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Arbutus Mountain Estates Sewer System

Arbutus Mountain Estates Sewer System services the residential development ‘Estates of Shawnigan Station’ located south of Shawnigan Lake on Shawnigan Lake Road in Area B. There are 172 customers located in the service area.

System Overview

The Arbutus Mountain Estates sanitary system consists of a gravity sewage collection system, untreated sanitary sewer lift station, wastewater treatment plant, treated sanitary sewer lift station, sanitary forcemain, and sanitary drainage field. 

Every service is connected to a sanitary gravity main which directs sewage to the untreated sanitary sewer lift station to be pumped into the wastewater treatment plant. Treated effluent from the plant flows by gravity to the treated sanitary lift station to be pumped through a forcemain pipe to the drainage fields.

Critical equipment is monitored 24-hours a day for malfunctions (such as pump failures); if such an abnormality occurs an alarm is sent to the on-duty pager to alert CVRD-staff for immediate response. 

Current year budget information can be viewedhere.

This system does not currently have capacity for any additional connections or inclusions. Further development would require developer-funded system upgrades to create additional capacity.

Land Acknowledgement
The CVRD is in the ancestral and unceded territories of First Nations including (but not limited to) Quw'utsun (Cowichan Tribes), MÁLEXEŁ (Malahat), BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin), c̓uubaʕsaʔtx̣ (Ts'uubaa-asatx), xeláltxw (Halalt), Spune’luxutth (Penelakut), Stz'uminus, Leey’qsun (Lyackson), Diitiidʔaaʔtx̣ (Ditidaht) and P’a:chi:da?aht (Pacheedaht) Peoples. Local First Nations Peoples have stewarded the lands of this region since time immemorial. The CVRD is committed to the ongoing journey of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the region by strengthening cooperation, collaboration, and relationship building.