Users’ Associations

Within British Columbia there are a number of associations that are primarily focused on the delivery of drinking water. A few of these are:

Small Water Users Association of BC

The Small Water Users Association of BC is a non-profit association of small water systems in British Columbia serving between 2-300 connections. It's mission is twofold:

To foster cooperation and information sharing amongst small water systems throughout BC in order to improve system operations and help reduce costs.
To represent the concerns and interests of small water systems before all levels of government.

For more information on the association please visit www.smallwaterusers.com.

Coastal Water Suppliers Association

(Formerly the Vancouver Island Improvement Districts Association)

The objects and aims of the Association are:

(a) For the mutual benefit of the operation of member improvement districts and private water systems. To acquaint their Trustees and Employees with a range of representative problems and to give other member districts practical experiences by which they can be solved.

(b) This Association shall be termed as a “watchdog” for its members and may deal with matters concerning all districts in various fields including finance, watersheds, and pollution control including water analysis procedures.

(c) As a unified Association the CWSA shall approach the government and ask for a standard rate of interest on borrowing of monies for our districts.

Membership:

The membership includes improvement districts, private water systems and one municipality on Vancouver Island, Sunshine Coast and the Gulf Islands.

For more information on the association please visit www.cwsa.net.

Water Suppliers Association of BC

The Water Supply Association of B.C. (formerly the Association of B.C. Irrigation Districts) was founded in 1922. Association members now supply 45,000 irrigable acres and 36,000 domestic connections. The association is divided into three sections - North, Central, and South. Three elected representatives from each section comprise the nine-delegate board, which meets at least five times yearly. The association currently represents 50 water suppliers in the Okanagan and West Kootenay regions.

For more information on the association please visit www.wsabc.com.

British Columbia Ground Water Association

Provides professional and technical leadership in the advancement of the groundwater industry, and in the protection, the promotion, and the responsible development and use of ground water resources.

For more information on the Association please visit www.bcgwa.org