THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT CQQUITLAM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTBCI &ON COMMITIXE Wednesday, Apri 27, 1994 Meeting Room No. 2 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Cqquitlam, BC 5;00 p.m, AGENDA PERSONNEL IN ATTENDANCE: CO~TION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING B.C. ENERGY COUNCIL - CORNERSTONE PLANNING GROUP ~: I~TE . KEMANO PROJECT - ALCAN SMELTERS AND CHEilIICAL LTD. ITEM III: MR. DOUGLAS S. PORTER - CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING OZONE ITEM IV: 1991 MUMCIPAL WATER USE SURVEY ITEM V: CONFERENCE INITIAL REPORTING - U:..'M ITEM VI: OTHER BUSINESS IIimiIII /IIRr ss sm II I II lf Im, II 'Mill IR1 ~ IS I- O'lit I '.—.-- IIu s =.*=. ijii =-:" Il + ilsillpll~ III l lllMIi —I gfs il I Il~ Ittal~l;Iill,%tihl!Ig( ~ ~ — $ qjjmp APR 2 7 1994 ls'ssIIJ'i w lgjltss i '!!tmsi lilt I3'Kali as — --.~sm::=t=~sslua gf ~ I I ~1~« III I'Iimg-- ...,..I j[~ I !pgj gg+g,g — -Is 8 Il s'I tIll „il„~ I I'~ tI~~=l s l ss sl IH gs .' — —I . I ' s t'--~~1 lnsIN 5 gi I THB CORPORATION OF THB CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM ENVIRONAL PROTECIION COM5KITBB MINUTES A meeting of the Environmental Protection Coinmittee was held at City Hall, 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Cotluitlam, on Wednesday, April '?7, 1994 at 5:00 p.m. in Meeting Room g2. In attendance were: Councillor M. Gates, Chairman Councillor R. Talbot, Co-Chairman J.B. Yip, P. Eng., Deputy City Engineer F. Cheung, P. Eng., Project Engineer C. Deakin, Engineering Secretary The minutes for the April 20, 1994 Committee meeting were considered, read and adopted. Csaiud ACI'r. 1TEM I: DELEGATION - CHANGHS TO THB B.C. REC TCLING John French, Mr. Bill Floris and Gene MacIntosh told Committee that their business includes the processing of tnulti-mit gle plastic (plastic which cannot be recycled by processors due to chemical content) to create useful products such as bricks and mof tiles. They would like the City to collect the multi-mingle plastic and take it to the tra":sfer station but they would have someone collect the non-recyclable plastic before it goes to the recycling plant. Eventually they would like to set up containers around the City to coilect this type of plastic. They wish also to have the City consider providing land in order to set up a manufarmring facility. Councillor Gates suggested that Committee review the report put out by the GVRD first and then we could get back to them. Deputy Engineer to see if delegation has approached the City of Coquitlam yet. 1THM H: B.C. HNHRGY'OUNCIL Committee received this memo for information and asked staff to forward a plan for att upcoming meeting and see if Ms. Flick would be able to attend as a delegation once the Emergency Council report is made available to the City. Deputy Engineer to write response letter. ITEM HL ~O PROJECT - ALCAN SMBLTBRS AND CHEMICAL LTD Committee received this report for information. 8h 'I Commtttee received information regarding the use of ozone for disinfecting the GVRD drinking water supply from Mr. Douglas S. Porter. Engineer to write back to Mr. Porter thanking him for the information. ill)i.",'i,'ont'd Ilgs d- .../2 .i~@ I=: 1 II IJ !he ~ ~ %1IBI ~l ~I ~ld~ w~ te! I!Jt t -- — = ., ', ~ ui d t =- - I -g)(,'( z& —— ,- I — 1 '~@ ~ "g"'t!I I =' Q[gg5 , duds slNR! )g gg g ' ==-'"--'=-- y ~ Ngs, AP Slulllu I llgi I ls~,, d salt l~ilfi as Id~a ~ -:.„;= ~wi'i!m tel RID"d"' !9lllll/ -21TEM V: 1991 MUMCIPAL WATER USE SURVEY Committee received a report for information from the Project Engineer regarding the 1991 survey of all the municipalities with population over 1,000 people. The table included water use, sewerage, metering snd pricing. Committee received a summary of the issues delt with at the April 6-8, 1994 Environment Conference for information. Councillors to review the summary and if they have any questions to contact the Deputy Engineer who attended the conference. 1TEM VH: OTHER BUSINESS Complaints from Residents at 3515 St. Anne Street Committee reviewed a letter from Mr. Theriien and Ms. Hunter regarding several issues involving jet skis, power boats, loud music and 4X4's. The letter will be forwarded to the Fraser River Harbour Commission for response regarding the jet skis and power boats. The Project Engineer contacted the RCMP regarding 4X4's in the green space and loud music. The Project Engineer forwarded a copy of the letter to the Protective Services Committee for their response to the loud music and the 4X4's. Tender Results fin Pmcessing and Marketing of Recyclables Commiuee approved BFI as the lowest tender for the processing and marketing of Port Coquitlam's recyclables for 1994/95. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 6:00 pm. CounciR6i h4. G'ates Committee Chairman J.E.,YipP. IEng. JEY/cd Deputy /Pity Engineer by the Committee until certified correct by the APR 2 7 1994. is: li'ILIA g!jgi~ a~= ~~km l!! llgwiygl,''f4NI t ===;"„I(IP)Plum tsi~ gg (, g]l +hi'm;. s s, =: 8 IN 1NIrns -"'~'! fbi u~( g I!I g)g~ II!! Iiiiwli I wig!= ====«! s I TBB CORPORATION OF THB CITY OF PORT COQUlTLAM CITY OF PORT COQUITLgvl ENGINEESING DEPT. 21 894 lIIPR ttE MEMORANDUM DATE APRI J. Yip Environmental Protection Committee FROM MAYOR TRABOULAY RFc B.C. Energy Council Mayor Traboulay is referring the attached hrformation to you. Kimberly Flick would like to set up an appointment to meet with you regarding ths iinformation. 5he can be reached at 687-5896. Thank you. @I'Re~si~ , I&I, ulrt,I==- = IIIII(ll;,.-:= IF IIII s ~, Jlti,', 'l l I ~ ! Ig — . . '' Is —...„, " ==.''' ~ .- - ., .— . gi) -- a IIII I t ~ II I ~ « a I~ -==--..;„;.I „,. IllnaB Ilsgl ltl I's II I LII tmi t suis&j 8: IJI f)I'p I lS~&I" ' — l ~ ' - — " ~ Rll I l I II i II P. '94 18e 17 CORNERSTONE 2'pril APR 18 7, 1994 His Worship Len Traboulay City of Port Coquitlam 2580 Shaughnessy Street Coquitlam, B.C. 'ort VSC 2AS Dear Mayor Traboulay: ; 1he B.C. Energy Council is interested in meeting with members of the City of Port Coquitlsm to 'iscuss issues and recommendations contained in its draft energy strategy for the province. A copy of the draft strategy will be sent to you irrunediately following its publication in mid- 'May. The coundl has a mandate to prepare a British Columbia Energy Plan which will contain recommendatfons for a sustainable energy strategy. The council is directed to carry out its duties i with public involvement. , : The council's recommendations fora sustainable energy strategy are being developed on the basis of the views of many individuals and organ}zatfons and on the basis of research and analysis conducted by council staff. Energy and economic development, enesgy and municipal planning, energy and transportation and energy, pricing and taxation are among the subjects to be .;covered in the Energy Plan. Following publication of the draft strategy in May, the B.C. Energy : Council proposes to meet with the local governments, public interest, business and industry groups and to hold public discussions throughout the province. The council will review the draft strategy in the light of public comment. Final recommendations will be made to the 'overnment no later than November 90, 1994. . The LC. Energy Council has engaged Cornerstone Planning Group to assist it in a'rmnging meetings with interested parties throughout the province. Personnel from Cornerstone will be . contacting you to inquire if you wish to meet with members of the council, and if so, to arrange a ;mutually appropriate time and venue. The council is tentatively scheduled to visit your community the week of June 6, 1994. As mentioned earlier, a copy of the council's draft energy strategy for B.C. will be sent to you as ,soon as it is available. In the meantime, if there are issues you would like to discuss in regard to or in advance of the meeting, please contact Betsy Terpsma or me at the counci! offices. Yours sincerely, I David Askew Director of Public Involvement IBg g i'rs i $j DAejw fel le15$ ~ au~ 11JK atuult a vu ~ SS e e IS IS la SISI Sl x el A e II gji I I II g ' I Qg 5 tsu —, ttv, = m 'w'. — .'uI .".=,!~.%IIII'lkljl&jjn ';:;III,till ="=:='==PmjaTjii--@& I gtgjjg„»,','„zI'&&+'fij&g I ljl:" gg~u jsaIssIIt 4 II il f'III „",, —.— ='u~msB»~lilllhlllHf@iit~'='"""=-u&'" g== "'~ rt;»s»tt se aa»I If',~',~]g „~g,i+I "'=.cr~,s ~j 4 1 .:= — '" ~e ~ etusat ~ I ggtutfe ' ~~spiiilgi IWeag ~ "--; -es'jjj[,'1 APR 18 P. 1/'2 '94 18: 17 CORNERSTONE CQ~esraNa i FAX CQVER SHEET CORNERSTONE IaIANNINrm GROUP I MITE D Date: tPIBIC. To: H pire*.I r="JJc 422- 1551'ohnston St Granville Island YIPo1J 0 Ir 5 vancouver. 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'Imll i pci="'=;,;pa&Si9ILLI'Ll lbai ,.','E'-IR I IIIIIIIIÃllsll1ls lili IisEIIR I----'5" --~" " —.== "" '4ls=giII [Iie«':=rIIIIr'""" E . = ' CoUNcILLQRs Etspeth Armstrong, Ladner Bill Best, North Vancouver BRITISH COLUMBIA ENERGY COUÃCIL 4601 - 1125 Heros Street Vancoulnr, B.C, David Borvman. Catnpbeii River Vancouver I I ha' 's Hope V6Z 2KB Teiephvnet f604) 775-1400 Toll Free: f800) 563-2707 free-Neet i604) 595-2300 faceimnii: f604) 775-1410 April 7, 1994 His Worship Len Trabouiny PROM I''4 + CITY QF PORT COQUITLAM 2580 Shaughnessy Stree( Port Coquitlam, B.C. I V3C 2AB Dear Mayor Traboulay The B.C. Energy Council is interested in meeting with members of the City of Port Coqultlam to discuss Issues and recommendations contained in its draft energy strategy for the province. A copy of the draft stra tegy will be sent to you immediately fogowing its publication in rnid May. The council has a mandate to prepare a British Columbia Energy Plan which wgl coniain recommendatlons for a sustainabie energy strategy. The council is directed to carry out its duties with pubUc involvement. The council's recommendations for a sustainable energy strategy are being developed on the basis of the views of many individuals and organizations and on the basis of research and analysis conducted by council staff. Energy and economic development, energy and municipal planning, energy and transportation and energy pricing and taxation are among the subJects to be covered in the Energy Plan, Following publication of the draft strategy in May, the B.C Energy Council and to proposes to meet with the local governments, public interest, business and industry groups in the draft the strategy review council will The the province. hold pubUc discussions thmughout later than no the government made to will be recommendations comment. Final light of public November 30, 1994. The B.C. Energy Council has engaged Cornerstone Planning Group to assist it in arranging meetings with interested parties throughout the province. Personnel lrom Cornerstone will be contacting you to inquire if you wish to meet with member of the council, and if so, to arrange a mutually appropriate time and venue. The council is tentatively scheduled to visit your community the week of june 6, 1994. As mentioned earlier', a copy of the council's draft energy strategy for B.C. will be sent to you as soon as It is available. In the meantime, if there are issues you would Uke to discuss in regard to or in advance of the meeting, please contact Betsy Terpsma or me at the council offices. Yours sincerely David Askew Director of Public Involvement imfra,llllm 'A:jw Ia i ~i Ievg ll I mt em SIN Iii IiIIi a~~ Jl h Iljl I TOr10 'd se I e I v a e e uo i trims te . II Ih1 I g I l5 'I Orat I I 'II I Iji Ns I I I ~ .- . 6 I g) gpimgiigh .... «ltus tl I ~~m ~IIBS Ijlf all I ii ill), ' pll'' --- I — — ~ 9CC VO9 sos~1~ 99 21 v661-co-t 0 ~ .