A As ff hare vita RL aE Shodan bt ‘ 1 (S tiadide kM +e, yy { Me PAP ALaH eS Of Whee: fj WhieMay fo ¥ < ~~ oh if Ve Sunday ae ki pte a0, 1992 aR pe als ‘BEATA At Cran RRA ATR Deak) 4 & aati hy ha | NATO. ht} f aay AY A nit * al Aan hed het Sire ey ty ae AAA AE 2 eh iy vat Mayne 2 * HEY : 4 og fey, ‘ fy} eld ‘ aan apse i Sa shi gs he Wir eS ie 0 aa i y th 4, at ' Sees, eats Aga ihe ' L s9) : waa GARR Ctra wt ERE Ue rsig ott AL GENIE PC Or (\s et Bl t¢ baleen rae fo is F 9 9 (j fe s A ‘a at t DO koh anon? Pa pea et eye y aA: pened, eT MEy bys La iat + ap Ut rth ayy * , Ln at tet Ce ety ty ‘ tear 4: RCN Blall phate uy Greg Qagdcnuk Overhauling of existing supply systems Ia raquirod to quarantao water quality and dallvory. Residents cl not pay ‘real’ cost of water Stoclos by Teny Wanless Juelness Reporter aden hihink aweh about water here in the Lower Mainiead, But we're nboutla, hecausa tha reallly le (hate starting soon, we're folng (G have Lo start paying more for our water Moat Lower Malntarel Sousaholds pay an average ol out $1390 4 wert: rot ler water which vias always yeeon plentiful And ratatively pire. On the ph scale al water yar fates ArQUIK Hee, North atte Ameariea, that's QO absurdly cheap. And, what's werde, most of us have no idea that wa're ever paying that much, because we're not Lillad fas water Tos most homeowners, woler costa determined hy a flit rate hat disregards usage = are included in thelt yearly tax Oil Apartment dwellers pay for thelr water in thelr rent. APTTTT ie te Pr Ee ey) me : . . avemerm rman © 0 Hut tha day in coning wher water wan't ha as ddlculously cheap ag it has bean. Municipalitias araund the Lower Matotand have to make some major capital oxpenditures ta quaranten water qualily ansl uallvery, and somgons lad to pay ord "We're Junt not paying (he rend cost of water right now,” says Jerry Dobrovoluy, Vancouver's assistant waterworks enginear While the elly's benelited fromm “avery good Infrastructure’ ull many years ago, “we're Not replacing that infrastructure na {ast ag wa should be," he says, “Water Is cheap right sow, Out the pris is rishi,” says Tom Heath, administrator of plant operations with (ha water arm ol the Greater Vancouver Raglonal Nisteict, “We have plenty, enough to supply three million people, but wa have to spend a tat of dollars to Insprove ald aiructures such us dams and to guarantes water standards meet higher expectations,” Tha GYRD, which gets (he water froin three sources around the Lower Mainiand, treats Cand then sulls It wholesale to partlelpating nywnilelpalities. And an tinprovenent prograint that is likely to cost aiminiinin of $100 iniiilon means that wholesale rice will fikely at least double by the end af ils decade, Municipalities will then pass the axtra cost onto taxpayers, while ul the sane time pigybacking costs of (heir own Improvement cr a he . : ‘ ' ‘ 24) progeny. Next niontl Vancouver elly counell will study a proponil to carry Oud a amhitious peageaay af walerenyntedn apaenciigs Uae could, when coupled with lngraosed GVRD costs, mean signifleant Inereases in rentdentlal WALCE FACN, The city wants to mave how to Increase replacement of much of ita aging 1,000 kilometres of waler piping, also wants to build a reservoir to Increase capacily and provide better {Ire protection. IL council approves tha entire uparading regime, residential walter rates are projected lo Increase from (he current $135.4 year to $362 a year by the year 2000, A step (0 cul ing soi of these costs is conservation, This sunumer’s hiwisprinkiing ban proved that conservation