Local area plans identify another 130 ha for future acquisition. There are four indoor recreation centres and a municipally owned 18-hole golf course. The Municipality s policy of urban containment has permitted the orderly incremental expansion of municipal services including sewers, water, and storm drains. Within the Urban Containment Boundary, most areas are presently sewered or capable of being sewered by gravity. Outside the Urban Containment Boundary, installation of a conventional septic tank and disposal field is required for rural subdivisions.
Storm drainage is a combination of pipes, ditches, and streams.
Generally, in newly developed urban areas storm drainage is entirely enclosed while in older residential areas it is a combination of pipes and ditches. The ditches and piped drains throughout Saanich discharge into local streams or coastal waters. Water is supplied to Saanich from the Capital Region Water Department supply mains and is distributed through the municipal water system to the urban area. Only part of rural Saanich is supplied with water. Most of the rural area is dependent of private wells.