--..) IIRP~, ~ ,'g/~f I @ Rl 1%11 III laIII lllht~g 'Uga anl '' , 'en I e'nm li I ... gl: TI-1E CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM MEMORANDUM TO: Environmental Protection Committee DATE: April 22, 1994 FROM: Francis K.K. Cheung, P. Eng. Project Engineer FILE No: EPC SUBJECT: KKMANO COiiPLKTION PROJECT - ALCAN SMELTKRS AND CHEMICAL LTD. RKCOMMKNDATIONt i. That Committee recieve this memorandum for information only. BACKGROUND dk. COlVIMKNTSt Alcan intends to complete the second phase of the $ 1.3 billion Kemano hydroelectric generating plant (Kemano Completion Project) at Kemano, B.C. The plant was half-built at a cost of $ 500 million and was suspended in 1991 due to legal challenges. AE legal challenges have been resolved and the project is on hold pending the outcome of a B.C. Utilities Commission public review. The B.C. Utilities Commission public review will be held on April 25, 1994 at Masonic Hall, 1495 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver from 9:00 AM to 5:00 Plvl. Francis K K. Cheung, P. EntI Prcject Engineer FKKCI attachment APR 2 7 t994 i Sl 11St t t~ — I iRI I g m ~ I ah II I 1 I%g I 1 M t II $ 'i/il atsta ~ Alcan SmelteFs and Chemicals Ltd A LCA N a Fourth Floor, 1285 West Pander Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V66 4B1 Telephone: 604/631-6100 Telefax 604/689-0037 March 25, 1994 His Worship Mayor 14:n M. Traboulay 2580 Shaughnessy Street Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2A8 Dear Mayor Traboulay, Our company would like to share information about the Kemano Completion Project in northwestern British Columbia with your community and others along the Fraser (KCP) River Basin. Kemano Completion is Alcan's $ 1.3-billion project to increase its hydroelectric generating capacity at Kemano, B.C. It is the second and final phase of the original KitimatKemano project which, in the early 1950s, created the towns of Kitimat and Kemano and opened the northwest part of the province to industrial development. Now half-built at a cost of $ 500 million, KCP was suspended in 1991 due to legal challenges. Although all legal hurdles have been cleared away, the project remains on hold pending the outcome of a B.C. Utilities Commission public review. As a result of that review, KCP has been in the news a great deal recently. Much of what is being said about the project is far from the truth. For example, you may have heard that Fraser River salmon stocks will be adversely affected by KCP. This is not true. KCP has been designed to ensure protection of the sahnon stocks that use the Nechako River. IIV@m! IIII g~g I I ".".'=-" You rray also have heard that fish passage at Hell's Gate will be affected by KCP. This is not true. The cridcal period for fish passage on the Fraser River is October/November. At that time of year, KCP will have no effect on Fraser River flows. .Until recently, one of the fish ladders at Hell's Gate (the left bank fishway) became inoperable periodically during dry years. However, changes have been made to the left bank and other fishways which make them operable under all — including KCP — flow conditions. llI~S== ===~a- IIIII li,=,, I "if 'r»~rfiIliII Iilfl~ ~ftfs~aIIIIIIIIRI I ~ 'fll iftt.':. — — - %%IIIIII: 0'~lrwtwr.=.. l - trams ~ire!','==':::: 8 'Iim~iI=='"" '-~I '.-'."-': rr ~e~ Ntif~ ii II ll] l'ls I IVIII IIg-. '.--- '„~ ~ ~ „„,q) llfffhtih II e»% smJI ll)1LiR gj][] 1 l f ~ These and other fisheries issues will be the subject of the next phase of the B.C. Utilities Commission Review of KCP, which begins in Prince George on April 11 and moves to Vancouver on April 25. As the facts regarding fish protection are presented in a forum where witnesses are under oath and accountable for what they say, it is our hope that some of the unnecessary fears that have been stirred up in comtnunities along the Fraser River may be laid to rest. I will be visiting your comntunity in the next few weeks and hope that I will have the opportunity to meet with you so that we can discuss KCP and any concerns about the project that you may have or that may have been expressed by your constituents. In the meantime, I'm enclosing a KCP information package that you may find useful as a background. Sincerely, P=1ij I (Illa'mes IINN51(+ Niiiiw Bs K,II% tsi/ f PMmsII iii)~*sa' ag I .— l mme ss i %4 I RIPS!!II%% m' till&~ i- .':,;,.::.:„. APR 2 7 1994 '~+[',. '=" il' I" ' = I( ~~ (; "- " — '-': '! 'INS~I W¹&I .)~g~ II+) KCI'S A GAGA PROJECT En vironmentallyt KCP is the most environmentally benign alternative to other hydroelectrical energy options. No dams, no new flooding! Fish are not at risk. The 1987 Settlement Agreement was based on sound, scientific principles. KCP will not dry up the Nechako River. a The project has not effect on communities south of Prince George. Economically: a KCP provides $ 500 million savings to BC Hydro over other hydroelectric energy options. No power sales to the U.S. KCP sets the stage for Alcan to expand aluminum production in BC. a Alcan has already spent $500 milflon on KCP and plans to spend another $ 800 million to complete the facility. The project represents many construction jobs in BC. a Jobs in the fishing industry are not at risk under KCP. a KCP provides economic stimulus for a new Vanderhoof Pulp and Paper mill. ALCAN IS A GOOD CORPORATE CD%ZEN: 4 The Kithnat plant provided an important and sustained economic the north (2,000 direct and 4,000 indirect jobs). The Kitimat plant has not seen layoffs over the last 20 years. II III stimulus in 4 IlliI/ Alcan has continually improved its operations to meet environmental and safety standards of the day as well. Alcan has continuously IIIlIPll upgraded the Kitimat plant in responding to msmuslpg5lf'customer needs, i.e. product mix, quality, and delivery. h'=.QiillI ~~~ag~j~ I)/ll IÃ I uai ~ u~:w~~ liI~IIII [ III ')I%1 IIII~&~~ ~ lIIgs swlw(5 I~;z~ +II 'fI'II )Im ".,„ I Q Ir — =:'= R~ —:-": ~ pI&g~lgln ~ "I a~t uo ~~ 'SED Ill i::.:n I%i ' Q~C ''. IKii 8 —;;;&%lp' iIiliIg II"'-'aaa II WI ~~~~ ~ s i „anal~+ s I% II%==. -. ~&smaa. ~I /I')[ @ g~g~~ '( KCP IS A GlOOD PROJECT . Kemano Completion (KCp) is Alcan's $ 1.3 billion project to develop the remainder of the water rights granted to it by the Province in 1950 for the generation of hydroelectricity at Kemano. Since announcing the project in late 1979, Alcan has twice redesigned it to ensure its environmental acceptability. Today's KCP is about half the size of the project originally envisioned by Alcan. The economic benefits associated with KCP are enormous; the environmental effects are relatively few. KCP is good for British Columbia because it represents a huge savings for B.C. Hydro's ratepayers; it enables B.C. Hydro to postpone costly power developments of its own; and it will inject hundreds of millions of dollars into B.C.'s economy during the two to three years of construction that remain on the half-finished project. KCP is good for Alcan because it allows the company to develop its remaining water rights before they expire in 1999 and to plan for eventual expansion of its aluminum production facilities in B.C. 'N NROIVNEN TALL yr KCP is the most environmentally benign alternative to other..hydroelectricalenergy options. Because it involves no new dams or flooding, KCP has fewer effects on the environment than any other hydroelectric project the province could develop that would yield an equivalent amount of firm energy. The Kenney Dam was built 40 years ago as part of the original KitimatKemano project. The additional water that KCp will use comes from the existing Nechako Reservoir. Alcan rights extend only to water from the Eutsuk/Tahtsa drainage basin, one of three basins that feed into the Nechako River. In the upper Nechako, where KCP has the greatest effect, 47% of existing flows will remain after the project. At Vanderhoof, after the Nautley River has contributed natural flows to the mainstem Nechako, 71% of existing flows will remain. And just west of Prince George, after the unregulated Stuart River joins the Nechako, 88% of existing flows will remain. The effect of these flow reductions on the Fraser River, which the Nechako ioins at Prince George, is less than 3%. A comprehensive fisheries management plan net loss of salmon as a result of KCP. Know Conservation Program or NFCP, this plan is the federal and provincial governments. Und Agreement, fish come first; power generation One of the criterion that guided Alcan in the need to protect other economic uses of the ri species are obvious examples bui there are ot such as tinct plane operation and jet boat use carries on into the fall. Extra v ater, above w has been provided in the flow regime during KCP may result in the need to upgrad; wells of changes in river depth att6 a slightly reduc the river. Alcan has agreed:o pay for any re owned water systems; the proi!nce has agree municipal water and sewage systems. Some have to extend their cattle fences or modify c Alcan has agreed to pay for any . uch change the design of KCP builds in suffi ient water t and in the future, Fish are not at risk. The 1987 Settlement Ag scientiTic principles KCP is designed to ensure no net loss of salm salmon protection has been the major determ engineering of this project. In 1987, Alcan s federal and provincial governments that settle between the company and the Department of over the measures required for protection of As part of that agreement, Alcan returned to t compensation half of its remaining water righ plan to divert'water from the Nanika system for power generation. Alcan also agreed to construct a $ 70-million water release facility that will allow precise control of water temperatures for sockeye salmon during their suinmer migration to their na:al streams. This Facility will alloiv the return of former reserve lands to the Cheslatta people because it will eliminate the need to release large quantities of water through the Murray/Cheslatta system -3 for summer cooling. To ensure the preservation of chinook, the only salmon species that actually spawns in the Nechako, Alcan agreed to a comprehensive program of protection measures, including monitorift5 of chinook and their, habitat, habitat improvement and management, and applied research. The Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program (NFCP), jointly managed by Alcan and both levels of government, carries out this work. The NFCP has been operating successfully on the Nechako for the past six years, pilot-testing habitat management techniques in anticipation of KCP. Alcan funds the .vork of the NFCP to the tune of about $ 1 million a year. There are no limits to the time and nioney Alcan must invest in the continued success of this program. The NFCP publishes annual reports that are available to the public. Essentially the 1987 Agreement required Alcan to accept responsibility for Nechako River salmon stocks for as long as the company is using Nechako water for power generation. This is one of the most sweeping environmental obligations ever imposed on a private or public company in Canada. Under KCP, fish come first; power generation comes second. KCP has no negative effect on communities south of Prince George. KCP is designed to ensure no net loss of sahnon. Since the commercial fisheries are not at risk under KCp, the project poses no threat to jobs in the fishing industry. Concerns in coastal fishing communities about livelihoods being affected by KCP are unfounded. The effects of KCP are confined to the northern part of the province. On the Nechako system, the project affects the region between Cheslatta Falls and Prince George. On the Kemano River to the west, some fish habitat may be affected, at first positively and later (30-50 years) slightly negatively. But these effects are expected to be small and can be managed as the river adjusts to increased water discharges from the powerhouse. Murray Rankin — a lawyer hired by the provincial government to study the effects of KCP and whose report resulted in the public review currently under way — confirmed that the benefits of the project to British Columbia as a whole far outweigh its local effects. 8%1%sr il M IIIII II I MR I ,) I'IIII APR 2 7 1994 .;, assi i s'= a~'=- — ass'.