More than irrigation As previously mentioned, the company has also grown in terms of capability and product offering. These days, Peter says they can do “basically anything to do with water.” Their primary business is agricultural irrigation, but they also do a lot of business in the civil construction industry. Their projects typically involve getting water to people and places, but they also do a lot of works that involves getting water out. For example, after last year’s flooding in Fraser Valley, they were heavily involved in the clean-up. They also carry a lot of pumps for suppressing fire, and they are fairly active during the summers, when wild-fires are common. A few other industries Southern Irrigation services include water treatment, septic, drainage, municipal, waterworks, pumps, fire suppression, and dust control. Recently, Southern Irrigation was instrumental in the rebuilding of the town of Lytton, which had been destroyed OCTOBER 2022
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