source water for the GRW. To keep up to the high turbidity levels coming into the GRW Treatment Plant (the Plant), it has to be operated at about half speed to provide drinking water that is below the 1 NTU requirement of the Canadian Drinking Water Guidelines.

While the distribution pumps are able to meet the customer demands, the Plant cannot produce a sufficient volume of water to keep up and ensure there is adequate water in the reservoir. If the system operates in this manner for an extended period of time, the reservoir level can be depleted entirely resulting in loss of water to customers, and / or compromised water quality.

To preserve the water supply and avoid system shut downs, the RDNO asks customers to not use water outdoors during freshet (increased flows resulting from snow and ice melt in the rivers). Notification will be provided to customers during these times via road signs, the GRW email alert system, and the RDNO website. To help avoid water restrictions check out our water conservation tips on our water conservation page.
New developments requiring water servicing from GRW must follow the following standards:
GRW's metering program requires water meters on all services. Please see the Small Utilities Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 2867, 2021 under Bylaws in this section.

Contact(s)

Grindrod Water Utility

utilities@rdno.ca

250-550-3700