Update 3: Progress report on Hudson Road Watermain repairs

Date of Issue: Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2025

This is a progress update. A more comprehensive update on repairs to the Hudson Road watermain break will be sent later today, as more information is available.

As of 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12:

• Watermain repairs underway - ongoing this afternoon.
• 14 residents on Hudson Road remain without water - working hard to restore ASAP.
• Hudson Road remains closed from Guidi to Concord Roads until at least 8 p.m. tonight.
• A Boil Water Notice remains in effect for 26 residents on Hudson Road – see detailed list below.
• We will have a full situational update later this afternoon, giving crews more needed time for ongoing repairs.
• Any residents in adjacent neighbourhoods that notice discoloration because of the break and the repairs, run cold tap until water is clear; do not use discolored water.
• Parents, as a precaution, please use alternative water source for making infant formula while our repairs continue.
• Bulk filling station at Asquith and Shannon Lake Roads is open as alternative source. Bring clean bottles for filling.

Please note, this update is delaying other planned communications, which will follow as soon as possible: Feb. 11 Council Highlights; Winter 2025 Rose Valley Source Water Improvements Update.

The following information is similar to Update 2, sent Tuesday, Feb. 11 at approximately 5 p.m.; some information from above is reconfirmed/expanded below:

Fourteen homes on Hudson and Paula Roads remain without water; a precautionary boil water notice also remains in effect, until further notice, for 26 residences on Hudson and Paula Roads, in the immediate vicinity of the break:

• 1009, 1019, 1029, 1039, 1049, 1059, 1079, 1089, 1099, 1107, 1119, 1129, 1139, 1149, 1159, 1169, 1179 and 1189 on the south/southwest side of Hudson Road.
• 1060, 1098, 1132, 1142, 1150 and 1152 on the north/northeast side of Hudson Road.
• 2643 and 2653 on the north/northeast side of Paula Road.

The high velocities and flows have stirred up sediment in pipes in adjacent, but not all, areas of the Rose Valley Water Service Area. Residents are advised not to use the discolored water, but to first run their cold taps until the water runs clear. This should only take a few minutes to clear from the taps.

Also, as an added precaution, parents in the Rose Valley Water Service Area are advised to use an alternative source to reconstitute baby formula, until further notice, at least until the water main repairs can be finished. More information will follow, after the repairs are done.

The bulk filling station at Shannon Lake and Asquith Roads remains open to provide an alternative source of water. Bring clean bottles for filling. Use caution due to icy conditions.

The City of West Kelowna will provide further progress updates on its website as coordinated repairs continue; please visit westkelownacity.ca.