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TERRACE — Remote controll: °
“ed machinery . will’ replace
human operators at: a B.C. —
_ Hydro. dam and generating sta-
‘tion near. .Prince Rupert, neXt, ‘
year. o.

B.C ‘Hydro. is spending $i.
million on. the conversion at: *
Falls. River, 50km southeast of
Prince Rupert. It’s the only re-
maining manned isolated power.
plant in B.C.

Operator Wally. Schien . _
who has been-there since 1987.:
— is retiring while the other |
operator, Ted Frost'— who has
lived’ there with his wile” ‘for
nearly 11 years — will” ‘be of-
fered either carly reti rement or a
transfer.

After renovations, the: dam -
will be operated remotely from
B.C. Hydro’ s northern control :
centre in Prince George via ‘a:
system of microwaves and .
power lines.

Falls River acts as a 1 security
to providing power in the area —
should there be an interruption
in electricity taken from B.C.
Hydro’s provincial grid.

says the rehabilitation will bring
the 6,9-megawatt dam upto
modern standards,
Work includes repair of sluice
gates and the main structure,
addition ‘of new bulkhead gates
and the anchoring of the dam to
its concrete foundation with:

stability.
‘Actually, in principle these
concrete dams don't need to be.

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dhgne and the dam's other operator, Wally Schien, will be relocated.
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TED AND Shiney Frost have lived at the Falls River hydro dam ri near Prince Rupert si since 1980. In 1992
the dam will be reriovated so that it can be operated remotely from Prince George. Frost will retire. .

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Project manager Gordon Keir -

steel bars, which will improve

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“ anctiored, ms Keir, ‘said “But
‘becatise this dam was: built-in’
1930 the. standards have become
‘more stringent. Ms

-Keir. said, the ‘ehabilitation -
/ plan “was: one of four’ ‘option

‘BC; “Hydro considered for: the. "

dam.”
“Number one was to: fet it”
‘die. The problem with that op:
‘tion is you. can’ "t just walk: away.
_from it. You'd have to' restore:
_ the area and you're talking big
‘bucks to do-that.””

‘He also said the “band-aid -
solution”. ‘was rejected — that’
“would only bes a continuation of

what the company has done for
“the ‘last 10 years and that
: “completely tebuilding the ‘dam -

—.: which “the ‘company ~ con-
“sidered j in’ 1988: = is t00 expen:

“Tp was going to. increase-the.
~ ouput from 6.9 (megawatts) up _

‘to 22," Keir said. “‘When: the

bids: came in they were so high,’

0: we put it too bed.’"

B.Ce “Hydro said’ it will at-
tempt to give local contractors
the opportunity to bid for the
‘job; rather. than contracting the

whole. project’ out ‘to ‘one large

_ contractor.

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