Metro ends water advisory
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Updated: November 02, 2009 5:41 PM
For a while it looked like Metro Vancouver was about to have another bout of murky water flowing out of water taps.
Heavy rains washed sediment into the Seymour reservoir over the weekend, prompting Metro officials to issue an advisory Sunday that residents might notice cloudy water.
Spokesman Bill Morrell said Monday conditions have since improved and no noticeable increase in water turbidity is expected.
Metro did temporarily increase disinfection levels and took more water from the Coquitlam source, which is less prone to turbidity problems due to different geology.
Turbid water incidents – like the one that led to an unprecedented boil water advisory two years ago – aren't expected to happen once the region's $784-million Seymour Capilano Filtration Plant is finished.
Although tunnels that will link the Capilano reservoir are still far from complete, Morrell said filtration of Seymour water should start by the end of this year.
"Hopefully we'll wave goodbye to any of these incidents at the Seymour reservoir at least," he said.
Water filtration isn't planned for the Coquitlam reservoir, but it is being upgraded to ultraviolet disinfection.
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