Upgrades eyed as current Nanaimo infrastructure poses ‘extreme risk to our water supply’
NANAIMO — A major overhaul to water supply infrastructure is being fast-tracked to the top of the City’s to-do list.
It comes after the high-profile eruption of an underground Bowen Rd. watermain in April 2020, resulting in the loss of around 22 million litres of water in a matter of hours.
Bill Sims, City manager of engineering and public works, told Council on Monday, Jan. 17 the event forced them to speed up replacement of key water transmission lines.
“This resulted in quite the rejigging of the capital plan and we’ve picked up other opportunities to improve and increase resilience along the way.”