&a&~ t m — lllllkIII IIIIlli ~~~t~it-"- ac~i s~==='-III11ltt ~i~,.I &h:::: tot e&a I eill~[t~gl~g~~lg[Iameaai~ LjLtaLI ~~/J AND ECONOIWICALL Y: 5. KCP offers many economic benefits. KCP is the cheapest power that B.C. Hydro can access over the next several years. Alcan's power sales agreement with B.C. Hydro represents a $ 500 million savings to the provincial utility over its next best hydroelectric energy supply option. A coordination agreeirent between Alcan and B.C. Hydro allows Hydro to coordinate the operation of the Nechako Reservoir with other reservoirs in the province, increasing the utility's flexibility in managing the water resources required to meet B.C.'s energy requirements. On top of the energy benefits, KCP will pour hundreds of millions of dollars into B.C.'s economy. At the height of construction three years ago, before the half-built project was put on hold due to legal challenges, about 1,000 British Columbians were employed in high-paying construction and engineering jobs. Since most of the major equipment is already purchased for KCP, a large portion of the $ 800 million investment required to finish the project will go into labour. The vast majority of the people working on KCP before it was suspended were from B.C., mostly from the central interior and northern parts of the province with about 20% coming from the Lower Mainland. The distribution of labour is expected to be similar when the project resumes. For major construction jobs, Alcan has a policy that calls for contracts to be broken down into smaller components so that local businesses and contractors can participate. In the case of KCP, thousands of contracts were awarded between Kitimat and Prince George. All of the engineering and environmental work was conducted by B.C. firms. For every job created in the construction industry, three to four additional effect." jobs are created in support services as a result of the "multiplier Another two to three years of construction is required to finish KCP. To ensure continued economic benefits for the Nechako Valley, A!can has helped to develop plans for a state-of-the-art pulp and paper mill in Vanderhoof. Although it will have no ownership in Vanderhoof Pulp and 50 Paper (VPP), Alcan has committed a block of free power worth about $ VPP start-up years. million to the new company to help the mill through its I e IIIill 83M ill'III ~ glgIH" RSI R ~ l1 ~ tl ~ I II I II ~~F mieiIfg+IR~isrs&WII. I II M I ia ale - III ea ill will create about 200 permanent jobs in the Nechako Valley and several times that many in spin-off jobs. production in B.C. KCP sets the stage for Aican to expand aluminum 1 'I Alcan's goal in building KCP is to provide for eventual expansion of its aluminum production capacity in British Columbia. Aluminum smelting requires a great deal of energy. Alcan's Canadian smelters are far away from most of the raw materials required to produce aluminum and from the major markets on which aluminum products are sold. This means that Aican incurs higher transportation costs than many of its competitors. However, its Canadian advantage is its wholly-owned hydroelectric facilities in British Columbia and Quebec which provide it with a sure supply of energy at predictable costs. This advantage has enabled Alcan to survive in a highly competitive and volatile industry. Today, Alcan is the second largest aluminum company in the world. It is a Canadian company with an international reputation for high six quality products and services. The majority of its smelters are in Canada, These — Columbia. British in Quebec and one — its largest in Kitimat, smelters employ thousands of skilled Canadians in high-paying jobs. Over the past couple of years, the global aluminum industry has been suffering: Russian metal has been flooding western markets since the collapse of the Soviet Union; new smelters have been coming on stream adding to an already serious oversupply of primary aluminum. Alcan does not anticipate adding to its capacity for several years. But its unused water fits rights in B.C. expire at the end of this century. The fact that KCP power build to Alcan enables with B.C. Hydro's energy plan over the next 20 years will be the project today. And having the project in place means that Alcan the market in a strong position to expand aluminum production in B.C. when is ready to support new capacity. Alcan's confidence that the market will demand new capacity early in the next century is the growing use of aluminum by automobile manufacturers. Aluminum in cars reduces weight and fuel consumption. life Aluminum is also infinitely recyclable, a property that guarantees a long these leader as for the industry. Alcan's goal is to remain an industry opportunities unfold. The company views KCP as an important building block toward the realization of that goal. III''riving tii'ie(j lli g nll all aa tgl i j '[g P,,Il )Ill i ~ ~ l~ ~Its~'~~ — ~aiu~iuiuiaISsiaaim I1i IIII II+lg - ~ IIRR% Il a+ Sl~, 5IE —~ I~& ~ I: '. ~IJ'PR&7 anal I ~ ge 6+ ; ,'",@NlKWfaII 2 WPII! H e =— -e igeielnlnnl l i aaasix;= —— 1 I ) I — - - ma as e ~ i & j& j ~%I I 8% I a 7. Alcan has already spent $ 600 million on KCP; the project is half built. Construction of KCP began in 1989 after Alcan had received all of the approvals required to proceed from the provincial and federal governments. The project was put on hold in 1991 due to legal challenges. Although the Supreme Court of Canada eventually dismissed these challenges, the project remains on hold pending the outcome of the B.C. Utilities Commission public review. At the time of suspension, Alcan had spent about $ 500 million on KCP. Most of the major equipment has been purchased; the power tunnel has been drilled to the half-way point; the powerhouse extension has been excavated. At the height of construction, close to 1,000 British Columbians were employed in high-paying construction and engineering jobs. Alcan's half-billion dollar investment was made in good faith. The project had been fully cleared by both levels of government. Alcan's legal right to proceed with the project has been upheld by the highest court. in the land. Alcan will invest a further $ 800 million to complete the project, KCP is financed 100% vvith private capital. No taxpayer money is involved. Alcan is assuming all of the financial risk associated with the development of KCP. This is one of the reasons why KCP power is so attractive to B.C. Hydro, The provincial utility will acquire a firm supply of energy without having to invest a penny of taxpayers'oney. The first phase of the Kitimat-Kemano project, which represents an investment that would be equivalent to about $ 5 billion in today's dollars, was also financed entirely by Alcan with private capital. ~ @II I i I For Alcan, its investment of $ 1.3 billion in KCP is an investment in the future of the aluminum industry in British Columbia. g ~Ill Jobs in the fishing industry are not at risk under KCP. Alcan is legally obliged to protect the salmon resources of ihe Nechako River. The company would not be investing $ 1.3 billion in this project if it were not completely convinced tha! it can meet this obligation. Since the salmon are not at risk under KCP, jobs that depend on the salmon resource ILLLII 4JI If 'IRIL! Ital] Ill '1% II I' III II I glgtl Nasa ~ I ~ a'. — —— a I -" i ' Has ~~a aaa wassSim ~&m~~,,— - ~~ aaa ai i, NI 'va are similarly not at risk. 10. ALCAN IS A GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN. Wherever it operates in the world, Alcan conducts itself according to the laws and regulations of its host countries. The behaviour of the people who make up Alcan internationally is guided by a statement of principles outlined in a document entitled A!cant fts Purpose, Objectives and Policies. This document was first published in 1978... long before many North American cotporations felt the need to adopt ethics statements. Alcan's policies requiring stringent environmental and safety standards are applied worldwide. There is not one set of standards for North America and another for the rest of the world, In Canada and around the world, Alcan is an active supporter of education, the arts, and the advancement of its host corn nunities, In Kitimat, as elsewhere in the world, Alcan has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in environmental and operational improvements over the years and continues to do so. Alcan has been a remarkably stable employer in British Columbia, in spite of the ups and downs of the aluminum industry. Kitimat Works has not laid off a single permanent employee in more than 30 years. F.educed labour requirements due to new technology and greater efficiencies have been handled through attrition. Today, the smelter employs close to 2,000 people and contributes hundreds of millions of dollars annually to the economy of British Columbia. IIII ISIJ 11II ll'I'I lulls '(IIINI ~ ~lion~~ 8II "III'iI l VIIllf SI II II IIIII II'Ii ggjg f II v. „,. I~I II l&4s IC:titis II fl gii gag I aw z v took ~ ~ Igyr ~~ —: Ill%Ines +ss ~a I I 555 I I I 5g Aican Srrleiters ar)d Chemicals Ltd „Ill(itu ALCAN 3 Fourth Floor, 1285 West Pander Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V66 4B1 Teletax 604/689-0037 Telephone: 604/631-6100 KEMANO COMPLETION PROJECT PROJECT TIMETABLE (1940 - 1994) Februarv 10. 1994 1941 Aluminum Company of Canada (Alcan) invited by Premier of B.C. to investigate the possibility of developing an aluminum smelter in B.C.'s north. At the time, the Aluminum Company of Canada declined. 1947 Again, the Aluminum Company of Canada was approached by the Province of British Columbi; 948-49 Alcan carried out preliminary engineering studies on the feasibility of project. Dec. 29, 1950 Under the authority of the Industrial Development Act of British Columbia, an agreement was signed between the Province of B.C. and A(can. 1951 Construction begins on the Kitimat-Kemano Project, at the time, the largest engineering project even undertaken by private enterprise in Canada. 1954 Construction completed on the first stage of the Kitimat-Kemano Project. Hydroelectric power from Kemano is transmitted over an 80 km line to the Kitimat aluminum smelter. Late 70s Alcan began to plan for the design and construction of the second stage which eventuaily became known as the Kemano Completion 1 Project (KCP). ttiiiiiiiif I l ltfasttttjg I)1 ~i= — = ilIIHrK ll i4t h est/I Mta(II)1 studies begin (Envirocon, Environn;ental 1978 Multi-disciplinary Scientists) 1980 Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) expresses concern over water flow for salmon in the Nechako River and requests Alcan to increase releases of water from the Nechako Reservoir. Disagreement causes DFO to take A)can to court. ... I/2 a rat I S I IIl ta:: 'tt ~. ~- i IIIMI, — — MRllmiei Iim'eLieal /2 July 1980 Justice Berger grants interim injunction Reservoir discharges to the Nechako River. establishing Nechako 1981 - 1983 Joint Technical Committee formed to facilitate exchange of data and information. The committee included Alcan, Envirocon, DFO, the provincial Ministry of the Eriyironment lMOE) and international Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission (lPSFC;) Committee met monthly. 1984 Envirocon completes environmental reports which are submitted to DFO for response. 1985 When no response is forthcoming, Alcan takes DFO back to court to seek a final water allocation. 