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Mt. Washington Alpine Resort
 Mt.
Washington Alpine Resort, located 30 km west of Courtenay B.C.
on Vancouver Island and boarding on the oldest Provincial
Park in British Columbia (Strathcona). The resort is home to
many Ski and Snowboard Enthusiast and is rated
3rd in the province in Skier visits behind Whistler/Blackcomb
and Big White. In the fall of 2001 Mt. Washington received
government approval that will allow for expansion from the present
750 units to 2200 with a mix of high
density and single family dwellings Mt. Washington
experiences extreme climatic conditions with summer temps reaching
30C and winter seeing snow depth in excess of 1000
cm
Raw Water Collection
- 5
licenses
- Total Quantity draw of 472,000m3 per year
- 4 artesian wells
with surface storage
- 1 mountain lake
- Quality tested 2X per month
- FC <1 TC <10
- 1820m3 untreated storage
- Automated system control (SCADA) installed 2001
- Remote system
operation
- Gravity feed to treatment plant
 
 Water
Treatment
- Unclassified
- 2270m3 treated water storage
- Filling capacity 36 L/sec
- Sodium hypochlorite injected
Distribution
- Class
III system
- 3 pressure zones
- 25 hydrants
- 10 km of pipe- C900 some Ductile
- 100-300mm in size
- Presently 350 connections
- Cl2 levels monitored daily at beginning and end of system
- Extremities
tested bi-weekly
 Wastewater
Collection
- Class
II
- 500 meter drop in elevation
- Minimal infiltration
- 3 single pump lift stations, 2 dual
- Video inspected 1998
Water Reclamation Facility
- Commissioned December 1996
- Class II facility
- 18 X 30 M footprint
- Completely enclosed
- Design capacity 2700 m3 per day
- Present operating capacity
1020 m3 per day
- Peak flow period Dec. thru April
- Zenon membrane technology
- Direct discharge to fish bearing
stream
- Discharge parameters continually BOD<5 TSS <1 FC <1
PO4 <. 5
- LC50 results = Mortality rate 0 at 100% concentration
- SCADA
control
- Priority alarm condition starts auto dialer
sequencing
- Remote plant operation
- Reclaimed water used for flushing
and irrigation
Thanks to Jim McKerr
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