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The Latest: October 14, 2020 

West Kelowna Council considered and adopted the local area service and long-term borrowing bylaws with 229 of 8,267 future Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant (RVWTP) property owners submitting petition-against forms prior to the October 2, 2020 deadline.

At the October 13 regular Council meeting, both the City of West Kelowna Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant Local Area Service Establishment Bylaw No. 280, 2020 and the City of West Kelowna Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 281, 2020 were adopted by Council. 

For more information, please click here. 

At that meeting, Council was also presented a snapshot of the RVWTP Legislative and Non-Legislative Communication and Engagement that occurred from January through to Oct. 2, 2020. 

Photo Gallery: RVWTP will appear here on the public site.
 Questions?

For questions about the Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant, the legislative process or financing, please contact the numbers below.

Questions regarding the Subject to Petition Against and legislative process
Please call Legislative Services at 778-797-2250
Questions regarding financing of the plant, your water bill or taxes
Please call Finance at 778-797-8858
Questions regarding the project or construction
Please call Engineering at 778-797-8840

To determine if you are located within the Local Area Service (LAS) that will be serviced by the Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant click here or use the map below. Please use Google Chrome to view map.


Construction of the Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant has begun

The City of West Kelowna awarded its first civil works tender to Hall Constructors in March 2020. Construction activities at the Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant, located at the end of Rosewood Drive, began in March 2020. This work includes activities such as excavation and blasting, roadworks, utilities and other site works. 

Construction is scheduled to take 20 to 24 months to complete, with the plant scheduled to be commissioned by summer 2022.

Special thanks to Canada's Infrastructure and Communities Minister François-Philippe Champagne, British Columbia Premier John Horgan and Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Selina Robinson, Kelowna Lake Country MP Stephen Fuhr, Central Okanagan Similkameen Nicola MP Dan Albas and Kelowna Westside MLA Ben Stewart for their support in providing an extension under the Clean Water Wastewater Fund until March 31, 2023 to access more than $41 million in grant funding to assist with the plant's construction.

Keeping you informed 

As part of our commitment to serve you and keep you informed on this project, we have released multiple communications with residents in recent years.

These past communications can be found below:

  • October 14, 2020: Council adopts local area service and long-term borrowing bylaws for Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant
  • October 13, 2020: Council was presented with a snapshot of the RVWTP Legislative and Non-Legislative Communication and Engagement that occurred from January through to Oct. 2, 2020. 
  • October 2, 2020: Unofficial results indicate long-term borrowing is preferred for Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant
  • September 16, 2020: Subject to Petition Against process for Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant reaches mid-way point
  • September 3, 2020: Rose Valley Treatment Plant construction requires temporary no outdoor use and Boil Water Notice
  • September 2020: Subject to Petition Against - Notice of Intent 
  • September 2, 2020: Your Subject to Petition Against package explained on video
  • August 31, 2020: Your Subject to Petition Against package explained
  • August 26, 2020:Important information for Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant Local Area Service property owners 
  • July 29, 2020: An information document was delivered to all property owners who will be served by the plant.
  • July 14, 2020: Council Initiative – Subject to Petition Against process proceeds for Rose Valley Water Local Area Service
  • July 13, 2020: Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant Report to Council moves forward to recommend establishing Local Area Service and long-term borrowing
  • May 27, 2020: Advertisement (Westside Weekly) providing information on water rates
  • March 31, 2020: Blasting permit issued for 2010 Bartley Road
  • March 20, 2020: Blasting letter sent to residents adjacent to the Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant area
  • March 24, 2020: Information to Council presentation
  • February 7, 2020: City invites bidders for Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant civil works
  • RVWTP at-a-glance information sheet: Details on project timeline and cost.
  • September 18, 2019: Letter to residents adjacent to the Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant area
  • September 10, 2019: Canada and BC award grant extension for water treatment plant
  • March 25, 2019: Site secured for Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant
  • September 7, 2018: Parkland purchased in West Kelowna
Past Video Messages

As part of our commitment to serve you and keep you informed on this project, we have released multiple video communications with residents in recent months.

