Tuc-El-Nuit Pump House - 2013 - Oliver, British ColumbiaN
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N 49° 11.502 W 119° 32.462
11U E 314865 N 5451874
Tuc-El-Nuit Pump House is at the intersection of Merlot Drive and Lakeview Drive.
Waymark Code: WM13QVX
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 02/04/2021
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"The Town of Oliver operates an extensive Municipal and Rural water system that consists of seven ground water well sites, two surface water sources, and six reservoirs. The water system covers the Town of Oliver itself and a substantial portion of area ‘C’ of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen.
The Town provides domestic water to approximately 2,393 residential and 174 commercial/ industrial connections, which all have water meters to record consumption. Irrigation water is also provided to 601 connections irrigating approximately 5,200 acres of farmland with 1,025 acres of that pumping their own water from the Town’s
irrigation canal, excluding 455 acres of non-farm land that is also irrigated from this system." Source:
2019 Annual Water Report
The Water System Chlorination Improvements and the Tuc-El-Nuit Pump Station are examples of the Town of Oliver's commitment to safe drinking water to all residents that are on the municipal water system.
The pump station at Tuc-El-Nuit assists in the continual water source distribution from ground water well sites. The Tuc-El-Nuit Water System Chlorination Improvements were made to continue compliance of the Drinking Water Protection Act.
The Town of Oliver has added chlorine (water) disinfection to all in-town wells which are closely monitored. The Water System Chlorination Improvements was part of the Town of Oliver building on-site hypo chlorite generation buildings to produce a safe chlorine product to properly combat any viruses or bacteria.
TOWN OF OLIVER
Tuc-El-Nuit
Pump Station
TOWN OF OLIVER
TOWNS FOR TOMORROW
WATER SYSTEM
CHLORINATION IMPROVEMENTS
OPENED FEBRUARY 2013
Honourable Christy Clark
Premier of British Columbia
Honourable Bill Bennett
Minister of Community, Sport
and Cultural Development
Ron Hovanes
Mayor of Oliver
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Town of Oliver