Metro Vancouver’s water utility, the Greater Vancouver Water District, has filed a lawsuit against a valve company it alleges was negligent in providing faulty equipment for the utility’s energy recovery facility at the Capilano reservoir.
The lawsuit for damages was filed against D.M. Valve & Controls Inc., a Quebec-based company, last month.
In the lawsuit, the water utility claims the contractor designed and fabricated pressure reducing systems that were defective.
The systems were installed in February 2007. It was determined they were not operating properly in March 2015, failing to permit the required flow of 12.5 cubic metres of water per second through the energy recovery facility, according to GVWD’s lawsuit.
As a result, the water utility incurred damages and costs, including property damage and the cost of investigating the failure and of repairing the systems, according to the claim.
The claim was filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Feb. 24. D.M. Valve & Controls Inc. has not yet filed a statement of defence.
None of the allegations have been proven in court.