1986 DFO May 1987 Alcan and DFO resume discussions in an effort to find an out-ofcourt settlement. August 1987 Working group meets to consider the combination of water fiows and other measures that would be necessary for the protection of fish resources in Nechako River. Alcan-agrees to'return rights to water from Nanika-Morice Lakes to the Province. Action between DFO and Alcan convenes in Supreme Court of Sept. 14, 1987 "1987 Settlement Agreement" is reached and provincial Ministry of the Environment. amongst Alcan, DFO Late 1988 Construction begins on Kemano Completion — roads etc. — before work can start on the Project camps, hydropower faclity components. Sept. 28, 1989 Alcan and Cheslatta Band sign agreement return Cheslatta reserve lands to the Federal Government whotowould be asked to give the lands reserve status once again. I Pli f th M t fRhH bitt. I';;;~5'IIIIr siIII aajIia Ij9I i ~ -../3 i,klI, jiPR 7 7 1tjq4 &lIs, a IIas~~~~ I 5I LS W I 5 II 8I I /3 October 1990 Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council and Rivers Defence Coalition IRDC) commence proceedings in the Federal Court Trial Division seeking an order requiring federal government to conduct an environmental review under The Environmental Assessment Review Process (EARP) guidelines. May 1991 Mr. Justice Allison Walsh of the Federal Court Trial Division ruled that the federal government was required to conduct such a review. Alcan suspended construction. May 1992 Federal Court of Appeal unanimously overturned the lower court decision. January 1993 Province of British Columbia announced public hearings into KCP under the B.C. Utilities Commission. BCUC Terms of Reference are announced. February 1993 Supreme Court of Canada refused request for leave to appeal the Federal Court of Appeal decision. July 1993 Alcan announced it would be a full participant in the BCUC hearings. November 1993 Community hearing phase of the BCUC started in Kitimat. December 1993 Phase technical hearings start in Prince George. I For more information, please contact: Les Holroyd Director of Corporate Information Alcan British Columbia 604-631-6100 II II ' I I a ~ a as I s~ ~ Ill/ hajj Pgi M!! 8 Wl 5& Ill%I n Smelters and Chemicals Ltd loor, 1285 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 4sl ne: 604/631-6700 Telefax 604/689-0037 BACKGROUNDER ALCAN S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMy OF NORTHERN B.C. being invited to develop an aluminum smelter and hydroelectric facility by the ce of B.C. in 1947, Alcan has contributed in many ways to the economies of rn communities. are three main ways that Alcan directly contributes to the regional economy: expenditures on goods and services supplied by local businesses; employment; and payments to local government, primarily in the form of property taxes. llowing are economic statistics compiled by Coopers & Lybrand for Alcan for 92 calendar year. itimat Works spent $ 65 million on goods and services in 1992, excluding raw material purchases. Eighty-one per cent of this money was spent in B.C. total of 362 vendors in northwest B.C. provided goods and services to itimat Works in 1992. Kitimat Works employed 2,105 people in 1992, with payroll and benefits ota(ling more than $ 129 million, lean directly and indirectly supports about 72% of employment in Kitimat Alcan directly and indirectly supports about 37% of employment in the Kitimattikino Regional District. (5,900 jobs) Kitimat Works paid $ 7.2 million in property taxes in 1992, of which $ 5.1 million stayed in the region. This represents 39% of the total property taxes collected in Kitimat. (i xIII I I The total estimated costs to complete the Kemano Completion Project are forecast to be $ 1.3 billion. Illianll itiIII eelI I j'I x x lb( I IR."==::-- IIILIII B. Alcan estimates that there will be a total of 9,344,000 person-hours worked on the KCP by the time it is finished. /2 Of the $ 534 million committed on KCP as of the end of 1 992, $ 52 million went to businesses located in northwest B.C. Another $ 239 million went to businesses located elsewhere in B.C. Of the remaining $ ?42 million, $ 220 million was spent in the rest of Canada. 10. In total, Alcan directly contributed $ 159 million to the northwest B.C. economy in 1992. 11. Expenditures by Industry Sector: — Kitimat Works spent $ 376 million in northwest B.C. between 1979 and 1992. Wholesale and Retail Trade Sector Construction Sector Manufacturing Sector Transportation and Utilities Service Sector Remaining Businesses - 30- For more information, please contact: Les Holroyd Director of Corporate Information Alcan British Columbia 604-631-6100 $ 144 million $ 88 million $ 69 million $ 28 million $ 24 million $ 23 million EFFECT OF KCP ON RIVER STAGE Percent of present mean annual flow remaiping Average drop in river stage Cheslatta Falls 47% 0.2m (8 in) Fort Fraser (upstream of 52% 0.3m (12 in) Vanderhoof . 71% 0.3m (12 in) Isle Pierre 88% 0.2m (8 in) Prince George 89% n/a Nechako River Nautley River) Fraser River Prince George Marguerite (approximately 55 km downstream of Quesnel) 97% 98% 0.04m (I '/z in) Texas Creek (approximately 15 km downstream of Lillooet) 98% 0.04m (I '/s in) Hope Port Mann Pumping Station 99% 0.02m ('/4 in) . 99% n/a = not available Ar~ c 7 1994 ILIIMB (BIIIIS I rliOBI B ~ II ~ ll4 " II B'' 4(l 9 Il 1 ~ ~ I KEMANO COMPLETION PROJECT 9~I g I'lIl KEMANO AREA '" MounlOuBose T onsmlsslon Line to Kklmat (82 k I B1I olevatlon 2,144 ~ N eche ko Tnhlss Inlnko I I ' Roscmc r 9 i'l k ll Tunnels (Id km) Sand for Camp Ponslocks 'Horetzky Adh I'emtno Bar lc Beck yt' Camp....tt.5km lll I i I I IO j I 1$ s I ! Hn cwky Maintenance Centre DISTANCES II $ !4 l'l Upper Kcmano Vsgey Camp Road Hor tzky C eck Komano Hogport ~ II !I e I I I Tn slo mc E*lsdng Kl S hchyard Gall m Now KCP Swhchyard dr I L. ko I' Kemsno Vhl g 'mr II ~ , .. I I ~ HI ih I I h le ~ conte -=.1! =iN! Il ~ I Road 1 Bo ch hmd ~ I ~ Seekwyakln Camp I Ll tm (Hs,—, ill 44 I I ' I c orlon Boy, Omks dM, AN 4 I imgl' INmc 411 9 Sandlor 'PRIL 1991 4 . g I, ill'9, I ; ~!",TS ~ "-:-Ij 71 I I res:,Ht fg 1iiiiif«(I III IE I I ~ ~ifmlll ~I ~II ~l 6 ~ 6 ~ IS, lgf f444 PI Il amL 11 I ln Io m99 la a~I~~:==-0 — RllliiQ;~ —.f0~I =;;;,.''-! IIIisl Ill I l1 R I ! I IW il J III'iiil st::; = ,, ='.;„iI~ * ) Skeena Riverj Sabine — -1111 kl 0 NEW HAZELTON River NORTH CENTRAL B.C 0 20 40 60 80 100 Kilometers 50 60 as':::::,, IRSI N~210 N N Kitwangae I t Sslll I ' Moricetown 16 0 Bulkley Riv SMIITHERS 10 20 0 I ake Stuart i TERRACE P INIIE RUPERT 16 I ll " » I I I! I Lake Bulkley River I I i HOUSTON kaena River BURNS LAKE Fraser Lake + ~ Neutley River KIT g TRA is l. I j II D I VANDERNODF I I 'll e ~ I II N e -FIASER t tLINE Nechako River yl Douglas~~~ 01 011 ~ @ stuatt River 27 / 0RO RORT I I R t, .."I I Fort St, James 37 " " '- 70 Miles m." PRINCE GEORGE 0 fi!u00:, ln Cha KE II I Ii dner I IIN- I 1! I' —'' nt N ~ I e g I '-=:.' Kemano Completion Project Multi-Purpose Water Release Facility Second Tunnel Cheslatta Fan Penstock Skins Dt Lake Spillway Second Powerhouse H Dredging of Tahtsa Narrows New Switchyards in Kitimat and Kemano Second Intake tH Twinning Transmission Line 9 8 8 9 A i~. II' 8 6 g 0 2 N Iii ~ jj /jl A " '"",2ll'Ill j Sl IIIRWII ——. &~~eel S~ Rimiil~@ =- IIIR ~ I tlsssl s il IIIII lais" No lilisi ii iiLaiR il Ilail I'IIII I I( Ill!,'I till III 111'II Figure l. There are sucli ntajor differences between ench of the four sections of thc I i~In 'g IIIL II II%III I a naeiiri « II f P llll f I ptechako River that when disciissing iiupncti it is ahnost as if they are four different rivers. The iuechako Caiiyon Secti»», virt»ally dry for thc past 40 years, will be re watered «'hen the proposed Rennes l&ani Rclrnse Facility is constructed. vironmental impacts are greatly reduced from those which would be involved if it were a totally new hydroelectric project. When the Kemano Completion Project is finished and the new hydroelectiic generating plant is in operation, the Nechako River will at times have less water in it than it . has since the original Kitimat-Kemano project became operational some IIO years ago. Most of the water removed, however, will be taken from flood and peak summer cooling flows. The visible effects of less water will vary from Section to Section oi'the river as well as with the time of year. Near Prince George, for example, ihc. will be little visible change evi icnt in the Nechako River at any time of the year. Upriver, changes wi!1 be more evident during some parts of the year. ' w ~ ISilw~ u I'' jg Isa ii ''.:a«sit., -....— — ----as i«ha «I I I ~ a = ='I'I «IIIIII III g sre I ~ ls I I i«tlltti' i t«4" I«I I I($ . Ul II III I I :. n I« ~ I ~ «a ~ I ~ I Iiiil„ I Ill Ul n «L I i i I I ' ~ In I!5 II« "I Ilglrl! !l j 1]l RI C s n~ I 111, I ~'I «III I Iwn« i I I ~ naI . I- — - ' ~ — 'ILII Uwl d temperature: transects closest to any pomt In the river which is being discussed. As Bi»ce lenkins, pres', dent, of Triton Environmental Consultants notes, "When you analyze tut effect. it should always bc with reaard io n specifi concern or a specific place. to lool at data that apply ti that location and to that situation." Yo'eed different river» Even within each section, thi characrer of thc river varies eno mously. That's why Bruce Jenl ins, a fisheries scientist wl» represents Alcan on the Nechak Fisheries Conservation Progran and who has studied the Nechal for more than 10 years, warns: "You can't generalize about rivers. The Nechako isn't exact the same river anywhere along i length. There are no two points on any river that are exactly the same. Riverconditinnscan var "You can' generakze about rivers. " significantly within a short dis tance because of changes in depth or width." gtl II.II flair iiifoivnatiu I i gnre Z. Intensive snidies irere condacteilin the Ceiitral nail Upper River Sections sho wit lieve. Between Cheslatta Falls niid thc Stiiart lti rer IN transects werc used to provide the extreinely detailed wliicli iniide possible computer analysis arid prediction of tlie effects of changes. Using that data, tlie IVechako Fisherics 15 IE. SIIRIPI Ig i, Ilwtis I mi Conservation Prograat predi cts lio w in»ca I rater seeds to he released to protect "almonin the river. It is the nature of these four vc different sections of the Nechako River, each affected by inflows from other ivarer sources such as the Nautley and Stuart Rivers, th explains why there is mlatively le impact on the Lower and Centra'. Sections of'he river compared with the Upper Section. Ill&Vrm INK I%a I ~H IM Illlaa~ nit I I III illli Ni IFY I APR 2 7 '"„'g'I', t 'I Isa nein vl I I ~,I II til I I ~ ' ~ ap I u ran ~ I 1' cC n. I w«l! 15 @$ «PPPP«P«5 .„tl @iIIg I ~ & «JB I !Iill'ill, IR ~ [I «« I, « i« i e 4 il ~'"1 I Il IPt P! I 'IS! ln river, from the Nautley River to smaller. New water release facility beside Kenney 0am wiH protect sockeye with cooler water A new multi-million dollar Water Release Facility is to be built beside Kenney Dam. This will allow cold water to be drawn from deep in the reservoir and mixed with warmer surface water. The controlled-temperature coolin water will then be relensed directly into the Nechako Canyon. Not only will the wai«'.i hc colder. ii will reach migrating sockeye salmon in sections Ncchako downstream of thc Nnutley River inflow much ~ ol'he I P% U I ~ and p« ties ai the riv remam when the Kemano Completion Project is operating. Figure 5 also illustrates how the amount of water to be withdrawn- on average 30 cubic metres per second (1060 cubic feet per second) — has relatively less effect as you move downstream. While the Kemano Completion Project will bring changes in the river levels from those that prevailed during the 40 years since the dam was first built, the impact on each of the four Sections of the river will differ markedly. Much of the change will come from reduction in the large cooling water flows that have occurred in July and August to control river water tempemtures and protect the sockeye salmon headed for the spawning beils in the Stuan and Nautley River systems. These changes will be most noticeable above Fort Fraser. Some changes will also be noticed in PPPP Pl Pl I sooner than at present because it will travel a much shorter dis«~ce than it does from Skins Lake Spillway. Water temperature control will be far more effective. As a result. the volume of water required to protect sahnon will be reduced. The facility will also improve several water quality factors. notably with regard to dissolved gasses. The new floiv rc ime will also reduce the risl'f flooding in lowlying hay fields along the Nechako River. gilt'lI Ill Q I& IMIII itis' S ml )IRK a iai i III i I I i i»tI '«« ~ «( P« -- — — — 8 ~ «$ «LP:: «««r «silt R' «i «\ ~ ~ ~ '» t4 « ~ ~ ~ «« «w R I I! .....P ilii P Pila Il «118 I "«P, till!i i ~ gii 1I '!PIIIIP« P '. gggt. IgBI AI i«~!I&!1 J!Ilh .— —. I C«— &III !Iles. Ii'- '.FTI'Alai! IJII i i Ill%!a~ RR IDi«la««as I « ~lt" ««5/I glllli '8 Il ~ I~v ',! '.',.1 « 8'g BR il IIIRI.'-=== I ~ .„, -.-—-.-,",,'',,,"„''— -"'-- allilllgll']i% -=— I I i It i sl; ec jc tt re — Figure 3. The Necbako River Study Area exteads frow Keaney Dain and tlic Skins Lake Spillway to Priirce Geoige. For study of Nechako Ri ver flows, tiie five measuriiig stations '' '"I'III al IIIj 1 if it'h (shown above and indicated by Inrge arrows) were iised along 1laii; ) 1](I/I~ APR 2 7 1994 '-- — e ne i w~~ ~ e n ea ~ 'e "... ..=.="= 'll Ilk lalla' j]//I jrflt tn, e shia "'-j Stuart Riversprovideddetailediiifonnationoiiiir flow fro tliose ianj or tributaries of tlie Neclinko systcin, 4 1 -'. Il'-..