These past videos can be found below:

  • September 3, 2020: Director Engineering Allen Fillion updates residents on the Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant
  • September 2, 2020: The Council Initiative - Subject to Petition Against mailer for future Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant users explained.
  • July 28, 2020: Chief Administrative Officer Paul Gipps updates residents on the Council Initiative - Subject to Petition Against for future Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant users.
  • July 22, 2020: Director of Engineering & Public Works Allen Fillion updates residents on the design and construction of the Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant which is underway now.
  • July 15, 2020: Mayor Milsom updates residents on the Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant
About the Clean Water Wastewater Fund

The Clean Water and Wastewater Fund provided funding of $2 billion nationally in 2016/2017 to the rehabilitation of water treatment and distribution infrastructure and wastewater and storm water treatment systems.

The Government of Canada agreed to contribute $24.7 million and the Province of British Columbia has contributed $16.3 million towards the construction of the plant.

The City of West Kelowna will cover the remaining costs via water rate increases and borrowing.

THANK YOU!

Land

In March 2019, the City of West Kelowna confirmed purchase of a 24-acre portion of 2010 Bartley Road, at a cost of $915,000, for the purpose of building the Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant. Mayor Milsom and members of Council made the announcement publicly on March 25, 2019 at an official sign unveiling near the site (photo above).

The City had applied in fall 2017 to obtain rights to use Crown land immediately north of Rose Ridge Park and approximately 1.5 kilometres south of the existing chlorine-only water treatment facility, built in 1977.

On March 26, 2019, Council withdrew its application to the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resources Operations and Rural Development for tenure on the parcel of the Crown land, located adjacent to District Lots 503, 2685 and 2188, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District.

Since the application process was still ongoing after nearly 18-months, the City had chosen instead to make the nearby property purchase at 2010 Bartley Road, in order to meet its grant obligations. Crown land tenure was therefore no longer required.

Construction

With the land for the new plant secured in March 2019, the City began full, detailed design of the plant.

Site clearing began in September 2019. It will be followed by groundwork and then construction.

Plant construction begin in spring 2020. The project is scheduled to take at least 20 months to complete, allowing the plant to be commissioned and fully operational by late spring of 2022.

Costs

The Government of Canada will contribute $24.7 million and the Province of British Columbia will provide $16.3 million.

The City of West Kelowna will contribute the remaining funds through a combination of sources, including water rate increases, water reserves and borrowing.

Background 
  • Construction of Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant will be the largest single construction project the City of West Kelowna has ever undertaken.
  • The City of West Kelowna originally intended to start design on Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant in 2021 with construction to start in 2022, subject to funding availability. With the grant contribution, the City will now be able to complete the project by 2022, rather than begin in 2022.
  • A 14-week water quality advisory in summer and fall of 2016, which was the result of an unprecedented algae bloom in Rose Valley Reservoir and led to increased turbidity, generated public requests for the construction timeline to be advanced.
  • The federal and provincial governments launched the Clean Water and Waste Water Fund in British Columbia in September 2016 enabling the City of West Kelowna to apply under the program in the hopes of advancing construction timelines.
  • A federal and provincial grant of $41 million was awarded under the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund in March 2017; thank you.
  • The plant will initially serve 12,000 people living within the Lakeview Water System.

  • The city plans to connect a further 6,500 people living in the Pritchard/Sunnyside and West Kelowna Estates Water Systems once interconnections to the new plant can be constructed.

  • The chlorine only facilities that serve the Lakeview, Pritchard/Sunnyside and West Kelowna Estates Systems were built in the 1970s and do not meet modern, federal and provincial drinking water requirements.
  • The Lakeview System gets its water from Rose Valley Reservoir. The Pritchard/Sunnyside and West Kelowna Estates Systems get their water from Okanagan Lake and must be pumped up to houses. After the Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant is built, the Lakeview System will be connected to it immediately. Then, as soon as additional funding is available, Pritchard/Sunnyside and West Kelowna Estates will be connected to the treatment plant and the Okanagan Lake pump houses and chlorination facilities for those systems will be decommissioned.
More Information

For an overview of the Province of B.C.’s investment in the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund, please go to: www.gov.bc.ca/cleanwaterwastewaterfund

Learn more about the Government of Canada’s commitment to the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund.

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