Even though the risk is considered low, persons with compromised immune systems should use boiled or bottled water for drinking, food preparation or dental hygiene as a precautionary measure. Young children, pregnant women, elderly and people suffering from a serious illness are considered immune compromised.
The acceptable boiling or disinfection method is as follows:
1) Bring water to a rapid boil for at least one (1) minute.
Should someone other than the property owner occupy the residence (such as a tenant), please provide this information to them.
For specific questions, please contact the TNRD toll free at 1-877- 377-8673. Click here to learn more about turbidity.
Interior Health facilitates the sampling, transporting, and laboratory analysis for small water systems. Bacteriological and chemical sample results are stored in the Interior Health database. You can search the database below or visit Interior Health’s website.
Drinking water advisories can be seen on Interior Health’s advisory map.
The Vavenby system was largely built in the early 1970’s and upgraded in 2005
114 (approximately)
The Vavenby water system obtains its water from a river intake on the North Thompson River
Disinfection with sodium hypochlorite
Vavenby is a small community located on the Yellowhead Highway approximately 150 km north of Kamloops.
Interior Health’s water database
https://www.interiorhealth.ca/YourEnvironment/DrinkingWater/Pages/WaterSamples.aspx
Interior Health’s water advisory map
https://drinkingwaterforeveryone.ca/advisorymap/
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