Bald Mountain Sanitary Sewer System

Bald Mountain Wastewater Treatment
Bald Mountain sewer system is located between Youbou and the Town of Lake Cowichan, on the Cowichan Lake in Electoral Area I.  The facility services 132 residential properties.

System Overview



The treatment plant is a membrane bioreactor (MBR) plant producing Class A high quality effluent.
The treatment works include two membranes with provisions in place for future additional treatment. Discharge from the UV disinfected effluent goes into the ground by means of two large infiltration basins.
Critical equipment is monitored 24-hours a day for malfunctions (such as pump failures); if such an abnormality occurs an alarm is send to the on-duty pager to alert CVRD staff for immediate response.

Annual Charges 
Billing Period  Billing Date  User Fee* per Billing Period  Parcel Tax**
(approx)
Annual Fees
(User Fees and Parcel Tax) 
January 1-June 30 February 1  $135.00 $332.00

 $602.00
July 1-December 31 August 1 $135.00

*User Fees are mailed out to each customers on the billing date stated above.
**Parcel Tax is charged once a year and is incorporated into the property tax for each customer.