New water supply for Colville residents

The Colville Water Supply Society has worked with our Coromandel-Colville Community Board to successfully provide safe and drinkable water supply to the Colville Village, which affects 14 residential properties.

The project has been going since November 2015, with the employment of local Roy Fraser as project manager. Three water supply options were put to the community in February 2016, with the self-cleaning intake and settling tank chosen. Each of the 14 users contributed $1000 to the cost of the infrastructure and a further $1200 to the cost of their individual dwelling filter cost.

The Coromandel-Colville Community Board has supported the scheme, providing $5000 towards a survey for an easement through private property to protect the supply in the future.

All users pay an annual levy for filter cleaning, system inspection and general maintenance. The supply starts at a natural rock pool with a self cleaning intake, which then heads to two 200 litre settling tanks. The water then moves slightly downhill to the 100 micron filter tank and then onto the 50 micron filter tank. Arriving at each dwelling the water then moves through a 20 micron and then a 1 micron filter, giving residents a beautiful quality of water.

"This is a great example of what even a small community can achieve when working together," says Coromandel-Colville Councilor Tony Brljevich.

The supply also has five fire fighting outlets placed around the village, and any new dwellings are able to connect easily to the supply.

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