Visitors to Belcarra Regional Park should be prepared to bring their own water and will have to use portable toilets instead of the park bathrooms because of a water line break.
It’s the second time there has been a water problem at the popular park in the last two months but, this time, Metro Vancouver hopes to solve the issue for good if it can hook up to the village of Belcarra's water system.
“We have a contractor waiting to get the word for us to start,” said Stephanie Harrison, a senior project engineer.
But approval is still needed from village councillors before work can begin, Harrison said.
Water problems started early this year when a small leak was found in a water line to the washroom. Repairs were put off because the leak was small but then, in the summer, a bigger leak was found in another location.
It was fixed but now the small leak has become a “catastrophic” leak and would require digging into the foundation of the washroom building, at great expense, unless the line can be bypassed with a connection to the village water supply.
It’s not known when the work will be done as Metro Vancouver parks is waiting for approvals.
In the meantime, people are warned to be prepared to bring their own water and to use the portable toilets if they visit the park.
