ABOUT US

Savary Shores Improvement District was incorporated in 1980 to deliver drinking water to residents of Savary Shores. Residents pay for the water service, and for the infrastructure, operations, and administration, in annual tax levies issued by SSID, in accordance with BC Provincial regulations.

The Waterworks System Map represents the culmination of 45 years work by trustees, staff and contractors.

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WATER QUALITY

The SSID aquifer contains clean untreated drinking water. We test the water from 8 locations in Savary Shores for the Monthly Water Reports on e-coli and total coliforms (both usually zero), and do Nitrates Tests from both wells quarterly. Twice each year, a Full-Spectrum analysis shows the levels of multiple components of our water. We also provide an Annual Report on the waterworks to the Drinking Water Officer. See also older Water Studies.

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June 26, 2025

Generator-1 startup failures. SSID is troubleshooting irregular generator-1 fails. The machine cannot be serviced until July 2, and in the meantime SSID is reviewing solutions that had fixed this problem previously.

The backup generator-2 starts whenever generator-1 fails, to maintain water availability.

Frequent pumping and extra generator starts were observed over a few days, and necessitated a July 25 reading of all residential meters, a week ahead of the usual month-end readings. The meter readings identified the source of overuse, which was then stopped that day.

Upper Tank thickness test completed.
A crew of 3 from Acuren was at the tank farm on June 6 to take steel thickness...

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