Comox Valley Water Treatment Project

New Water Treatment Facility Complete, Providing High Quality Drinking Water to Comox Valley Residents

Fresh, filtered and fully disinfected drinking water is now flowing to 50,000 residents in the Comox Valley – an achievement celebrated with an event on September 21, 2021 at the Comox Valley Regional District’s new Water Treatment Facility on Lake Trail Road. For more information read our press release and watch the video below.

About the Project

Construction of the Comox Valley Water Treatment Project is now complete. The new system, which began construction in fall 2019, now provides a safe, reliable source of drinking water that meets provincial surface water treatment objectives guidelines. The completion of this system means:

Elimination the need for turbidity-related boil water notices
Removal the risk of viruses and bacteria in our drinking water
A secure supply of reliable, high quality drinking water for decades to come

On November 28, 2018 the governments of Canada and British Columbia announced more than $62.8 million in federal-provincial funding for this project to assist in the construction of the new system and future connecting infrastructure.

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For photos of the construction process visit our Photo Gallery.

News Highlights

Partnering with K’ómoks First Nation

The K’ómoks First Nation (K’ómoks) and the CVRD signed a Mutual Benefit Agreement on September 28, 2018 confirming cooperation and collaboration in the management of water resources in the region. In the signing of this agreement, K’ómoks has stated its support of the Comox Valley Water Treatment Project and the CVRD’s water license application.

The CVRD celebrated the start of construction and officially broke ground with the K’ómoks on October 30, 2019 at Comox Lake. From left to right: CVRD director Daniel Arbour, K’ómoks First Nation Councillors Katherine Frank and Richard Hardy, CVRD directors Wendy Morin and Doug Hillian, CVRD Water Committee Chair David Frisch, K’ómoks Chief Nicole Rempel, CVRD Chair Bob Wells and CVRD director Edwin Grieve.

Project Timeline

The design-build contract was awarded to AECON Water Infrastructure Inc. in July 2019, and construction began in fall 2019. Commissioning of the new system started in June 2021, and was completed in August. The system was fully complete and operational in Sept. 2021.