Boil Water and Water Quality Advisories

Precautionary Boil Water Notice issued for the entire Rose Valley Water Service Area

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Friday, Aug. 18, 2023

The City of West Kelowna, in consultation with Interior Health, is issuing a precautionary Boil Water Notice, until further notice, for the entire Rose Valley Water Service Area due to the McDougall Creek Wildfire.

The previously issued Boil Water Notices for the West Kelowna Estates and Sunnyside/Pritchard Systems also remain in effect, until further notice.

View a map at westkelownacity.ca/waterquality to confirm if your property is in the affected...

Sunnyside/Pritchard Service Area upgraded to Boil Water Notice - Aug. 10, 2023

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Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023

The City of West Kelowna, in consultation with Interior Health, has upgraded the Water Quality Advisory issued on May 26, 2023, to a Boil Water Notice for the Sunnyside/Pritchard Service Area, effective immediately and until further notice, due to the presence of total coliform at the Okanagan Lake intake.

View a map at westkelownacity.ca/waterquality to confirm if your property is in the affected service area. 

Under a Boil Water Notice, everyone must use...

West Kelowna Estates System upgraded to Boil Water Notice - Aug. 4, 2023

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Friday, Aug. 4, 2023

The City of West Kelowna, in consultation with Interior Health, has upgraded the Water Quality Advisory issued on May 10, 2023, to a Boil Water Notice for the Rose Valley - West Kelowna Estates System, effective immediately and until further notice, due to the presence of total coliform and E.coli at the Lake Okanagan intake.

View a map at westkelownacity.ca/waterquality to confirm if your property is in the affected service area. 

Under a Boil Water Notice,...

Boil Water Notice downgraded to Water Quality Advisory in Sunnyside/Pritchard System

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Friday, May 26, 2023

The City of West Kelowna, in consultation with Interior Health, is downgrading a Boil Water Notice to a Water Quality Advisory for the Rose Valley – Sunnyside/Pritchard Service Area.

View a map at westkelownacity.ca/waterquality to determine if your property is in the affected service area.

The Boil Water Notice had been required since May 17, 2023, due to increased turbidity from freshet, at the Lake Okanagan Intake. Turbidity has since subsided but is...

Water Quality Advisory partially rescinded in the Rose Valley – Lakeview System

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Friday, May 26, 2023

The City of West Kelowna, in consultation with Interior Health, is rescinding a Water Quality Advisory, for most, but not all the Rose Valley – Lakeview System. 

Turbidity in Rose Valley Reservoir has improved, meaning the system-wide Water Quality Advisory that was issued on April 3, can now be rescinded from all areas of the Rose Valley – Lakeview System, other than those specific zones where watermain flushing is continuing.

That means, the West Kelowna...