-'' Ill with one other station at Marguerite on lite Fraser River of Prince George. Stations on the Nautley ani downsn earn j ejg ~ — '1„'l gk uett~jS —- i IIII 'tt~ a ki, ii itt ~ n eiii ~ uw I I : ieea ' — — 'tg'»tu" —, ~w ~ . IS — ='-:i hIjI IIII II ~ etio la/Qg Upper Nechako Section and Fort FRaser Most water to come from peak flows I The potential eiyects of thc ncw liow re imc will be greater in thc upper reaches ol'he river. Once KCP is opcrationnl encl thc water release facility functionin . For most of the year, flows wilL be similar to present fall Comparison of present (shori lerm) and Kemano Complelion Project (long term) wafer levels and widths in the Upper Section of iheNechako River near Big Valley Ranch Width (n) flows. , Close to Fort Fraser the I'ormation of the river is quite different (see Figure 10, Page 10, cross-section 52 of 10'2). Width at this point, now 79 mctres ('260 feet) will chan e by 3.2 metres (10 feet 6 inches) und depth by 0.3 metre ( I loot). latta Fulls toward Fort Fraser in the Upper River Section.) l-lerc, depth will be ivduced hy 0.2 metre (8 inches) Irom 1.0 mctrc Io 0.8 metre (3 feet 4 inches to 2 feet 7 inches), while width at Ibis point will be reduced:by 1.7 lnctl'cs (5 fi.ct 6 Inches). 4 flows just below Cheslatta Falls will be reduced to 47 per cent of present volume. Most of the water needed for KCP will come from peak tlows and from eliminating summer cooling flows, For most of the year, the amount of water in the river will be similar to the present fall flows. Figure 4 shows changes in the depth and width of the river that will occur at cross-section 19 of 102 (near Big Valley Ranch about one-third of the way below Ches- 0 200 100 300 400 500 500 12 10 3 E 8 sa ai 2 5 R .=-" ! 4 .2 0 0 50 100 Change in width = 1.7 m Change ln depth = 0.2 m Width(m) 150 200. 0 Changeinwidth= 5tt7in Change in depth =sin Figure 4. Cross-seerion 19 of rhe Upper Neehako Section near Big Valley Ranch. Water level ia cire ri ver will, on average, drop 0 2 Iaerre (giaciresl after KCPis balls. vt r this locaaoa, width of rhe river will decrease by 1 7 asetres (5 feet yinches) ar che lowerflow. A word about these charts average of the daily mean flows for all of the days of that month. A "mean annual flow" figure represents the average of the daily means for all 365 days in the year. Mean flows A convenient definition of "mean flow" will help many readers who do not have a technical II background. Thc Incan flow" I'ol'II p;01iculIIr day can be considered to be approximately the;Ivcnt e of the nlaxtnlun1 anti nlt ntnuilu floIvs measured during that day, A "mean monthly flow" is the I IB I IW I ~ ljgf 'I I I II /Ill ~ I ns ~ ~ I H%1IIJI! iisinn I lists Ipf ~ tn lanai ggn In jjII III 111 I II I I I i ii ii il~ m ~ I 1 IIII=:;m:=. :— ! jl I ewI ~ I I I BI = ''-' Ilililm I .- - , . m1 Ie I ~ ~ —— Ivvl ' ' v~ tical scrilc (depth in metres or feet) and the horizontal scale (width in metres or lect) are disproportionate n II * j I II I I ~l,ntnmnl qII 'v'lm .=-= = -";ilI Ill awvI Cross-section distortions Thc I'ender will note that the ver- I II s vavagnlm jl j',Il IIII I I II',-.;,-.;;,:. jj R '1I on the cross-section illustrations (Figures 4, 10, I I and 12). To be in proportion, the drawings would be 20 times their present width while retaining their present height. lt is for those practical reasons that engineers and scientists use digttm torted scales such as these to portmy variations that would otherwise not be conveniently evident. ~ Figure S. Di versiou of ivater needed for Keuiano Cou&pletion Project po&ver generation «ill reduce thc u&enn animnl floiv of tl&e Nechnko Rii er at Isle pierre usl west of l'rince George, by l2 pe& cent. lSec flow charts, pngcs e to 7). Flows iu the Fracer Riverjnst below I'rinci George will be reduced by 2 7 per cent. l'low reduclh n&s upriver nrc &nnrc signijicnnt. At l&anderlioof the lvechnl'o River's prcceat jlmvs ivill be rcdnced hy 2y pcr cent mid in tlie Upper Necliako River flaii s will l&e reduced by 53 pci ceiit. Ilecnnsc most ii/'&hc ivater &ici'deil for li'Cl'vill be tnkei& fiom peak jio &vs u&ul fi'mu s&nnu&cr cni&ling flu «s, changes will be iso st nnticenl&le during j sp&'Ing nails&luui&e&'i I k MI gei and penney Dam Reservoir I Nechako 5llNII II I! i I Rlk ~ k hit I II tlRIPI ' - "- - I il gl I Is= a I!i ~ IIiiiI, Ihll II IIIIIIR M II I e» ms &aa g I 6 i I I I IIIIIII 'Rl I IIII I ~ & «« i ~ v ~ «v III1I loll IIE ~~I~I Ig —: . saiI'= n&san«" 'aati&a&ag "- .-. -= ~IIIII IIII I iI&]! e~lii '::: I —m ~ «~ w& ~ m& ~~ ~ Se & IyegWIkISIP]II51Rr&I&&alla l"'Il'' "'Ill : I"--:—: :— Ka&!a,,';„'.-ni t& ~ ~urn=--'Ril li se tuc h«bi sl'M w&-.~ ~ a ' au~inn ~ &II —..;-.-=-.-'-'I! u e!! Ill['s~ aesu : =-:ii III'R BR LI M I%' ~II I I NRI I I I IS I ~ @ ~ R In%i(as ~ smig g %0% W ':X if' ~ -- — --- «;~ leaII ~ ii'IIi m « ~illa=- = — ~l~~~ ~ ~ '- — 1 Imma — — --.=====«I ~,",~," -~N ISrlli~lSill Il~iill ~~~ = =— i'm ' -- " - iaias igg~lIlgMlly~ Central Nechako Section Depth at Vanderhoof one foot less Tbe i.ransect nearest Vanderhoof (cross-section 82 of 102, see Figure I I, Page I I) is located at the govenlment Flow gauging stati orl milled i a(el y down st renal oi the Vanderhoot'Bridge. After thc project is completed the depth at that point will be reduced, on average, by 0.3 metre (I Foot). At the reduced flows, on a mean annual average (see definition page 6), the width oi'he river will be reduced by six metres (19 feet 8 inches) from I I I metres to I 05 nlctfcs (364 lo 344 fcct). Thc lowest mean monthly tlow will occur in winter months (December to March). At this location. 7I percent of the present flow will remain in the i n ver, again on a mean annual basis. Gone will be the periodic hig flows as the river management Illovcs fl'onl 8 systcnl I'cqulring lar e volume releases in the sun. mer through Skins Lake Spillwu to a lower and better regulated tlow using the new Kenney Dan Release Facility. Fig. 6 Mean Monthly Flows in the Upper Section of the Nechako River Below Cheslatta Falls Flow m'/5 Figures 6, 7, 8 aud 9. Current and Pos/-KCP /neon inonlhly flows in rlie iveckako River below Cheslaaa FalLs (Fig.6), ar Port Frllser (Fig. 7) at Vauderlroof'(Fig 8) and ar Isle Pierre (Fig.9) The graplis show shatlnuch of /ke water requiredfor rhe Keiualso Compleu'on Project cmnes from spring peak flows and summer cool- ing flows, siov cis 180 600 t I 140 120 100 80 60 40 '. 500 Present With KCP,'400 t300 i200 201 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jui Aug Sep 0 Ncv Oec Oct Fig. 7 Mean 8/lonthly Flows in the Upper Section oi the Nechako River at Fort Fraser now uow 555 /5 c/5 180 — IIIII — — - Present With KCP Illlll 8 6000 4000 Iktftw sm Ill!g 6000 3000 5 RRI IIIII 2O i 0 Jeo Ili~~lg'li jiii tft i 1IIF te~ ---]Kji I iilj IMS j I '..-- ssas~swisr .: — . . ~ Feh Mar Apr May ~ I~/ittRSC -= ~,— 6—,, ae,....IS~~I~ Jvh Jui Aug Sep Ocl ~ Vs os Nov Oec Lower Nechako Section George will drop four inches At Prince George, on a mean annual basis, the change in water level resulting from KCP Ivi1 average 0.1 metre — that's just under four inches. Thai is a result oi' 12 percent reduction fiom thc average flows in the river for the past 40 years. Width of the river will change by 2.0 metres (six feet), in a river that is typically 122 metres (400 feet) wide bet- ween Isle Piene and Prince George. Available physical data for Nechako River at Isle Pierre is presented in Figure 12, Page 11, to provide additional information regarding average changes in water level and depth in Nechako River near Prince George/ The KCP flows in the Nechako River at Prince George will still be sonic 244 cubic metlzs per second 1 I I imaSa ii Provincial responsibilities Fig. 5 Mean Monthly Flows in the Central Section of the Nechako River at Venderhoof Flow isi /I Flow 250 — — 200 — P/esent With KCP 150 100 50 oa 8000 i 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 0 Jan III Feb Mar APF May Jun Jut Sep Oct Aug Nov Dec Fig. 9 Mean Ittionthty Flows in the Lower Section of the ~~ m'/I — — — 300 200 100 0 Jan Feb Mar Apt Jun May Jut Aug Sep Oct 20000 18000 16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 Nov Dec IIlmlI W1 %$ 11l I .':,.:"iiII~==:.== ~ Isa~st sic& ~ Iae Iasiiiklliigi~ss II ess ~SIIII ~ saa C "~ FI11IIl lmfglit ta s@ lljlii 1'gsi IIist! I" ~ '@I -",,;;==.=="2'=::,;.''J="1 SI' g ~ I[ I I & 1 II ' & ~ 1 Ig I water quality resulting from changes in flows; 2. water releases to control downstream flooding; 3. conservation of resident freshwater fish including those in tributary lakes and streams, and 4. municipal waier and sewage systems affected by flow changes, 1. ats Present With KCP 500 tlirt'. for: Flaw 600 Iiiia, Under the 1987 Settlement Agreement the government of British Columbia is responsible Nechako River at Isle Pierre Raw ~lllip (8600 cubic feet per second) That is 88 per cent of its average flow over the past 40 years. Visible changes from recent years will occur only in July and August because the large cooling releases will no longer be required. Instead of rising from its July level by 0.2 metre (eight inches), the river will only rise 0.03 metre (one inch) in a typical year. e Iles ~ ls' .== = — 'istt ~ II i~~ '! l ~ -- ssiiiiil lg 'l [ I xiii tiiiemigli)fl 0 ss iIilIAI8 I II II III t'IIII IIII.1»igiiil Iaa II',..Kllmlll gggI I I I„..'.;"-''-=4 l ~ tSSSaRRP— sit II u ~ Residents'ommittee considers remedie After tlie project was given all necessaiy government approvals in 1987, Alcan initiated a River and Reseiivoir Residents Commiuee to meet with local residents to discuss remedial activities, mitigation and compensation. Even though consttaaction on the project is cuivently stopped, tlie coiiiiiiiitee coiitiinies the project design. Among these economic and land use impacts were trapping and hunting concerns and numerous propemyspecii ic effects. The most common problem is interference with existing domestic water silpply and with some ir- wells will probably be affecter. Each situauon is slightly diffei but deepening wells orrelocaii tlielvi usilaily overcomes the pr lem. Subirrigation of some shi line fields will be affected. In general this problem cnn be rei died by installin spiinkling sy ieliis. Anothm. problem in some ari is caule control. Lower water le els will enable cattle in some arc to walk from one property to an. otlicl'iidjaceni piopemy. Fence provements can alleviate those situations. At some propenies, t work has already been done. Boat launching and mooraei facilities will be affected at a fe propetvies. Near Vanderhoof, where the river is used by floatplanes, a detailed analysis of tht sites in use has been done and mitigation measures planned where required. Trappers in the area had expressed concern over future wilt life stocks. Three late fall surve of fur-bearing animals have bee done and the results shared with the Trappers Association. A/can does not control the flows. The Provincial Copnptroller of Water Rights has always had that authority. its work. The committee receives enquiries fmm property owners concerning possible effecrs of KCP and works with owners to identify solutions. This may involve technical studies. The committee also communicates with individual property . owners and with affected groups such as ranchers and trappers. Effects from the project may be broadly categorized under two headings: I. Effects on salmon, and 2. All other effects including those on freshwater fish, agriculture, wildlife, and economic and social impacts. rigation systems drawing water from parts of the upper river. Reduced flows will require relocating some intakes to deeper water. If a municipal water system or sewage system will be affected, as at Fort Fraser, then under the Settlement Agreement with the provincial and federal governments, the Province is required to pay for any work needed. For some properties, shallow Comparison ef preieal (aharl fermi aad Kemaao Complelioa Pmjed gong (ena) we ter levels and widgu in the Upper gedioa of the Nethako River near Earl Eraser Width (ft) 0 The potential effects on salmon ,IWJ Ijl)IK I' I ~a i mtmm„ I m iIIIll IIIIIII III%jffl 'i'I aa 0 m 0 I I ai mi I IIIIII Ill were identified during the original studies as the major concern to be managed. The studies indicated that other environmental impacts could be managed much more easily. Prior to the pmject receiving government approval. each of the potential effects was studied. Thanks to the community consultation process that Alcan initiated soon after the initial studies were completed, additional concerns were identified and studied and the results taken into account in i 100 200 300 400 4 6 il 500 600 -12 2 8 1 0 0 50 Change in width = 3.2 m Change in depth = 0.3 m 100 Wima Im) 150 200 Change in width = 10 ft 6 in Change in depth = 1 ft Figaro l 0. Cross-scciioii 52 the Upper lVcchaho Section asar Fare Frascr. Aper KCPis biii Ii, water level al this location will drop an average of 0.3 iiicrrc (onc foot Width of rhc iiver ai this locarion will bc approxiaiatcly 79 mclrcs f260 feetJ, abo»i 3 2 metros llO foci six inchcsl less llian flic prcscni width ar this poiiii. I IO ijfgI".'l'll II@III "lii iisi=.'I APR 2 't N9& I~:= 'Igts gjml ii w j amfgig j~',„-,,-tgglgi 0ISI@8 n! Policy guidelines set for t ommittee To cnsuI'c tail'ness aftd conststcncy III 011tagataon and conlpcnsation decisions, 0 sct of policy gutdelincs is ollowcd by thc comminec. Essentially, the touchstone is to ensure that each propeny owner's I'acilities are maintained or restored (at Alcan's expense) to the sta(c that existed prior to KCP flow reductions provided such changes are a direct result of decreased water lev- cls. (If improvements are sought, they are at the owner's expense.) Ench c Isc is judged on its 0'Ivn 01c11(s .'Ind cIfcunIstclltccs. Celt(lan '0 c'15 'tlc outside Al- I ctul s I'csponsibi li(ics. Any cfI'ect s on quality o!'ublic water supplies ms a result of)ower flows are the resPonsibility on,fdlvc Provincial government as are any 010nicipal sewage system impac(s. Impacts from higher than normal Compacisoo ofprescol((ho(i lecm) asdKemaso Compleliao Pcojecl t (loog lerm) wale(le:els aod widths in Ihe Central Sedioa of Ihe Nechaho River at Vaodechoof 100 200 Widlh (5) 300 400 500 600 Cross-Section 82 3. Xomano Comnlcson V o(cm — 2. ~ S~ Rmmm 0 So Change in width = 5.0 m Change In depth =0,3 m lfiijN '1III .!