RDCO - Regional District of Central Okanagan water ripoff!

Is it true that property owners can vote
their neighbour out of their subdivision??

BC Government and the Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) have all the rights and property owners don't have any right's.

Property owners only have the right to complain, and not to be replied to or listened to.

See that dry patch of grass down there in the photo below, that is Fintry Delta. The Regional District of Central Okanagan is talking about drilling two wells down there and bringing water all the way up to the top of Valley of the Sun hill from way down there at Fintry Delta, but it has yet to be determined what the water source will be? In RDCO's wall posters it says Okanagan Lake, Shorts Creek, wells or other.

Property owners petitioned the Regional District of Central Okanagan to pay $17,500 for a water system they haven't had in 40 years!!! Property owners had a hand picked by our Director Jim Edgson water committee that made the petition up. The Regional District of Central Okanagan on the other hand has said they don't know what water source they will use yet, but they know the price?? Come on! How can a price be known already if the water source has not been selected?

its going to make me homeless if I have to pay $145 per month amortized over 30 years

I don't have the $17,500 up front like some others that voted for the water system may have.

Property owners are too desperate and are taking whatever their Central Okanagan West Director Jim Edgson is offering them! By the way Director Jim Edgson did nothing for one whole year in his first year of political life and at his first meeting with property owners about the water system, it was clear that property owners were very angry that he did nothing for one whole year. I heard the "F" word at that meeting.

Government can make me homeless, and property owners in my subdivision don't care as long as they get what they want which is a water system so they don't have to haul it anymore.

So should my neighbours be permitted to make me homeless so they don't have to haul water anymore??

Government can rape me of my money when I want a cigarette because I am a threat to healthcare, only the guy with the football and hockey stick with injuries just as preventable, get off scott free! Now how is that fair. I am tired of being raped... and that is just what I call it... RAPE!

Government can take money out of my pocket and give it to you so you can buy a new smart car Meanwhile I don't have enough money for a new older car! THAT IS RAPE!

Government can take from my bank account to pay for a water system when I already have a community water system.

Getting really sick of Government raping from people and trying to play Robin Hood!

I have a home ... why should property owners be able to take my money to pay for their water system so they don't have to haul water? Isn't that what you would call stealing my home?

Why should some drill a well and then pay for another water system? That is ludicrous to make a property owner pay twice for water.

I am already draw water from a private water utility up the road, which I haul my water and I get it from an IHA standard community system. The community system I have been on has cost $220 per year and will cost me $650 per year starting next year due to upgrades which is more like $54.00 per month, and unlike the $145 per month property owners just voted for.

Leave me the frig alone so I can afford to live for christ sake! I was here before you wanted water. My subdivision has never had a water system in 40 years, so why now? And if you want that expensive water system, then you pay for it, because I already have a water system and it works just fine for me.

If you wanted water, then why did you move to a subdivision knowing there has been no water system for 40 years? Because it was cheap and you wanted to make money off me, and it is permitted by government for you to take my home from me?

Why should I help you pay for what you want... maybe you should help me pay for what I want instead??

The Regional District of Central Okanagan hasn't cared for 40 years if three subdivisions living in a dry forested area had
no water for fire protection. The Regional District of Central Okanagan instead built two firehalls and bought lots of equipment
leaving property owners high and dry. The Regional District of Central Okanagan still doesn't care if residents loose their home to forest fire as far as I can tell by reading the studies that say there still won't be an adequate supply of water in case of a major forest fire with any of the proposed water sources for this system. Apparently the fire dept ran out of water at the Dec 2008 Fintry Delta house fire and they have a water system down there for Fintry Delta property owners.

This is an answer to questions I had.

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Dr. Kendall has asked me to respond to your question.