can ba undertiken relatively easily, The most vavera muthad of enlorelng conservation [sy to meter all water users Individually, Bucin Vancouver, as in most other munielpalities in tha Lower Malnland, (ha high coat ol instatling Individual inetors inated the move uneconanieal, instead, Vancouver Is planing to launch a pubic education program to encourage water canservatlan, targeting schools and other publi¢e areas to dellvar the savewaler mossate. it's also looking at etartlog a retrofitting prograny, (6 help homeowners Install waterasaviny devices, ITEM Hotel stops cash going up in steam ha Hotel Vancouver raver net oud fo slop waslling Wailer, Ie wag mulivatedd more by an environmental apirit. a couple of yuirs age tat overtouk lis parent elsain, Canadian Pacile Hotels, whlet embarked ona pervaxive revegectinngg uid WalR CTAB freee, Hy swealiayg reer, However (he venprdlo dawntown Vancouver hotel alvo stopped balng a water pig and dideavared Lily sawing” at tha sane ie, Yat e's Gna of (ie fas lene coummerehl enterprises lithe elty That han bothered controlling tts water use, Most lnduntries hive been lulled (ita diuetion Uy Abaurdly cheap water rae’ a= rates (hit aleaaely are starting (0 lnergaie as (he ally moves from a desiIning blockerals struckure (tha more you wie, the legs you pay) (6 ay ene atlayt Onis (Hae OLE, Pay more), Tha Hotel Vancouver dalvally attncked! [ts water tsa Vhrough he usual mathosta Ht installed flow restrletars in shaswers and water hap (avenged Ee dostlellingg, Ht also ty progresuively rephichig Iighevolnite taiets with lowqie appliances, Hut the bly savings for the hotel came In its faundry facility, which yrocesses the thousands of {ilograms ol laundry generated dally hy Itself and Rs slater hotel, the iiterfront Contre, fly Inetalling 82 steam guards, o¢ traps, In dhe (acilily and reuding the steam (or oller purposes, ie hotel aaved not anty on stcay (or water) cogta, but alse showed signifleant energy wavligs, All tha hotas's gnergyacondervation methods carned Ita hefiy rebate fram UC Hydea's PowerSinart CONGAPVATON PraBeany, “Wa weit toa few (ype af staan trap iv whe laundry,” says ‘Tony Oowald, the hotel's agmiatant Hulldingenaiilananee supervisor, "Wo recover the candensite, oF Hot water fram de traps and ase aga preheat (or cur damentic Y ker,” TI vba On tenn onl aie Faeyn aidgrsldfcaad, Deswarlel says, ‘The Heted buiya ie atau fran a private suppller, which Ie turn pave far Uy walar used to make It, Roudnely, ihe hetel has been eutday &5,000 iron ite $36, 000th s(eain ein Thea naw syste alga las helped the hotel cue itn lacey costs, fronvalne conts a kllogran(d, | cents a pound) to leas (han hall nat Tho hotel's prayeain lo gelsyy to be adopted san ly other companies, procicts envlronmeniad constant David Vian Satara, hia bi wleaeptenialeat nl KPMG Enviranmendal Services iG. “There's no incentive lor Inusiry bo atop swan tling writ ar int tonlay's low water prigen,” lia ainys “ut (hose priest ira going (oy Up, (reinendously, Hove follow olher jurisdictions, "The tinie to deal with it (a nuw, especially if you're building something nav, (t doesn’t havo to Invelve diy things, You can achigy sigaifleant watar savings by alot. Hite, Incremental sley9.” Drie 1 oge £ y RY ea) iLAgirrer 14 a, —— a SS i: ra TSN ray inte. Pak neha ay peor g a apeyal \ ¥ ; & ined a 8 : e i 4 i 2%. <3 LO, ns Bi a pia} 1° Sort : ry oe ‘ vs WS eps! LAAN CAD ha ht M igeint tt Witeg 63 Hiss 4 i Ate Glatt phaia oy Nick Lough Tany Oowald amid the Hotel Vancouver's piles of laundry, mammrqgeg ree re ' esr