Water Distribution and Service - 195 College Street West, Belleville ON.

The Belleville Water Distribution system supplies water services to approximately 40,000 individuals throughout it's coverage area. Currently we are responsible for the distribution needs of approximately 12,000 Residential, 1,500 General and 6,000 Apartment Unit service connections within the City's urban area. In addition there are 400 Residential and 20 General service customers in Thurlow, as well as another 400 Residential and 20 General service customers south of the Bay of Quinte in Prince Edward County.

The water main system runs for approximately 210 kilometres and consists of Cast Iron, Ductile Iron, PVC, AC and HDPE piping. The distribution system includes Reservoirs at North Park Street (9.0 ML or 2 Million Gallons) and Pine Street (11.4 ML or 2.5 Million Gallons) plus an elevated storage tank at 40 Hillcrest Street with a 3.4 ML or 750,000 Gallon capacity.

The Distribution and Service section is responsible for a number of regular operation and maintenance programs throughout the system for Water Mains, Fire Hydrants, Isolation Valves, Leak Detection in addition
to Meter Testing, Repair, Replacement and Installations.

To provide 24 Hour Emergency Response Belleville Water maintains an active on-call duty list. All staff are licensed as required by the Ministry of the Environment.  Staff are further responsible for providing inspection services for capital projects which include water main rehabilitation, water main replacement, system extensions and new subdivision construction. Underground locate services are also provided by our staff for the water plant and contractually for the underground electric plant on behalf of Veridian Connections.

The Distribution and Service section of Belleville Water is committed to implementing Continuous Improvement Initiatives and Best Management Practices to meet the ongoing challenges facing all water utilities with respect to the rapidly changing legislations and regulations that govern our activities