()III III jll I'III I I ~ 150 Conpsicoo of pcevea(((ho d teem) a ed Kemso Comp le(iso Pmject long Iecml waiet levels aod wid(hv in (he tawn S adios o( Ihe Nechako River sear Isle Piem I !ERR NISI) 0 200 1 Oo omtm lminmnw m pg~mt I! Si'5 Il(IIIII ~ m I I I Ill(2 I Width (tt) 300 400 Cross Section 92 500 mw ' o~ 500 MI„-,— m 'Pi modRRSIFi S ILII Fv isni i ZI! 'iL j SI;:: = „,—, —.-".I!!Id ammlm o., -...—II Ijg I I I I I a m — 50 Change in width = 4.2 m Change in depth = 0,2 m c 100 Width (m) ISO =LIII o 200 Change ln width = 13 It 9 ln Change ln depth = 7 in Figucc l2, Just brinav Isle Pierre, shmvn in (his crassscerimc, depciv of vive wnrer Ivi Ii decrense, on average, by 02 naerre gust over sigh(inc)ass), Il'id((I «'iii Iiecrease 42 ave(res (l3 feet nina incices). The Aveehahn is wider Ireiaaa Isle Picrrs asiv flo's roIvsrd I'vince Georgo, so depth is sechceed ea cn less in rhac m ea. ~'' 5' I aIml S I oi ca Thc provincial Comp(roller of Water Rights has always had, and re(sins under the !987 Settlement Agreement, authority to order reIcascs fl'001 thc I'cscc'Yoir for f!Ood control purposes. Forfish protec(ion purposes, water flows involve discussion Iutd agreement between the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the provincial Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks (Fisheries, Wildlife and Integrated Management Branch) and A(can. Under the (987 Settlement Agreement they form a joint management system under the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program. 200 Change in width 19ft 8m Change in depth m1 It Figure II. Cross-sesiion 52 of the river ae Vandsrhoof shows I(var depih of the waver will decrease, on a verage, by 0.3 nascre (ona foor)) after KCP is bui Ii. Widih will decrease sis naesrcs (20/eel) from I II ro l03 nv ceres (364 co 344 feet). I'III I(a m"mmt I. 100 Width (ml flo «5 (i.e. flood conditions) remain a!.rovincial responsibility as does evcrythin rclatcd to freslmvater fish. One of'(he misunderstandings (hat has persisted over the year.'s that A(can controls the l)ows. If a municipal water system is affected, th,e Province is required to pay for any work needed. Concerning freshwater fish, the provincial Ministry of Environment, Lands dk Parks has developed a plan to rebuild stocl s in the Cheslaua and Murmy Lnl es. After KCP is in operation those lakes will no longer bc part of the annual reservoir release system. Skins Lake Spillway will be Coniinncd,.pngc 12 I(h iI8 al I O 18 I Iij fgifi (Sllll jji, Imm ~ l mno i, 8 ,'ll'io. I : „!! Ii it'''Ilail JI(ne IP36- Flunded nren nu Fire( ttrenue in Prim e Ger&rge, Grnnd 'I'rung I'((ri fir Iiridge n rer I rn(er IIi[t Illl i III I .mule~ ::liih j@(77.'l i'll III'll i 'll i I C lII i It l"',u it Cnniinued frnm page ll kept in opera(ing condiii&m as a hack-up and as protection lg;liest extreme t1oodine in the reservoir. Thc spill(vay will only be necde&l il it is ever nccessaiy (o alleviaie i i ill I : tat I thc extreme conditions that would icsult I'rom a "once in '200 ye&us" liood. u I And speaking ol'lloodin i. it' woiih renicmbeling that some tlood protcciion on boih the Nechako and I(raser ftivprs rosette&I I'roln ihc origin;d project. l1ooding on ihc Ncchako (vas comlllon in winier;Is &veil;Is in spring. Sninetimes there (vere l1nods twice in onc year. Kcnncy Dam and Skins Lake Spilhvay hrought regulauon to ihe Guidelines set loner m dip(ence. I1o(v of thc Ncchako sn lhal comlllunities;i&id f ulu lalnilies luce ived welcome iu! iel''rom the 11(le&I Ihreat Ihat hroueht uncertainty to lith near thc iver. 'I'hc Kcmano Project also helps to ivducc thc risk ot'loodine on the l'raser i&iver hecausc it can withhnld t1o(vs in thc Ncchako during high &vater in oihcr pa&as «f ihe Pi'ascr system. 4 7 ~ 11 For more information nn&unu imu 'u,l n I tul 7 iin t(N) 'il il iiii.iii 11. I' pit ~ I I s 'lmu I&rim,( rhu ri. Iu I 'I i(17 h '. i ( n pi I „'. N('ll'll 'Iul'h n. r I Al .(ti Sirius 'i ~ X iimu. II I' I(lr a erin ii i ~ I muimi'urri 'ti Is 'ti. pt .i '«n, llu i 'll '. 7 7 Ih n I sl.,i ics» ~, .in lri»,nr u I'r. (I i»nr,. tli i( i 'ii 'I ii I' v: n„ i.ti ll(' I'In tl i I Sl'l ~ Si I, fr I Vill u»"1,,' lr I \ii I APR2 7 1994 1 I » I ~ 1+ '! a I le e I ~ I 1 IMP 1 lilg : 1 'ee I 1 eel II ~ p I II I cell lliiiliii IIVI.; %I ~, gg %'i i i ~ II I iaiail m i I l all el 1 fil I 411&ll4 N', 1 '~ (ieiiaii — e eill — i[i I'FllRI I lm I' li I' I I [ I %Ill II'» N 'lle p ~ e II I IL lee II il i !Ig ~I I 'I ~ I ~I I%HI I $% y C I I,il,..., 'll 'III!lip// i / I I I I I 1 I l l11 ~ Irl g g & ErrI II ~ ( rl /gl'iIa iil:i /, iq I m a'Ill lI q)q -q+Xo I~ ''! 'jji,i a f l ll ll l J I Jl IL l, APRR't ~"& I II l I' I 1. a I I I lr Rl ~ I N~~ se a ',~R) 1 l, I 37B2 Thurston Street, South Burneby, B.C. V5H 1H7 Mon 28 Mar 94 434-7850 Council ipalitzes of GVRD RE! Use GVRD bf Ozone For Disinfectinz Drinkine Wat,er Suoplv r and Councillors, use of chlorine for drinking water is promoting increased chloramine end re-chlorination between presenting a choice chlorine as the primary replaced Ozone If disinfection. dary reouired for secondary dis- of chlorine ant, then the amount would be unnecessary, and chloramine -d, could be 4 educ peroxide or re-ozonation could be considered J"or secor!dary ion. M ii~y I I I! liPa% I i IVI I% lgll ) ( iIISII III li f / /)l,@l~'s s i i'ilesmi Ied" iL I. I d M g I I eeshah SIS i!I 4 s I! e al ) I g g)) 'll 44I !!IS S) III: I lns!!4 ) el ~I «'ll « I m I I,'«l —.')I Sl, 1i: 'l 1 « of Azco Industries ched paper by Vladimir Stuchlik, president technologv that Ozone of cribes an innovative implementation chlorine/chloramine the with imple and inexpensive compared the conventioe.al intensive opt,iona being considered by GVRDin orLoswith Angeles and pilot tested in Hew Ozone treatment, system as used york city while still in the reservoir the Because the water would be treatedwould be required. Because U tunnel) the contact basins (or several days prior not entering thee dist'ribution to water is treated for treatment is used, .AND. the naturally eccurring system, a less intense have sufficient time to consume the organic bacteria in the lakes in the water (a form of bio-filter). Ther bacteria material (turbidity) oef with killed and then by oxygen pumped into the lakes, is enhanced irtensive Costly intakes. main water the Ozone just'before entering filtration is not needed and a food source for downstream bacteria is lakes, eliminated. Ozonifier Industries Inc., Saul Pressman of The second attatched paper by of Ozonation which includes implementsticr. intensive describes a more with activated carbon, earth, biofiltering The filtering by diatomaceous cost is comparable to peroxide, and residual provided by hydrogen soeu8 bf GVRD's chlsine/chloramine options. you to request the GVRD to abandon I would encourage Ozone options. chloramine and to reconsider I] Doualas S ..Porter 4 Please distribute copies of the attatched papers to cogcil members. !,4ra 41 1 ~ )Z I I ' 4 PI-I', CII3B 21, 1994 N T BATE, IT ALSO INGS. About ndent rovements, and ion based on m ~ INI I I 1 I being However, the GVRD appears to do what it wants without has been held. All accountable to anybody. No professional hearing politicians, by concerns so far expressed by the public, the elected and the independent experts, have been other government branches professional hearings the matters ignored by the GVRD. Without proper who volunteer their free time to fight are handled bv the taxpayers the GVRD, wh3.1e paying hefty taxes to the same GVRD who is supposed to serve them. II II I S ASQ Many major concerns surfaced during the last II! IRi~ 1. %am Iih i%lj I@&i pm& 144m! II gg Ii Pi!WAI! I4! ~ III down, and reforestation may ' ':Pl all hearings were never held, andwere rently, Proper Professional hearings such Since warning from scientists were suppressed, against process, proper mechanism completely excluded from theeliminated. but more negligence, perhaps by incompetence or misuse was professional proper require law not our Does intention. likely by hearings ? "selection that GVRD' newlyof proposed rt is our understanding forest being "left the percentage logging" refers ro a certain portion of more closely, the "left aside" aside". when investigating not of trees, scrub and rocks, ice, of comprised mostly forest isWhether investigated, should be contempt criminal a is this forest. since commercial profits are apparently involved. A I~~,,...a Ir /EE4! Ni! I i8 It! I ~ ~I ~ I ~ THE WATER SHED SITUATION. making politicians were totally public and the decision In most from logging in the water shed. the damage resulting hae allOwed SOme millicnS Of dOllarS queetiOnable apprOaCh the GVRD into while some $ the pristine forest, the by cutting profit to be oftaken same GVRD are proposed by treatment systems water 1.2 billion Large areas are already clear-cut, to handle the consequences. where the soil has already washed including those on steep slopes be extremely difficult.. gli&I!i@ I four months, as follows. on camera, As witnessed by a number of scientists, and well documented the four decades the for past believe that we have good reason to misled about i+Pi s ) knowledge. 111 m 4 II'Ir !i Ilia 144! 111 rli c i 4 = 'I ~p- I 14 i4 ~p~pq i%A i ralsl, JI ail il I ~ ~I I I I ~ 111 III 4! II' 'I 4 Wll ~ ra IN ~ 9 I r I IS » ~ II! I -4 ~, I ~ II W~ I,I I I I I Proposed solution: be held where the GVRD's watershed 1.1. A professional hearing to evaluated by a group of independent management practices are members of the the supervision of elected professionals, under Water Committee, Concerned public groups, and professionals from the provincial government. the most likely conclusions of a 1.2 Zt is our opinion thatwould bei prOfessional hearing total ban on logginc in the watersheds total refofestation of the logged areas of the water coral removal of all roads and full reconstruction be done by using logs, shed into its original condition. This incannewly forested areas. new soil and nets to stabili.ze slopes places to prevent humans fences to be erected on all easy access areas. sensitive the from entering animals and large for those restoring the forests access restricted to all except, for research and scientists authorized for as above, and educational purposes. 