Welcome to Wilderness Mountain Drinking Water

The Wilderness Mountain Water System provides drinking water to a small, residential Water Service Area near the top of Mount Matheson in East Sooke. CRD Integrated Water Services is responsible for the overall operation of the water system with day-to-day operation provided by the CRD Water Management Division. The design and construction of water system facilities is overseen by the CRD Integrated Engineering Division. The quality of drinking water provided to customers in the Wilderness Mountain Water System is overseen by the CRD Water Quality Division.

Wilderness Mountain Water System Description

Drinking Water News

Water System Improvements (Status as of April 25, 2012)

Upgrades to the Wilderness Mountain Water System are underway with an anticipated completion in early summer 2012.

The project provides improvements to the water treatment process including cartridge filtration and ultraviolet (UV) disinfection in the existing building adjacent to Wilfred Reservoir. Addition of ammonia (chloramination) will occur in a new building adjacent to the existing one.

The project was tendered in December 2011 and awarded to Ridgeline Mechanical Ltd of Courtenay BC in the amount of $418,588.59+HST.

Ridgeline has poured the concrete foundation in preparation for arrival of the new treatment building (pre-fabricated offsite) with plumbing and mechanical components already installed inside. Some of the mechanical work in the existing building has been completed. However, there remains some mechanical and electrical work prior to start of commissioning in late May-June.

In addition the CRD is replacing components of the upper booster pump station, including new pumps, pressure tanks and a solenoid valve to assist during power outages.

Please call the following if you have any questions or concerns:

Garth O’Neil: 1.250.898.7648

Project Manager, Ridgeline Mechanical Ltd (Prime Contractor)

Mitchell Hahn: 1.250.388.9161

Project Manager, Stantec Consulting Ltd (Consulting Engineer)

Scott Mason: 1.250.474.9665 or Toll Free 1.800.663.4425

Manager, Regional Infrastructure, Infrastructure Engineering, CRD (Owner)