Kitselas First Nation welcomes new water system – Terrace Standard

Jun 1, 2015

May 29 saw the ceremonial opening of the new water system in the Kitselas First Nation’s Gitaus subdivision about 15 kilometres east of Terrace on Hwy16.

Standing on the site under which the recently discovered aquifers flows, and next to where the new high tech lab and pump station are located, a presentation, blessing, barbecue and tour marked the important occasion.

For three years the community was getting drinking water trucked in from the regional district through a costly arrangement with the government after its last well dried up suddenly in 2012.

Water restrictions, noise problems from the refilling of the water tower, and dealing with water bottles and pumps for potable water in households – all this had become the norm while Bear Creek Contracting, David Nairne Associates and the Kitselas searched for water and engineered a system to extract it.

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