'I THE WATERSHED LAKE (s) SITUATION. together wi.th seasonal.ly content of dissolved organic ofelements the above mismanagement of the high turbidity are a directof result (sands) and clay can not be silica chlorine water shed. High content ozone but requires an extremely or removed by oxidation with the turbidity problem can be expensive filtration system. Clearly, of the watershed, for much less money. solved by complete restoration Exactly the same approach has been recently (1993) approved at the A high Seattle Water District. high mpuntains. This The lakes are mostly very deep, surrounded by the natural content of formation of waves. As a result, promotes restricts growth of anaerobic directly oxygen in the depth is low. This and virus. Apparently, such as pathogenic fungus, bacteria life formssufficient food supply for the microorganisms now from there is unoxidized organic residuals. Proposed Solution: a complete 2 .1. In conjunction with the above reforestation, established. THIS CAN BE in the lakes shall be and biological balance the low levels of lakes with oxygen DONE by supplying aerobic bacterial a promote and to pathogens ozone, to suppress balance is natural proper establishing growth. This method of .. Ja:Iim IIII I ii Ii II II ~ I I ism! Ii(lllllj(SEE xz —— M Rllmiz i i 8 I I I! I I II ' ~ I'I II (j I g i I ~I il ~ IF. I I I I I I I II ~ I I m i IFJ ~ ~ Ilies ii j jill e :!WHQ w I ee Ili!P scl 'Iu I '-': u!- Pe PE 0!35 well known and successful technology. Some 10-20 days of water supply areas in the lakes need to be supplied with rhe above mixture to assure proper creatmeppr.. We were advised by top scientists (see section 6) chat over 20 kinds of cultured bacteria are available, including one able to remOve algae. We were also advised Chat there is a good the best bacreria already residing in our possibility of having lakes. A prOPer natural balance can be achieved in every case, and most likely very fast. levels (0.1 naturally purified water is then exposed to high prior to mg./I) of dissolved ozone, for approx. 30-60 minutes entering the pipes. This level is sufficient to )cill all ones, thus preventing regrowth in bacteria, including the aerobicsufficient to clean the main pipes Che pipes. This level is also for 1-3 km from the dame. 2 .2. The IMII~III 4! PSPP "', Imj)I@ IlfIIfIll I I! ~ I gl I II . III I III I e'PPPP! II !If I!:=:" I wisei to use some of the money shed. THE MOST APPROPRIATE FIRST STEP. We are sure All the above constitutes be dramatically lower than any of che six will that the total price alternatives presently proposed by the GVRD in January 1994. Ie lgf$ 'I Ill II ) be reduced down to 1-5 4; of 2.3. Residual chlorine level dosage would be the presenc demand. Any need for chloramination will waste will no organic eliminated due to the fact that virtually be left in the water, Chus nothing for chlorine to react with. long Co This way the chlorine life span will remain sufficiently assure sanitation of the pipes all the way to the homes. as the bacteria in the lake 2.4. There would be no need for filtration The clay and sand will digest all the organic turbidity. occur if the watershed reforestation is turbidity will no longerregrowrh of the forest may take some 10 in place. Since proper would still related Curbiditywaste storm some meantime in the years, but only organic occur. This would not contain any harmful concern. It would are much less of a health filters clay and sand which for this billion not be justified to build some 6 0.5 Opinian, it WOuld be muCh relatively Shart periOd Of time.on IntheOurrestoration of the water == il 'I IS 444! I lite II.II lwP li'% e 3. THE OTHER STEPS . Once to water quality can be measured closeThis is all perfected,sCations it and can be built where needed. re-ozonation the users, wacer will of toxic chlorine entirely. The and will allow elimination virus, turbidity. waste organic bacteria, toxins, become free of which make high levels of oxygenwate I n addition, this water will contain r the Just as it comes from water very tasty and pristine. taste. afcer boccie plastic of traces no with except bottling plants, PIE II~I ee ~ IIII Sl 44 !I el 4) I,Ii iiiilmg 11143 I I 4 )'II) Ie'e'III '.i APR 2 7 199)I 'I!fI ',", ', , .44 IWIfi =--"- II ' 1PP ' ,')!4! Pll I I III II '4 I ~ ' I eS i pp '!4 w & lz 5 RIP I II!I g[ !I I 4 I "'.ail I ILI 1 I I Il Pl I ~ I ll,le ~ I ~ ~ 114!!Su l!ii 4... I "~ I I I I I I I~ II ~ Iii 4-:: e eL I e :: =~i!g Il44 SII I 'I-I 1L-, I IIJ I We are sure that proper professional hearings can evaluate both, lakes are being treated the GVRD and the AZCO proposed systems. Large been for decades, there with oxygen and ozone successfully, and have studies. Here we are trying tocheprevent a is no need for lengthy are job is never studied indefinitely. but situation where things done. Having three lakes available, one can be selected to .evaluate the whole concept before progressing further. No limited (pilot) study can be done because each lake represents yn unique environment and it has to be looked at as a whole body. 4. WHY AND HOW INVOLVED IS AZCO INDUSTRIES LTD. As experts of 19 years of expeiience, we were asked by concerned Che GVRD proposals. citizens co provide an independent evaluation of hours unpaid time. So we did, free of charge, by volunteering aftershareholders or to any ASCO INDUSTRIES Ltd . ie not accountable " investors. Our mission is I We do honest business. We are opening the new markets where ozonaCion sysCems were previously out of short term financial limits. We work for long term future, not for a profits". a system for an estimated cost of S 40 million, 4.1. Azco is proposingAngeles ozone system, the GVRD estimated the Los on the Based S 1.2 billion. For treatment for Vancouver wouIdof beozone cost of ozoneintensive would be system some 5 mg./I this (L.A.) followed time, by very contact minutes 30 least needed for at remove oxidation byproducts. expensive carbon filters to not 4 .2. AZCO is offering the prices as a "MAXIN1UM". Since we would less know the real ozone demand in the beginning, we expect that the offering therefore We are more. not needed, ozone may be system which allows to build the advantage of our unique modular system in steps, evaluate, and add more ozone only if needed. the past four months to comprehend. In which The GVRD approach is hard GVRD's are incorrect statements of number we were exposed to a them for your awareness. 5. or misleading. We will list some of "There is no logging in the water sheds" 5.1. GVRD: It is not relevant A: Not true, the logging has been permitted. not be happening right at this moment. IZ O'IP III P IIFll ( iPIS IPM f/ 'gV irP VII IJ) whether this may or may "we have an contincgency plan for all potentially 5.2. GvRDI dangerous chloraminated water spills". GVRD can noC possibly be A= Not true. There is no such plan. The require 100s of manned would a day. It at every place, 24 hours across the Lower equipment of billions and stations $ monitoring from a broken pipe a spill prevent noC Mainland. Yet they could spots. hard-to-access other many at or lake, Burnaby under right )LN ul a I Ill POP la I 9 Ilia N(lii Ig '+ ll::."-s .'=.: ai iihik L' J g IP" I 5, PI i(e rI» u ~ i I %II Ilail P,i g 'si1115 „:::(lf ''',.Plight wK = m 'PP f I I II fi' 'P,".„."",'811 P II."I .' ~ II ll I ~4 ~~ 4 ~ Is S ''Pl I l., I~ 4 ~ l,l i i Fllmsm)l~i I( W : & nui,s, I' P P 11 I /(JiP iw I IllJl ! .= ". = II is =:l).,P = " ==- ,"I! ILL)I I Sea= ~ iiPgPHi ~ Ill II))I IPPPI sIIsIII ( aiiiia li aaP Pi): =' '" ' I ~,, ( ~ $( P ll'I II))'ll I la ~ I iPI I I I ~ 1 I I 1 P LR P ~ I t!ms 80 '34 PH6E, or37 Ozonation would cost ten times the other treatments" A: False. Even the GVRD'S Own assessment based on the Los Angeles intensive treatment was only about 1.2 times the cost, of some other treatments based on the chemistry of chlorine. The most natural system as pi'oposed by +CO would cost'much less. 5 . 3. G'VRD. choosing between humans and sone fish kill, we will prefer the humans". A: This is not a humans-versus-fish issue. Humans and fish of what is share the same environment. Fish is the indicator Proven beyond to humans in the long term. on actually happening a cellular doubt, chlorine and chloramines replace oxygen to release the cells so that they are unable level, choking defense syst: em and waste. This results in a failure of the cell opens the gate for anaerobic life forms such as: Anaerobic (pathogen) bacteria, virus, cancer, fungus. "When 5 . 4 . GVRD: 5 . 5 . GVRD: A: "Chlorine is good for your health" We will leaVe it tO yOu tO judge the truth Of thiS statement. "The publiC OzOnatian Syetem at the Village Of POrt Clements (Queen Charlotte Island) has caused a bacterial problem in the drinking water" has been out of operation for at False. The ozonatlon systemnot A: to blame. The system was thus ozone is least two months, from Califoinia. We a company installed about 10 years ago by the cost of repair have already quoted a new system for less then supplied some parts for the of the old system. We have already new system, and rest is pending the budget approval. Logically, without. ozone, bacteria can occur quite naturally. 5.5. GVRD: to come to Vancouver, give 6. The experts listed below are willing of our chlorine assessments independent presentations and provide versus ozone controversy. We have offered these names also to the GVRD . in Biotechnology of ozone, University Professor G.G. Kelley,has Ph.D. experience with practical this category, world pioneer in 1-904-744-9393 AZCO t.echnology. 1-904-743-3297 Florida University, Zacksonville Edward Spirkovski, Ph.D. 1-310-519-8974 Specialist in the Biotechnology of lakes California 1-819-842-2494 Carl. Erlick, Ph. D. Quebec lakes, of Specialist in the Biotechnology n ~ Nw1 I ~ II lli=:: Ill z l&CM I 4 ll IM si j lies it &~ss (II'l.l ...".... Im IIIINI!.Ni H C =-=-; ., ~~ if'l APR 2 7 1994 w~ 5 I IEIII — —.--+Vii%Sel awi8ia 'm& — -" " 'ui11''"""'S 1'.— — sam™~as IR g, ~ all'I ee ei i I I! i 5 I I i 'll! Is s sl'III lii ,, —.= tgza' ' I)IN g 1!1111II [' II'!.', = '~~ mij~ c jm — — ~ — I — .=,'ii 1I ~ — pa 1))gal ~1 'I 'mzz3 ~811%I/ — 31IIIKasts -- '.5-~, — -'— I N 1-805-578-2169 Alderman Engi.neering, Jeff Alderman, P.E. Pr&CtiCal experienCe with AZCO teChnalagy in a number of lakes in California. such as Disney Land Park, Malibu Beach Lake. Presently f inishing a large lake for Los Angeles parks ties where 7. Furt)ier listed references are from smaller municipal'1 treatment. You are our system provides both, primary and secondary In all cases, welcome to call them and ask how they like their water. over a period of not a single bacteria was found in the test samples a drop of chlorine 1-2 years, since the ozone treatments started. Not removed entirely from has been used,. chlorination stations have been was minimal and the the facilities. The cost of the maintenance The energy around S 300. was typically household. initial cost per reason why lar«le cities would cost is pennies per day. There is nothe'ngineering is done wisely. have to experience larger cost, if for our proposed These references can also serve as a model in the future, levels subdivision GVRD. the treatment at secondary and the THM levels dramatically aftei'he lake waters are purified projects below are by far ..uch larger reduced. please note that. thestudies. GVRD' ozone pilot rjhe than 64,000 gallons storage LONG POINT WATER 1. 230, 000 L/day WA Dr . Art S tranoberg (206) 678-8720 100,000 gallons storage 2. LAGOON POINT WATER DISTRICT 345,000 L/day Cl inton, WA Mz . Bob Hust (206) 678-4718 120,000 gallons storage GOSS I AKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 3. 350,000 L/day Cl inton, WA -, COMPAQ'oupeville, Mz . Ken Charles (206) 321-8642 4. ELGERWOOD MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATION Camano Island, WA 40,000 gallons storage 290,000 L/day Mr . Graham McQuarry (206) 387-4770 and are pending To this date some 25 more projects have been de~eloped communities other Many authorities. WA state final approval from the have signed contracts for developing similar ozonation systems. Ltd. has been in similar situations when While the for B.C. public swimming pools. promoting ozonation systems B.C. the disinfectant, sole B.C. regulations allow for ozone as a ozone to be destroyed before dissolved require health departments and to substitute chlorine instead. For the past enters the pools, 8, it !us 1 N($ 11 Ju! IIII/ II/ ) )gtwjj & ~ III,---::II III,i i!I]I $ AZCO INDUSTRIES .:=::III Bi) /~l! IMIIII I/ I))&I I &m!7 IR I% 8&I 1 1$ $ ) g I'&:=i- Al lPg I¹I r'- '-- =-:'-';,; jj&! & . —;— .".... g ...'I &1- ~- ;== '=:I. ,I ii' ~:~ ="' -i=-;=" --,-,=-,,'..':-"'---' — — -- —.- —..—''.'lls~ '-'-"'-""': ...,,; - ==:-=-= -'-aasaa— ~— aaa&!a!!w Essa!