The e VPID mandate is to provide safe and affordable water and sewer services to meet the needs of members of the Village Point Improvement District in perpetuity. In accordance with VPID Bylaw # 129 (2025) on water usage and to help ensure a consistent supply of potable water throughout the year, the following regulations will apply:
Stage 1: Automatic from October 1 to May 1 each year:
- No unattended watering is allowed such as, but not limited to, hoses, sprinkler hoses, soaker hoses or a watering apparatus controlled by a timer such as a drip system.
- Watering gardens or trees using hoses with nozzles is allowed.
- Filling hot tubs or wading pools is allowed.
- Filling above-ground or in-ground swimming pools is not allowed.
- Washing cars or boats using hoses with nozzles is allowed.
- Washing decks, sidewalks, driveways, sides of houses and windows with hoses with nozzles is allowed.
- Pressure washing is allowed, preferably with captured rainwater.
- DO NOT leave taps running during freezing conditions.
Stage 2: Automatic from May 1 to September 30 each year
- Washing decks, sidewalks, driveways, boats, vehicles, sides of houses and windows using hoses is not allowed.
- Pressure washing is not allowed, unless it is done with captured rainwater.
- Watering gardens is only allowed using handheld watering cans.
- Filling hot tubs or wading pools is not allowed.
- Filling swimming pools is not allowed.
- Watering gardens using hoses with captured rainwater is always allowed.
- Watering newly planted trees with captured rainwater is always allowed.
Stage 3: Implemented at the discretion of the Water Manager
- The same restrictions as for Stage 2 still apply.
- Extreme caution in using household water applies: fewer showers, fewer flushes, fewer clothes washes, rigorous checks of toilets and taps for leaks.
During severe water shortages, it may be necessary to implement Stages 2 and/or 3 restrictions at times other than mentioned above to preserve our finite water resource. Notices will be posted and messages sent via email advising residents of any emergency measures.
In order to minimize the possibility of undetected water loss due to leaks, it is required that residents shut off the water supply to their property at the street level if they should be absent for more than 48 hours. Failure to do so will make residents responsible for whatever recovery costs may be incurred.
Anyone not following the above regulations will have their water shut off and will need to apply to have it reconnected.
The storage of rainwater for exterior purposes is encouraged as well as the installation of restricted flow shower heads as recommended by the Mayne Island Integrated Water Systems Society