“LOCAL FISH expert Alois Schillinger with mystery -water taken from the Thornhill landfill area. Environ- - Ment ministry officials now say the water contains - Contaminants but don't yet know what they are. Mystery toxins found in creek ‘EFFLUENT flowing out of the Thornhill landfill is con- taminated, But it will take another year of testing to determine what _ the contaminants are and what danger they pose to nearby . Thornhill Creek. ' Three samples collected near the base of the dump show - electrical conductivity at levels high enough to be consid- “ered Jeachate-contaminated, according to waste manage- _ ment officer Frazer McKenzie. : The tests weren’t specific enough to determine exactly ; What the contaminants are, but higher than usual electrical , conductivity in water samples often points to the presence of heavy metals, ; Those metals would have been picked up by rainwater as * it flows through the dump. “Think of it as making coffee, except the water is run- ning through garbage instead of coffee grounds,”’ said ,, Municipal waste technician Ed Rattemiller. ; McKenzie said the results were not surprising, noting . technicians expected tests would indicate contamination, “The key question is what the effcct will be on the over- all Thornhill Creek water quality,’’ he said. The three samples taken at the base of the dump aver- aged 2,000 microsiemens/cm, said Rottemiller, That was significantly higher than the reading of 60 ‘ laken upstream of the dump and the reading of 100 from well downstream where Old Lakelse Lake Dr. crosses : Thomhill creck. , Buta single sample downstream is inconclusive -in as- : sessing the risk to downstream users, McKenzic said. _ ‘This sampling doesn’t give us enough information to : tell us one way or another,”’ hesaid. _— r More tests will go on in 1996 as part of an overall study on the suitabilily of the Thomhill dump to take garbage ‘from Terrace as well. The regional solid waste management plan approved in : December calls for closing the Terrace dump. Technicians hope tests will show clay underlying the Thornhill landfill that can hold effluent like a bowl and al- low them to treat it, minimizing harm to the environment. _ Consultants will also begin searching this year for a fu- - ture sub-regional dump — which will be fast-tracked if it ‘tums out Thornhill cannot take any more waste. Police Beat Armed robbery foiled TERRACE RCMP are looking for a man who tried to hold up Pat’s Second Hand Store at 4663 Sparks Street during - the noon hour on January 17. Staff Sergeant John Veldman says the would-be robber first inquired about items in the store, and then, holding a six-inch knife, approached the owner and demanded the money in the till. The man refused and the suspect took off riding a bicycle north on Sparks, He was wearing a black balaclava, a . black sweater, blue jeans, white runners and black gloves ‘with the fingers cut out, - The man is described as thin and about six feet tall, kkkkk RCMP ARE also looking for the person or persons who broke into Speedee Printers on Lazelle early Friday mom- ing, Jan. 19. A store-front glass pane was shattered and two colour ‘Winwright printers and one moniter were stolen. Their value is estimated at $1100. If you have information about either of these crimes, please call RCMP or Crimestoppers (638-8477). 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