In 1996, The Regional District of Nanaimo, the City of Parksville and the Town of Qualicum Beach entered into a joint venture agreement to construct, operate and maintain the Arrowsmith Dam and associated water facilities. They formed the Arrowsmith Water Service (AWS) and received licence No. 110050 from the provincial government to extract water from the Englishman River.
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