Provincial legislation does allow for the creation of subdivisions where properties would rely on hauled water. In some areas local by-laws prohibit the creation of such lots, either requiring a potable water supply on-site, or requiring adequate water for fire fighting. Under current practices a person applying for subdivision approval would have to provide compelling evidence that there was no water supply available on or near the subdivision before approval would be granted. Approval would also be unlikely if there were no water haulers in the area. I doubt very much that subdivisions would be approved in the Kelowna area without a water supply.

There are no regulation governing monitoring of water in a cistern, however, the tank truck hauling the water is subject to the Drinking Water Protection Act and Regulation.

http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/freeside/-- D --/Drinking Water Protection Act SBC 2001 c. 9/00_01009_01.xml

http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/freeside/-- D --/Drinking Water Protection Act SBC 2001 c. 9/05_Regulations/10_200_2003.xml

Hauled water is required to come from an approved source (e.g., an approved community water system) which is monitored for microbiological and chemical parameters.

Regards,
Barry Boettger,
Provincial Drinking Water Officer,
Office of the Provincial Health Officer
4-2 1515 Blanshard Street,
Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3C8

Email: Barry.Boettger "at" gov.bc.ca
Phone: (250) 952-1572 Fax: (250) 952-1362
Cell: (250) 217-9135

You are going to make me homeless because you are so desperate!!! Go away and let me keep my home!

If you want water from way down at Fintry Delta then you pay for it, and leave me the frig out of it.

I don't have $145 per month for this water system that 56% of you *&^*#'s voted for.

There is no guarantee that government grants are available so why DIDN'T you say you will wait until a grant is available???

Property owners seem to think there is no water in our own subdivision ... are you nuts??

What is that huge pond doing in Valley of the Sun subdivision. Why would you think there is no water underground at Valley of the Sun?

This photo of the same pond was taken June 13, 2009

It is definitely a lot drier this year even though it seemed we had deep snow
falls when we did get snow, there wasn't that many snow falls I guess.

Why did you vote for a water system before you know what government grants you may receive?

Why do you let government do that to you? Why couldn't you say to government that you want to know what grants are available first??

Is it because you will do whatever government tells you to do, or is it because you are so desperate?

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY PROPERTY OWNERS ARE WILLING TO PAY $17,500 FOR WATER AND WHERE DID GOVERNMENT COME UP WITH THAT FIGURE ANYWAY, IF THEY DON'T KNOW THE WATER SOURCE YET?? WHY IS GOVERNMENT TELLING US TWO WELLS IN THEIR COST ESTIMATE IF THEY DON'T KNOW THE WATER SOURCE YET?

Why people would vote to pay $17,500 for water from that far away if that is what property owners voted for is beyond me.

The water in Okanagan Lake comes from surrounding hills, so to let it run down into Okanagan Lake or Fintry Delta, and then have to pump it back up again doesn't make sense, does it???

Do you think property Owners at Valley of the Sun are slow like the turtle that lives in their pond!

Here is a great photo of a frog that lives at the ponds at Valley of the Sun

Here is a link to the Regional District of Central Okanagan's website which there is a link to a copy of the petition property owners signed saying they would pay $17,500 up front for a water system or let it go on their property taxes and be amortized over 30 years which then it will be $145 per month for 30 years.

Do you have that kind of money?? If you do maybe you could give me some so I don't have to sell my property. Where am I going to go any cheaper? When I came, I had an outhouse and no power and no water. Now there is power, telephone, and I have a septic, and after going through all this I am being kicked out over water???

Have a look at the posters that say the water source is unknown, which these posters were hanging on the wall at the Killiney Beach hall meeting held on March 19, 2009 after property owners were given a deadline to vote by March 9, 2009!

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then I realized that the Lord doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and asked him to forgive me.

Advantages to hauling your water

Don't have to worry about boil water advisories, just go somewhere else.
You can shop around for the best price.
If the price goes up you can always change water suppliers.
You may be able to pay a lot cheaper price if you can find someone with a well willing to supply water to you, rather than paying for Enhanced UV disinfection or filters from a community water utility.