Page AZ — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 11, 1992 Bobsein residents gain TERRACE _ David Giesbrecht still has some breathing room before health ministry officials go to court to make him rebuild his septic system, Giesbrecht is one of at least five Bobsein Crescent homeowners under investiga- tion by the health ministry for septic system failure, Poor soil conditions and a high water table in the Thornhill subdivision cause septic fields to fail and brings raw sewage to the surface in ditches and yards. **We need an immediate solu- tion,’’ Giesbrecht said last week, “The health board and everybody are coming down on us.’* The 12-year-old problem is one of money. Residents can’t afford to pay an extra $1,250 on their tax bill each year to build a new $5 million sewer system there, Giesbrecht was given an order to clean up by Feb. 29 after health officials began conduc- ting dye tests. That deadline has come and gone, and Giesbrecht says he is collecting estimates now. He believes the health ministry will give him two or three months before taking him to court. Health officials want Giesbrecht and other homeowners with failed septic systems there to use fill to build up the level of their yards by more than two feet and install new septic tanks. That option — costing at least $5,000 — is not even a guaranteed solution to the pro- blem, health ministry officials concede, And Thornhill’s regional district director Les Watmough says it's a complete waste of . time, David Giesbrecht it the most expensive sewer system.in the province — the municipal affairs ministry would have to agree to a 75 per cent subsidy. bit of breathing room He said the health ministry crackdown has created a crisis. “There are al least five peo- ple down there in danger of los- ing their homes,’’ Watmough said. ‘‘And living in the dark ages with sewers running in the streets is just not acceptable," Skeena Health Unit medical health officer David Bowering agrees. “The situation is unaccep- table,’’ he said, noting that a whole host of communicable diseases from salmonella and giardia to viral hepatitis can be transmitted in such conditions. “it’s a real possibility that an outbreak could occur.” However, Bowering said he’s required to enforce the regula- tions. 4711-D Keith Avenue ‘HAIR GALLERY HAVE THE BODY YOU'VE ALWAYS. DREAMED OF LIQUID BODY STRUCTURING TREATMENT USEAND RECOMMEND - , HAIR AND SKIN: GARE 635-3729 “Really [ don’t have much choice,’' he said. ‘Ultimately if they (the residents) can’t fix it or are still in violation it will be put before a court.’’ , The sewage problems in the Queensway area put Thornhill and the Kitimat-Stikine regional district on the environment ministry’s list of polluted or contaminated sites for the first time this year. THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS YOUR . LICENSE TO FLY PRIVATE < PILOT GROUND SCHOOL COURSE Held in accordance with Ministry of Transport reguiations. Taught by a § qualified and experienced class II Instructor. _ Don’t put It off any longer! Evening Classes Starting Soon In Terrace! FOR MORE DETAILS OR TO REGISTER CALL: 635-5978 oO - 0 i?) oO oO ee ae oO 9 ° me Sn O . “6 _ . ~ O % “We need. an im- mediate solution. The ,., Health “board - ‘and everybody are ‘coming | down on us.’ “‘Landfilling just transfers the problem from one property to another,’’ he said, “‘It’s just - going to flow downhill to the next lowest property.’’ A sewer system for the sub- division is the only answer, Watmough said. He said residents and local government representatives will continue lobbying Victoria for emergen- cy assistance, “We've heard very little,”’ Watmough added. “It's pretty much a stalemate right now.”’ He said the regional district and Skeena MLA Helmut Giesbrecht are seeking extra grants from Victoria to reduce the cost to homeowners of building the proposed: sewer system for the Queensway area. So far they have com- mitments of a 50 per cent sub- sidy from the ‘ministry of municipal affairs and an addi- tional 25 per cent subsidy on construction of the outfall treat- ment plant from the environ- ment ministry. With those sub- sidies, residents would still have to pay $1,250'a year. 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