Utilities
Water Reservoirs & Reduced Outdoor Water Usage:
We have a date! The divers will arrive to start working on our reservoirs on Thursday, 29th August.
Super Chlorination of the system is required to avoid a Precautionary Drinking Water Advisory.
Buckle up, it’s about to get technical.
1. **Sanitizing Equipment**: All diving equipment, including any robotic devices and cameras, must be sanitized using a high-concentration bleach solution.
2. **Chlorinating the Reservoir**: The water in the reservoir needs to be chlorinated to achieve a free chlorine residual of at least 2.00 mg/l (milligrams per liter, equivalent to “parts per million”). This level is approximately double our usual chlorine concentration of 1.05 mg/l. Although this concentration is safe for consumption, it may be noticeable. If you are sensitive to chlorine, we recommend storing drinking water in jugs or using a water filter (e.g., charcoal filter, Brita) to reduce chlorine levels. Additionally, avoid changing your aquarium water this week, as the elevated chlorine levels may harm your fish. Extra chlorination will begin on Monday, the 26th, before the divers arrive, ensuring the water is properly treated when work commences. We have scheduled two days for cleaning the main and west reservoirs. After the cleaning, chlorine levels must remain high for at least 24 hours or until the next step is completed.
3. **Bacteriological Testing**: Following the cleaning, the Water Security Agency (WSA), which regulates municipal water systems, will need to conduct tests to ensure the disinfection process was effective. We will only return the chlorine levels to normal once we receive confirmation of negative bacteriological samples from the WSA.
Some fire hydrant flushing will take place to flush out the super chlorinated water. Overall, we anticipate having high chlorine levels from Monday 26th August to Thursday 5th September.
After the distribution reservoirs are completed, the raw water system will be cleaned on Saturday and Sunday, and get our wonderful spring water flowing again.
Again, thank you to everyone for your cooperation and patience.
Residence are asked to continue to reduced outdoor water usage.
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Bylaw No. 2020-MC-21 Water Bylaw
A Bylaw of the Town of Maple Creek to establish regulations and to fix the rates to be charged for the use and consumption of water and to fix the rates to be charged by way of service for the use of sewer.
To read Bylaw No. 2020-MC-21, please click here.
Application for Utilities
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Schedule "E": Outdoor Watering Restrictions
Drinking Water Quality & Compliance Annual Report
The Water Security Agency and the Ministry of Environment requires that at least once each year waterworks owners provide notification to consumers of the quality of water produced and supplied as well as information on the performance of the waterworks in submitting samples as required by a Minister’s Order or Permit to Operate a waterworks.
Please click the link below to view a summary of the Town of Maple Creek water quality and sample submission compliance record for the year 2023:
Drinking Water Quality and Compliance Annual Notice to Consumers - 2023