Nelson drinking water path

Source

Five Mile Creek Surface water · +2 sources

to plant

Treatment

Mountain Station Water Treatment Facility chlorination · UV

finished

Mains

Distribution Five Mile supplies ~88% via a 1927 pipeline; Anderson and Selous supplement peak summer demand. Anderson booster lifts water ~100 m to Mountain Station.

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Nelson

Source & supply
Five Mile Creek
Anderson Creek (incl. Fell Creek)
Selous Creek
Five Mile supplies ~88% via a 1927 pipeline; Anderson and Selous supplement peak summer demand. Anderson booster lifts water ~100 m to Mountain Station.
Five Mile Creek is named for CPR paddle-wheeler mile markers on Kootenay Lake; its 1927 French-steel supply main still anchors the system.
Treatment
Mountain Station Water Treatment Facility
As of 2023 all sources consolidate here: sedimentation in historic reservoir, UV, and chlorination (sodium hypochlorite).
Treatment on record: chlorination · UV
At the tap
Hardness 167 mg/L (Hard)
Grade A (Excellent)
pH 7 · lead 0.7 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)