The Water System in Chignik Bay

By Chevy Lover

The resevoir: our water source

The water system in Chignik Bay has two main connections from the Reservoir to the village. The pipes are about two miles long and run off in two different directions, one of which leads to the water tower while the other one goes to Trident. Back-up water is stored in the water tower in case the Reservoir pipe gets clogged. When that happens the tower feeds the back-up water to the village until the pipe is unclogged.

Outlet pipe

There is a trail that can take you up to the Reservoir. But be careful, it is about two miles long.  Once you get there you get a treat, which is the icy cold, tropical blue water. It tastes like glacier water, freezing cold and delightful.  

Icy cold glacial water.

The Reservoir was built in the early 70s or 80s. They put a concrete dam to block the water from rushing out of the lake too fast.  The lake has probably been around for 100,000 years, but I’m not sure if it was man made.  The bridge was built to access an electrical box that was built after the dam.

I will report more about this topic when I receive further information.