Comox Valley Water Treatment Project

in progress

The Comox Valley Water Treatment Project (the Project) will construct a new water treatment plant for the Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) that will provide clean, safe drinking water to 45,000 residents in the City of Courtenay, the Town of Comox, and six regional communities. After a long boil water advisory that was caused by poor source-water quality, Island Health (IH), a publicly-funded health care provider, instructed CVRD to build a filtration-treatment plant. This Project will construct a new water treatment plant that will meet the IH requirements and the needs of area residents and visitors for decades to come. The Project also creates a partnership between Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) and K’omoks First Nation (KFN) that will supply clean drinking water to the KFN treaty lands. The Project being funded by Infrastructure Canada (INFC) includes the construction of a water treatment system with project works including: planning and design; filtration treatment facility; treated water forcemain; transmission main from south Courtenay to KFN treaty lands with storage reservoir; associated pumps, connections and associated works; public visitors educational facility at the filtration plant; and associated civil, mechanical, electrical and control system works. The Project is part of a larger project that also includes a raw water intake and related infrastructure. The raw water intake and related infrastructure are not part of the Project scope.