Updates

Deadline May 1 for Early-Pay Discount on SSID Taxes for 2025. Tax Notices were issued March 28 2025. The 2025 discounted amount for Class A (properties connected to the water system) is $765.00. The discounted amount for Class B (properties not connected to the water system) is $525.00. After May 1, the amounts rise to $1,072.50 and $712.50 respectively.

SSID AGM 10am Sunday August 3 2025. At the 44th Annual General Meeting, Chair Trustee Bryan Miles will summarize the past year. There will be a review of the Upper Tank condition, and options for tank replacement. The Operator's report will provide an update on the status of the water system infrastucture. The administrator will deliver the financial report. There will be an election for the trustee position held by Trustee Lee Davis. Lee has offered to run for another 3-year term, finishing 2028. If you would like to compete for the 2025-2028 trustee position, please email the adminstrator:  administrator@savaryshoreswater.ca

Minutes of the 2024 AGM can be viewed here, and are considered draft until amended or adopted at the 2025 AGM.

Read SSID's request that setback reports be kept out of the OCP. The Trustees have reviewed the recommended setbacks outlined in 2 engineering reports submitted to the qathet Regional District, and have advised the qRD that inclusion of the setbacks in the Savary Island Official Community Plan will be detrimental to SSID's future operations. While OCPs are in themselves non-regulatory, any related zoning bylaw can use specific parts of the OCP as law. The qRD responded with a letter that does not address our concerns. The OCP is scheduled to be complete by early fall 2025. Participate to have your opinion heard. Sign up for more information here.

Upper Tank Feasibility Study delivered January 28. SSID received the final feasibility study from engineering team MSR Solutions, with options for replacement of the upper tank. The study is a followup to the upper tank exterior thickness test in April 2024 that showed areas of steel degradation affecting the service life of the tank. The study has provided a basis for further research underway.

Lithium Battery and Solar Experiment. SSID replaced 2 lead-acid batteries with a EG4 lithium battery suitable for powering the Thomson Controller. We also tested 4 solar panels to see if they could provide enough energy in the darkest days of winter to keep the new lithium battery charged. The solar inputs in February were sufficient, but January was too dark to provide enough solar inputs with only the 4 panels. It was determined that the 2 darkest months (December and January) would require a higher capacity charger utilizing the generator power during pump cycles.

Water Use and Distribution Regulation Bylaw 136. This important regulation was adopted by SSID on December 13 2023, and registered by the provincial government on January 4 2024. It replaces Bylaw 102, and contains clauses regarding Commercial Use.

The 2017 Fire Underwriter's Survey established Savary Shores Improvement District as "limited protection" rather than the previous rating "unprotected." The Dwelling Protection Grade was 4, and the Public Fire Protection Classification was 8 (out of 10, Grade-1 is highest). The FUS Survey was updated in 2020. SSID has not been re-examined or re-graded by FUS since 2017.