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Gitwinksihlkw chief executive officer Harry Nyce Jr. provided remarks at the Oct. 25 opening of the village’s water treatment plant. The Nass Valley village had been trucking in water for drinking and other uses pending the completion of the $7.5 million facility. Most of the money for the project came from the federal government.
Water treatment plant in the Nass Valley makes world of difference for village By Josh Massey THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR
GITWINKSIHLKW - The water in Gitwinksihlkw is now so clean that local residents and elders are considering the idea of a bottled water business. Chief Councillor Ron Nyce said the idea came up during constructing the new water treatment facility that had its grand opening this week on October 23. He said a preliminary design shows a glass bottle with totem pole image.
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The water is “so crystal blue and clean” said Nyce, and scores so high on purity tests, that it’s being called the best water in B.C. After 23 years planning and building, the 385 residents of the Nisga’a town finally have a reliable source of drinking water. Before the recent upgrade, residents of this town in the Nass valley had to deal with a water shortage problem that required a costly program of trucking it back and forth across the valley. The also had weekly delivery
of purified water from Terrace for a period of time. Nyce said the upgrade was much needed and a long time coming. “It took 23 years, and the price skyrocketed,” he said, relating a story of early missteps involving extensive environmental and hydrological studies of streams that in the end were found to contain insufficient volume. Plan B was to tap the Nass for its abundant supply. The total cost of the water
plant was $7.5 million. Of that total, $6.8 million came from the Federal Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. The other portion was paid for by Gitwinksihlkw’s capital fund and a grant from the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine. The construction company that did the work was Broadwater Industries from Prince Rupert with consulting duties handled by the firm of Associated Engineering.
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