Pete's Lake Water Users Society
Pete's Lake Water Users Society has been providing water to its members, via gravity-fed pipelines, from Pete's Lake since 1987.
A Boil Water Advisory is in effect.
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History
In 1965, the Lasqueti Land Company, in order to provide water to its members, installed pipelines and built a higher dam around Pete's Lake to raise the level of the lake and to stop the lake from overflowing onto the road during the winter months. At that point in time, the water system was operated by the Land Company.
However, on June 1, 1989, a bill of sale was formally signed by the Lasqueti Land Company and the Pete’s Lake Water Users Society which transferred to the Society all the installed parts of the water system.
Shortly after that, the Society was granted Water Licence #72113 which gave to the Society all the pipe, tanks and distribution system previously owned by the Lasqueti Land Company. The Water License allows the Society to remove up to 50,000 gallons of water per day from the Lake. Pete's Lake Water Users Society has been operating now for almost three decades.
Background
The Society presently has 63 members and operates with 7 volunteer Directors. For 2022 - 2023, the Directors are John Martin (President), Doane Grinnell (Vice-President), Barbara Smith (Secretary), Neil Matheson (Treasurer) and the following members-at-large: Patty Biro, and Jayn Tyson.
The Society operates under Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) Operating Permit #1310938 which includes a number of conditions imposed on the Society. The Operating Permit Conditions are shown as Attachment #1 on the right side of this page. The bylaws are shown as Attachment #2.
Emergency Response
The Society has an Emergency Response Plan in place that can be viewed by clicking on Attachment #3. It also has an Emergency Phone Tree (Attachment #7) to be used in case of any incident or emergency.
Water Quality
Pete's Lake water is on a PERMANENT BOIL WATER ADVISORY. The Society was approached by VIHA in the spring of 2010 and told that it would have to conform to VIHA policy 3.3, Drinking Water Treatment for Surface Water, by 2018. The Society developed a Water Quality Implementation Plan that can also be viewed by clicking on Attachment #4. This document is pending revision (March 2019).
To see the results of the monthly water sample tests that the society submits, please visit
https://www.healthspace.ca/Clients/VIHA/VIHA_Website.nsf/Water-Samples-F...
Other Attachments & Downloads
(Attachments #4A-K address Drinking Water Safety.)
Attachment #4A - drinking water safety in general. An introduction to waterborne diseases.
Attachment #4B - parasites
Attachment #4C - bacteria
Attachment #4D - viruses
Attachment #4E - our system
Attachment #4F - making water safe to drink
Attachment #4G - community water treatment
Attachment #4H - the rules
Attachment #4I - pretreatment
Attachment #4J - disinfection
Attachment #4K - where do we go from here
Attachment #5A describes our Policies and Guidelines for members.
Attachment 5B lists policies and procedures for new connections, reconnections, etc.
Attachment #6 gives some water conservation tips.
Attachment #7 is the minutes of the 2021 AGM.
Attachments #8 and #9 are minutes from 2021 board meetings.
Attachment #10 and # 11 are minutes from April and July
Attachment #12 August AGM Minutes 2022
Attachment #13 Motions approved in 2023
Attachment #14 - Board Meeting May 2023
Attachment #15. AGM 2023
Attachment #16. New member hook-up
Attachment #17. New barriers
Attachment #18 Emergency Response Plan 2023
Attachment #19. Emergency Phonetree pdf
Attachment #20 AGM 2024
Attachment #21 PLWUS 2024Bylaw
Attachment #22 Board Meeting April 2024
Attachment #23 Board Email Motion November 2024
