Hi all –
Water was just shut off here, so I went looking for information about what it might be related to. I found the following notice in the Deep Bay Improvement District website. I know we are technically “above” what is mentioned below (5315 Gainsberg Road down to Burne Rd, Crome Point Road and Deep Bay Drive), but it may well be what is affecting our water here too. So I am just sharing here what I found on the DBID site.
thanks –
Violet (Unit 4)
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Emergency Water Shut Off Notice, scheduled for May 22
Please be advised that a temporary water line shut off will be necessary to make a repair to the water main under the road in the area in front of 5340 Gainsberg Rd. This will affect all residents from 5315 Gainsberg down to and including Burne Rd, Crome Point Rd and Deep Bay Dr. These repairs are scheduled to commence tomorrow morning, May 22, 2026 at 8:00 a.m.
We would appreciate if you could notify your neighbours of this notice as all DBID residents are not part of this emergency email list. Thank you.
This water leak is within an archaeological site boundary area and as a result a provincial Heritage Conservation Act permit is required to carry out the leak repairs. The permit application work was completed by the DBID’s archeological consultants, and the provincial Ministry has issued an emergency permit described as: “Site alterations with monitoring as part of emergency waterline repairs near 5340 Gainsberg Road, Bowser, BC within DiSe-7 S’uqsen.”
Given that the work is within a designated archaeological site DiSe-7, the construction methods are much different than traditional methods used in the past. For instance, no Hydrovac equipment, a toothed bucket can only be used for asphalt removal and a combination of finishing bucket and hand digging for the remainder. These requirements make it more difficult to estimate how long the repair will take. That said it is anticipated that the repair will take until at least 1:00 p.m. and perhaps longer. If more accurate information becomes available an update may be posted on the front page of the DBID website. www.dbid.ca
This water leak work has delayed water flushing activities. Water flushing is now anticipated to be completed by June 5, 2026.
John Marsh
DBID Administrator