By MARGARET SPEIRS -WITH. ALL ‘the rain and snow falling, the availability of water. may. not seem like an issue, but city engineers and outside, consultants are working to ensure water. will always flow from taps “throughout the city. . _ In’ mid-January, blue pipeline curved from’ the ' ditch by Green Street, an unmarked road that doubles as the..entrance to Terrace , Freightline.° . They “ran: up onto . the south shoulder of Hwy16, and ‘Stretched along to. pipes across from the Kalum Mo- - tel where’ the water inside them ‘could ‘spill into the -§ Skeena River as part of the. Green Well project that will '_ add another well to the Ter- - race water supply. _ The pipes were hooked to’ ‘Monitors as part of a pump . test to' measure the amount . of water. flow to determine’ . if enough i is there to supply “aquifer,” fer is.a source of water be- “water: for the.city. when. the . | Frank ‘Street well is being serviced. — Currently, while the well _ cis being. serviced, water is . - drawn, from’ Deep : Creek, north of Terrace,. and the _ ’Skeena ‘River, which are 7 ‘surface sources and not as ‘safe as the deep water well. : at Frank St. . “We have to pump the wells at their maximum rate for one. week and analyze — what happens inside the said engineering — supervisor Rob Schibli. | He explains that an aqui-. neath the ground. ~ - “It’s performing fine,” said’ Schibli. “We're ex- tremely. confident. It’s» the same aquifer as the existing well so we’re not foreseeing any problems.”. _ At the same time, consul- Holy Clothing" “ Oh sacted woman, DELTA. L 4 sity tes is new deep to secure water SU The pipes took the water from the well to. the Skeena River as part of the testi. PIPES along Hwy16 heading west out of town came from anew well. The city was testing the: volume of water. . MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO - me ira) ‘tants hired by. the city will analyze the water table to’ see if. there are any effects ‘on the main water source while the Green Street wells “are pumping. The pump test is the: last. part of an environmental as~ _, sessment that has been on- . going since last June. ‘Marvin . Kwiatkowski, * director of. development ser-. tants one month to compile their results from the envi- In the studio you will discover self-development products, guided meditation cd’s & spiritual music, metaphysic books, crystals, incense & incense resins & powders, ritual items, essential oils, faery giftware, miscellaneous giftware and Safada™ Fashions by Margaret Almeida of Kitimat. 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Part of the environmental " assessment is assessing any | decrease of the water flow on neighouring. wells. ‘One consultant is work-. _ing on the design for the mechanical, “electrical and structural design of the well. _A -second consultant is . conducting the environmen- Environmental * assess- "ments. began last ; March while archaeological reports and drilling started in June. a ...Come in Your room is ready = [— STOPOVER PACKAGE ran YQ Includes: - © Accommodation for single or double occupancy in a Delta Room * Complimentary parking valid for three weeks © Complimentary direct airport transportation www.deltavancouverairport.ca _ current pumps 3,400 US gallons per 2 ve Kwiatkowski said Frank .— St. the . well minute. - The maximum that can be. drawn from the Green. - St. well is 3,000 US gallons. ‘per minute but the pump test _ was showing only 2,400 US ‘gallons - ‘per minute: because . ‘the pumps could only han- . dle that much, but it is still ‘enough to supply water for . the city.” Up until now, in the sum- “mer, if the Frank St. pumps supply .3,000 US galions, ‘ “the city has to» supplement. “that with surface sources but another well will help out in the future, he said. A limiting factor right. now is’ that 3, 000 .US- -gal- lons wouid put the pressure » too high, and burst the water mains, which will Tequire: more than’ just a main pipe- Jine upgrade, _Kwiatkowski . said.. derway, he said. The design of the ‘new | ~ wells, such ‘as the. types ‘of © , pumps used, is already -un- wywywrr™ tee ss The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - A3 News In Brief y - agents — who must have all i inquiries signed off t by the . oO. Cullen back at work © NEWLY-RETURNED Skeena-Bulkley NDP MP Nathan’ Cullen was in town yesterday presenting a $1,000 youth entrepreneur: award to Shane ‘and Suki Spencer of Azad Adventures, a store which specializes in outdoor adventure sport gear and clothing. ‘It’s one of 10, $1,000 awards being presented by Cullen through the riding ® and is sponsored by himself and regional, credit unions and agencies including the Northern Savings Credit Union’ and 16-37 Community Futures. — im Winners must be.29 years of age or younger. and al- . Teady have, a project underway for six months or more . that is viable, employs ethical business practices and is ‘innovative. os ‘Cullen, who took the riding with 48.5 per cent of the vote in the Jan. 23 federal election, was in Ottawa last week meeting fellow members of the NDP caucus. * He'll be officially sworn in Feb. 13 and will receive his new critic portfolio. Cullen is now the: federal’ NDP critic for youth, the environment and national parks. : “I was excited and filled with anticipation of what re- sults we will be able to achieve with this larger group of NDP MPs,” Cullen said of the NDP caucus which now: numbers 29, up 10.from before: The NDP was the only party to return every incum-: bent to Parliament i in the Jan. 23 election. - Coroner on leave “DAVID COVERDALE, the regional ‘coroner for the ‘northern’ half. of the Province, is taking: a leave. of: absence.” ; . Coverdale, who has been working out. of. the Prince. George coroner's’ office for nine years, went on leave : Jan. 27-for an undetermined amount of time, says acting regional coroner Shane DeMeyer. leave,” DeMeyer says. “Following that ‘he'll probably ‘ make a decision as to whether or not he wants to retire.” . _ _' Coverdale has worked for the B.C. Coroners Service ‘for more than 18 years and has been a government emp- . _ployee.for more than 30 years. - ,DeMeyer will fill his Position until a longterm : deci- sion is made. The regional office oversees the work done by local : coroners agents throughout the region. Locally, Art Erasmus. is a coroner with the: ability , ‘to sign off on inquiries. There are four other coroner’s ‘regional coroner — in the region. - That includes Terrace’s Mike’ Moore. | There: are two coroner’s agents’ in Prince: Rupert and one in the.Queen Charlotte. Islands. ° “ . Motorist sent to hospital ‘POLICE: CONTINUE to: investigate. a: collision ° that: “saw a female driver taken’ to. 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