The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD), in conjunction with Island Health, has issued a boil water notice effective immediately.
Due to the intense rainfall experienced in the watershed earlier this week, high turbidity levels in Perseverance Creek have caused Comox Lake to become turbid.
High turbidity can interfere with the chlorination process used to disinfect the drinking water for the 45,000 residents served by the Comox Valley water system.
All users of the Comox Valley water system are instructed to boil their drinking water for one minute at a rolling boil.
Those areas affected by this boil water notice are the City of Courtenay, the Town of Comox, and the Comox Valley, Arden, Marsden/Camco, Greaves Crescent, and England Road water local service areas. (Please note: this boil water notice does not affect residents in the Village of Cumberland, Royston, Sandwick water system users, or those connected to the Black Creek-Oyster Bay water supply system).
If you have any questions about this notice call the CVRD at 250-334-6006.
For updated information and resources on the boil water notice, visit comoxvalleyrd.ca/boil and viha.ca/mho/water/boil_water and click on “what to do during a Boil Water Notice”.