Courtenay drinking water path

Source

Comox Lake Surface water

to plant

Treatment

Comox Valley WTP (4701 Lake Trail Road) chlorination · UV · filtration

finished

Mains

Distribution CVRD supplies bulk treated water to Courtenay, Comox, K'ómoks First Nation, and the Comox Valley Water Local Service Area.

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Courtenay

Source & supply
Comox Lake
CVRD supplies bulk treated water to Courtenay, Comox, K'ómoks First Nation, and the Comox Valley Water Local Service Area.
The $126M Comox Lake plant ended turbidity-related boil-water notices that previously hit the valley when lake turbidity spiked.
Treatment
Comox Valley Water Treatment Plant (4701 Lake Trail Road)
CVRD plant (2021): coagulation, filtration, UV, sodium hypochlorite. Courtenay operates Class 3 distribution only.
Treatment on record: chlorination · UV · filtration
At the tap
Hardness 246 mg/L (Very hard)
Grade B (Good)
pH 6.8999999999999995 · lead 0.6 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)