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PACHEEDAHT
WATER OVERVIEW
Since
the late 70s, the Snuggery Cove area of Port Renfrew has has been battling
with arsenic-tainted water coming out of a too-small waterline that serves
only a portion of the 45 connections in the cove.
A $619,000 federal-provincial
grant to upgrade Port Renfrew's water system, matched with $310,000 community
funds will be used to develop a surface intake at Falls Creek (a sizable
water source up the valley from Port Renfrew), connect the new system
to the existing pumphouse and treatment facilities, run a supply main
to Snuggery Cove, provide a distribution system and install a storage
reservoir booster pump.
Now with the promise of a safe,
reliable water source, several resorts are planned for Port Renfrew, one
of them a $5-million project. Another benefit is that once the new system
is built, Port Renfrew's Beach Camp and Snuggery Cove residents will be
hooked into a unified system.
Average 90cm in length, found in schools at 40m - 500m depths. Feeds mainly at night on krill, fish and shrimp. Major link in the aquatic food chain. Commercially harvested.
