Halifax Regional Water Commission

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The Halifax Regional Water Commission is the water utility of the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia that supplies potable water and fire protection water to the urban core communities and in therural area operates small systems .

[edit] History

The Halifax Regional Water Commission was formed on April 1, 1996 combining the water utilies of Dartmouth , , the city of Halifax and Halifax County . Before the City of Dartmouth water also supplied Eastern Passage , Westphal, and Cole Harbour . The Halifax city water utility also supplied Bedford . The county of Halifax water utily supplied Lower Sackville and Waverley Area.

[edit] System

• 2 Large water treatment plants
  • Lake Major was ,Commissioned in 1999 uses the" Sedimentation with Multi Media Filtration procees , the Plant Capacity of 90 ML/day (20 Million igpm) serving the communities of Dartmouth , Eastern Passage, Cole Harbour and Westphal Nova Scotia .
  • Pockwock Lake was Commissioned in 1977 uses the Process: Direct Dual Media Filtration Process , the Plant Capacity been 220 ML/day (50 Million igpm), serving the communities of Halifax , Bedford , Sackville , Fall River, Waverley and Timberlea .
• Small Systems
  • Miller Lake -since 2002 serving Fall River
  • Silver Sands - since 1999 serving Cow Bay
  • Churchill Estates - since 1992 serving Herring Cove
  • Lively - since 1982 serving Middle Sackville
  • North Preston - since 1982 serving North Preston
  • Middle Musquodoboit-since 1982 serving Middle Musquodoboit
  • Collins Park-since 1982 serving Wellington
  • Five Island Lake-since 1982 serving Five Island Lake
• 16 storage reservoirs
• 1,229 km of distribution main
• 7,137 fire hydrants
• 73,897 customers

[edit] Other Facts

• A main run under the deck of the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge connecting the systems of the major plants.
• 4.5 kms of pipe are replaced annually.

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