No Irrigation Water Available for Systems 4, 5, 6, and 7

Due to the water breach at Hester Creek and Tin Horn Creek the Town of Oliver has now shutdown Irrigation System 4. The shutdown is to protect canal infrastructure from the significant debris and silt that entered the canal.

If customers in Irrigation System 4, 5, 6 and 7 require spray water it can be accessed at System 5, at Roads 13, 16, and 22.

To rehabilitate the canal there will be no irrigation water available for systems 4, 5, 6, and 7 until at least May 28.

All domestic water in all systems are operating normally. Irrigation systems 1 and 2 will also see no disruption in service.

The Town of Oliver is currently cleaning the debris that flowed into the canal at Road 7, from Tin Horn Creek, and from Hester Creek, at Road 11. Crews and contractors are clearing debris at the canal and at the outfall near the Okanagan River at the end of Road 11. Crews are also watching the creeks and continuing clean-up with excavators, backhoe, and hydro-vac trucks.

The following picture show Johnson Bros excavating at bottom of Rd near river and the pile of mud and gravel is what is coming down off the mountain.

6PM Wednesday