Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine

Conserving your water use means only really using water for household use,  and being mindful when you do your watering:
- Avoid irrigating a lawn or garden between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m;
- Hand-watering gardens is allowed at any time.
 
In addition, you can conserve water by:
-Preventing water from going onto an adjacent property, a driveway, highway or other surface,
- Avoiding running water continually to prevent your water lines from freezing and,
- Repairing any leaks in your system. 

Water restrictions are implemented when required to conserve drinking water. Watering restrictions help ensure that residents continue to have a high-quality water supply to provide for residential consumption and fire protection.

For the Stages of Water Restrictions and what they mean, see details.

Your drinking water undergoes routine water quality analysis to ensure that residents are provided with clean, safe water.

Water systems are flushed regularly to refresh water in the system. There are two types of regular flushing:

Dead-end flushing: Linear lines that are not looped (dead end) are flushed the first week of every month to refresh stagnant water.

Full system flush: Every valve in the system is operated annually and a uni-directional flush of the system is performed to remove sediment. This typically take 2 weeks.

Please contact the Regional District Accounting Department at 250-615-6100 for more information.