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MEMORANDUM |
? ; TO: Health & Welfare Committee , August 13th, 1973
FROM: V.G. Borch, P. Eng. e.c. LL.D. Pollock
Re: Sewage Lagoons

Mayor Scott has requested that I outline to the Health & Welfare
Committee a brief history of the problems which have been encountered re-

i lating to the sewage lagoons operated by the G.V.R.D. It was my understanding
i that Mayor Scott wanted the Committee to make a recommendation to Council for
: the August 20th, 1973 Council Meeting.

i Early in June the G.V.R.D. in response to serious complaints about a
: the condition of the sewage lagoons, requested that we temporarily stop septic

( i tank trucks from discharging to the lagoons. On July 6th, 1973, the Chief

' Engineer of the G.V.R.D. indicated to me that their laboratory tests showed

that the lagoons had fully recovered and were in good operating condition and
that it would be satisfactory to permit the septic tank trucks to use the Lagoon
facilities once again. On July 10th, 1973 the undersigned authorized the septic
tank trucks to commence discharging to the lagoons. Considerable public concern
was expressed and a meeting was arranged on July llth, 1973 in the Council Cham-
bers with Mayor Scott, Alderman Lak...g, Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. Adams and two other
residents. At that time it was agreed that the City would stop the septic tank
trucks again and wait until the additional aerator promised by the G.V.R.D. had
been installed. The group also requested that they be contacted before the
septic tank trucks were permitted to discharge again and this was agreed to by
the City. Sometime during the week of July 16th, 1973 the Chief Engineer of

the G.V.R.D. contacted me and advised me that the additional aerator had been
installed and operating satisfactorily for about a week and that once again it

would be in order as far as they were concerned to permit septic tank discharge
to the lagoons. '

it is my recommendation that the septic tank trucks be permitted to
use the sewage lagoon facility.

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VGB/vw te V.G. Borch, P. Eng.,
- City Engineer.

P.S. Documentation of the above statements is contained in greater detail
in our G.V.S. & D.D. file.