There’s been a crew at Queen E Park this week, working on the sides of the reservoir to fill cracks in the concrete that have been allowing worms and insects to wriggle or crawl into the water. EEEUUuuughhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(lip-curling disgust).
For those who may not know, there are two reservoirs on Little Mountain. One is at the top, near the Conservatory, first built in 1911, called the Little Mountain Reservoir. The other, above which sit the tennis courts, basketball and hockey areas, was built in 1955 and is named Kersland Reservoir. Water is piped to these storage containers from the Capilano and Seymour Reservoirs in North Van, and possibly from time to time, from the Coquitlam Reservoir.
Hhhmmmn, looks yummy, right from source yah? That’s what goes in to our reservoirs on Little Mountain. From the Kersland Reservoir, beneath our tennis courts, the water is piped to Richmond. So, dear reader, we who live in Vancouver may have been spared the creepy-crawly additions to the water, that the repairs shown above have hopefully stemmed. But don’t worry, Richmond dwellers, you can relax knowing that the worms and insects have been disinfected, before being sluiced off to you! Really. Click on image to enlarge.
Late breaking news: Panic buying of bottled water in Richmond!!!!!!!!
Relax Richmond folk, you may not be the ONLY ones to be getting water from Kersland Reservoir. After all, the upper Little Mountain Reservoir actually disappeared to be reconstructed, back in 2003 and 2004, so Kersland must have served a lot of us in Vancouver then, and perhaps still does. I’m sure they screen the output from the reservoir, as well as disinfect it. Of course, the odd shred of worm poo, or a tiny millipedal leg, may have got passed through, before those cracks in the reservoir shell were repaired. But no one has fallen ill, Vancouver or Richmond drinker, because of the water from Kersland….that this QEhardrock knows of……..
At the moment, there is a new main being laid in under that road construction at the north end of the park. It will feed into the watermain along 25th Avenue, and presumably get water from both reservoirs, as required.
