Pete's Lake Water Users Society

Pete's Lake Water Users Society has been providing water via gravity-fed pipelines from Pete's Lake to its members at the north end of Lasqueti Island since 1987.

A PERMANENT BOIL WATER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.
- Latest Sample Report

History

 In 1965, the Lasqueti Land Company, in order to provide water to its members, installed pipelines and built a higher dam around Pete's Lake to raise the level of the lake and to stop the lake from overflowing onto the road during the winter months. At that point in time, the water system was operated by the Land Company.

However, on June 1, 1989, a bill of sale was formally signed by the Lasqueti Land Company and the Pete’s Lake Water Users Society which transferred to the Society all the installed parts of the water system. 

Shortly after that, the Society was granted Water Licence #72113 which gave to the Society all the pipe, tanks and distribution system previously owned by the Lasqueti Land Company. The Water Licence allows the Society to remove up to 50,000 gallons of water per day from the Lake. Pete's Lake Water Users Society has been operating now for almost three decades.

Background

The Society presently has 63 members and operates with 7 volunteer Directors. For 2022 - 2023, the Directors are John Martin (President), Doane Grinnell (Vice-President), Barbara Smith (Secretary), Neil Matheson (Treasurer) and the following members-at-large: Patty Biro, Jonah Spiegelman, and Jayn Tyson.

The Society operates under Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) Operating Permit #1310938 which includes a number of conditions imposed on the Society. See Operating Permit Conditions.

Emergency Response

The Society has an Emergency Response Plan in place.
It also has an Emergency Phone Tree to be used in case of any incident or emergency.

Water Quality

Pete's Lake water is on a PERMANENT BOIL WATER ADVISORY. The Society was approached by VIHA in the spring of 2010 and told that it would have to conform to VIHA policy 3.3, Drinking Water Treatment for Surface Water, by 2018. The Society developed a Water Quality Implementation Plan.

To see the results of the monthly water sample tests that the society submits, please visit: My Health Department - Petes Lake Water Users Society WWS  

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