water service
$50,000 grant for study into options for better water service on Salt Spring Island
Aug 19, 2019 | 1:52 PM
VICTORIA– The BC government has given a $50,000 grant to the Capital Regional District to study options to help move Salt Spring Islanders towards better water service.
Currently the island’s public water is delivered by five different authorities making it challenging to provide service and cost savings to residents. The funding for the study was requested by the Capital Regional District and the North Salt Spring Waterworks District, the largest provider of water on the island.
The study will gather feedback from stakeholders, develop shared goals and will explore two main improvement option and is hoped to be completed by the spring of 2020.