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Bryan Kirk
City Administrator

Kip Gaudry, P. Eng.,
Deputy City Engineer

G - DUMPING TO STORM DRAINS
MMITTES - MAY 15, 1991

The Environmental Protection Committee dealt with a letter from the City of Port Moody Clerk,
Christine Stackhouse alerting us to a dangerous practice which had taken place in their
community recently. Some focal carpet cleaning firm had been violating the Waste
Management Act by discharging waste cleaning water into storm drains. The letter indicates
that.carpet cleaning waste water should be discharged to a sanitary sewer. Committee felt that it

was important to bring this item to Council’s attention but to also add that the practice of
dumping any materials down a storm drain such as motor oil, antifreeze, detergent, paints,

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solvents etc. is a very dangerous practice and extremely harmful to the environment.

The Ministry of Environment has initiated a storm drain marking program which provides
stencils, paint and information pamphlets in a kit that can be used by community groups to mark
storm drains with the phrase "Dump No Waste, Drains to Stream". The City of Port Coquitlam
has access to these kits and has in the past six months arranged for their use by some community

groups.

C.F. (Kip) Gaudry, P. Eng.
Deputy City Engineer

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cc: Alderman Keryluk
Alderman Talbot