='.:Iw' '-" - --'I)l!' = '&& — ~ ! we~ IIIE&)IiI 'g~'E&lj~jz!g — --, —='~ ! ~ ~ ~~ ~ ':...'l .~ma 1 &same. ~ Iles 2i3 'a I '=': is PS E.009 50 years France has allowed dissolved ozone back into the pool, and used chlorine only as a backup in case ot a failure equipment. No public pool in B.C. iS Chlorine free. of the ozone AZcO industries has some 60 private swimming pools in operation in B.C. all of them totally free of chlorine. Apparently, the public interest is lost in the bureaucratic system, and poorly served. Those remaining privare pools which yet remain on chlorine, are &according to the Surrey City Engineers), required tb remove chlor'ation 3 days prior to discharge of the water. The discharge is allowed only under the city supervision, only into independent ditches with no entry to open waters. Much larger public are however being discharged directly to the city sewer system as pools there is no other practical way to discharge. Again, the public pool chlorinated water is supposed to be good for your health. Not so says the public, most referring to problems from skin and eye irritation to a total allergy. While the solution is known for tive decades, and accepted by rhe B.C. regulations, and demonstrated on so many private pools right in B.C., the bureaucrats will not permit ozone as sole disinfectant. 9. ozone) 'fill to this date, chlorine has been (replaced with at some pulp and paper operations,eliminated with actual money savings. Chlorine has been replaced at many cooling towers, swimming pools, drinking and waste water plants, in all cases with considerable money savings, and 'with huge benefits to the environment. Some people would like us to believe that the destruction of the environment is an unavoidable result of the population growth. While the uncontrolled growth of population world wide is another issue, the better technologies are here, in most cases less expensive, and in most. cases absolutely harmless to the environment. DDT, pcBs, cpcs and many other chlorine based toxic materials have been virtually eliminated by using more environme-it f riendly methods. Ozonation zs one of them Biotechnology is another one. Both are fully implemented in our proposal for the GVRD water improvement. II ~ Ia I I'afli ~ Up anil IEIIiei~gj Iaiij~mi'i This document has been written for the sole purpose of the search for the truth, in the public interest. Should any party feel of fenden by this document. they may call AZCO INDUSTRIES Ltd., at 596-0282, for a constructive explanation. II I'jla" II jig'PR Illa' In Surrey, " ia i i I, March 21, 1994 '-=III ~s)&II gvrd7,1tr jljljjjlaII . =---:-.'.:Ã III IIIII'- — jr~siimli II — I ' =;-:-'='mi -'- miri sSI IMlas I ~ Sam ilawii~ ~ ==— .').=ELj I" =;:.".'~~!~F!HRJIIllmll~~gg~lglg=: ~&&g" laa — ~Iia lnnw~laiggP I glaalaa — Il jl 1III jlII I II " I --,—: =aaim —.-) ~ — -~aaajaiia ~ I" l i ~ — ~ '"=:=--. ' ~am~IN I /WS~SRIIII '; ~gj//f 'I ''~~a s ai y'jjaIIIIIIaaaaml laalliiilj II% I)I,;~~, .„,,~IIisa — — ~»~~w— — -- jI 2 7 1994 az~ mialj)j,iIP« '-- mIRg~aaau=' ' Ili I --"-== —...Kkbljl j — ~~all'~~ -g'~a,'iil) ,!,, =,„;„.i+I')mm]~k'' , mllm ~ RRI I'ill Sl lpga Vancouver Drinking Water water for for clean drinking 'abls reputet.ion repu e thoo (dualthat a Vancouver hes had an enviable evident. en ovi has become it hcwevev, yoavs, recent recen the GVWD In n problem, ars. many years. d ec 1 ineod. To aglvess this has water solutions. drinking with the e of up come ityo and pro &e problem re the began studies in 19BB to ane 1 yre IIIII'5 II 'llJISll GVWD ANALYSIS t, of corvection ' dds i n need seven pvobloId. vecos»ircd analysis a af(ev e in the wad ov stespecially i i t (orr clcudi»oss) up: rod ir I ) oxce -sive tur b'd are water in the orms, as per t iclesbectoI sor les c f ia, some of which can, be E. co 1 1, fovm v co 1 i f o lovois i 2) excessive I fecal material contaminating tho water; beave& fever ) carried b& off orna G iar ia cy ( pd'otoroe which cause 3) the presence cysts; cient end cr&ptospir idium because insuff icien n the distv ibution system th i regrow d&) beet.eris 1 being chlovino was lof t downstream; the water i= acidic andpipes; 5.4-6.3„meaning . „m . f rom eec distribution the 5) e low pH level, from aches out metal from contact between t llomothanos ine and t,t riit also very soo ft, (THHs) 'h a f ur i i y. Because of 6) production particles in suspension causing t &e turbidity. t THHs th e o rganic prominent off the ths acidity of Vancouver 's water, the mo.,t a e, mour Lake, from Seymour end occasional ammonia winter. iror1: excessive occasional 7) in becomes stratified, or if fro.en over Thee GVWO "- d'sts — chlor'e d d'. '. i II' I li' ) I II~I Id Id fl N/l IS I SIS I I II I II I i iHI1PI1 l Il I Ii) IUI when it the PROBLEH e e n is logging As of these problems forest the The root cause of most years. last twenty-five approved over the auickly, more and that GYRO has more off away, th e rein water ren cover was str 1ppe d organic water. material into the end carrying soil fore:er Berry, who wrote in 195a Theodore Commissioner GVWD s: o om v growtIh . f (ducts t I with a magnificent forest 1 'h d our watersheds run-o o function in tho control from rapid Forests have e veryis important of tho ~inter snowfall pvotection the benefit against wind el trees rinci shade of the end run-off by the protection and end the direct. rey T e we er oo moving down to ths streams. precipitation the y o the in(ansi diminish thereby Thus erosion. from to sink intorun-offsoil...and vates ..protects the suv face f that eve an, wwho wrote A Cleveland oner E5 A.C Commissioner formov from wi (duote matte& I further (dua»titles of organic was allowed, "Additionalcontamination entail increased i the [subseauent] C)eve 1 an d wro will d h e Commissioner dosages of chlorine." prophetic. proven snd medi&'. thor have been ORIGIN of '1 lO III 111 'I&d BR, =.,=, 's Ifll!I & I PAGE.OI I There are 300 kms of roads cut into the watersheds by greedy logging comp*nina who are determined to profit from destro&'ino the finest remaining tr ees in t he wo! ld, at. our expcnso. Wi th the increaced erosion caused by rapid runof f, t.he water becomes reacts with more and more cloudy. The chlorine added as a disinfectant Also„Giardia carcinogenic chloroform. this organic material, producingcoliforms are able to 'hide out 'rom and Crytptospiridium cysts and and so avoid destruction Bacteria material organic the amongst chlorine !)I'PN;III' 5 wnstream to su.tain their growth. GVWD lsmeil ii gjii.iilll) /I liiiii l ~ I! iI! LIK' I! rll I )all Lil,g ii " '~"'~$ 1181'! sm g/$ i VI'Iim& I &!i! e g 5 ij g~a ...~" I;nel p II III ~ I ~ IN WN Ill.lil III! 11! l. K SII a I I I &! I I I I ~ e ! ~ SOLUTIONS The solutions proposed by GVWD are! ] ) -First, add sulphur dl.oxide to lower r&H to 5.0. -then inject chlorine gas, or sodium hypochlori te, causing carcinogenic chloroform to be produced: to raise pll to B.O: then add soda ash (sodium carbonate) producing chloramine and chlorine, the with bond -then add ammonia to of chloroform; halting the further production hardness and raising pH to 9.5 -then add more soda ash to increase to 0.5 hen inject carbon dioxide to lower the pll back todown water from the bring systems diversion ) Construct large and expensive in the Se&a problem turbidity is when as noeded reservoir Comuitlam mour and Cap i i.a no reservoirs . joining Seymour and Capilano 3) Construct two five mile rock tunnelschlorine time to react l reservoir- to give the slow-act.ing remove the organic material which 4) Eventually to install filtration to the filtering however, beginning: the from problem has caused the microns),very large elements they propose are 1.2-1.5 mm. ( 1200-1500 earth filters are about 20 microns. sizes indeed. Diatomaceous ammonia problems. iron or address 5) They did not These proposals by GVWD are unacceptable on many grounds. — 111 IlJQ in the water distribution pipes are supplied with organic food i and FISH First„ let us examine the proposal to use chloramine as it affects our valuable fish stocks. Baseline I cuote from the Norecol Environmental Impact Assessment. lgg2! Report presented to GVWD in contains resignificant fish and wildlife "The GVWD service area Fraser the is ! egion feature of the Greater inVancouver sources. A central most through which over world, the rivers productive of the one River . salmon and 100,000 over Each year annually. m' seven ven million salmon migrate GVWD. [Vancouver is the CHLORAMINE I e ~ trout spawn in Fraser River tributaries within 111 511 I 1511K I I'I'l". lil, t! Estuary River that produces fish] . The Eraser only city in the worldinternational feeding and provide which significance of wetlands contains pacific the along migrate which birds „':." areas for several million resting I „'...";.. of terms in within the GVWD are sensitive Flyway. Most of the streamscould water of discharge the be affected by resources that containing AWRF7 1994 i I I Ile! :44s MrelrrhIIPi 'i,'.=. I Hnt.ul residuals." a framework for pr.ovincial legislationtheprovide Federal Fisheries r'rct of es. Sect.ion 36(3 ) substance any type in water of a deleterious chlov arni ne of considered ar e and inc chlor tnrd by f ish. Both statute can result this of ViolaL'ion the Act deletev ious substanvpp ndpv t offenders." rewa for in fines up to s1,000,000 for he 4relsass of treated drinking "There are many potential souvces 5000 mile- of water mains traversing are water to the environment.. There water malo breaks per year. In 600 of ave'rage an and GVWD municipalities, flushi.ng Pnw fire fighting driveway addition, lawn watering, carof washing, water into tnP»torm treated of gallons will add tens of thousands sewer sysr.em ." ne on v se 4 dents of South Surreyboth of ha, been test no chlor ami been two water mein breaks. have there time since 1989. Since that water into Fergus Creek. The which resulted in releases of chloreminated excavation, and chloraminate during line a broke first. time, a contr actor enter ing the creek. The before a mile water flowed overland for halff ish. a water nrain broke later, the months Nine 1500 'o all f i eh I esu lt was the death of death 'of in resulted and creek, near the headwaters of Fergusmiles Campbell Little of the creek towards for three nvsr e ra an d invertebrates t of and when officials of the Departmen reported, not was spill River. The of. SurDistrict the sued they apprised. were finally Fisheries and Oceans settlement $ 3000, establishing a precedent GVWD rey and won a court a study ofof Fergus Creek and discovered that it hasto has subsequently done damaged not recovered trom ttrese fish kills and remains severely T1re GVWD 111111 i= ~II 1141 I a 4 still date. this Ills,Ii%11,[ II ~ 4 I Inl IIII irr ir i iari a~ BP41 lir s 4 fgf'[ (I 44 i II I 114Bi IIIIIII ll III~ Liilk llllII I g inlllll s 1i What was ths cause of these fish hills? FIHI 'f with chloramine, the chloramine fish-bearing water is poisoned causing them to swell erna damage to the gills immediately, external causes ex out of thee water and oxygen take to and hemorrhage. The gills are unable outright by the toxic effects that are not. killed their the fish suffocate. Fish death occurs shortly that of the chloramine are so incapacitated predation and disease. to susceptible extremely afterwards as they become feed on, rendering refish Chloramine also kills the organisms that the stocking useless. to the GVND advisory boardes atanda public This information was supplied 1993 by Nr. Lee Nikl of ths Flsheri if GVWD Oceans hearing held in January atgovernment. Vlr. Nikl stated that Department of the federal threatening seriously thereby system, tempted. to install a chloraminatlon the Department of Fisheries would industry. fishing dollar billion the injunction to preventit it. courts for a permanent app 1 y t o the'ones con is being water is the reason means In of chloramine 't. T h e persis e w wi ll be i But this persistence sidered as a residualtodisinfectant. jeopardizing thus sewers, storm the river from the Fisheries ha correctly seen present all the waystocks. The Department. of bl f ish 1 is also The BC Department o.f the Enviro n m ent risk. unacceptable is as an un nd elected councils of Delta, Burnaby a opposed to chloramine. toThschloramine. Conruitlam are opposed irreplaceable fish hatchery eree thee total loss ofandourtrout f ' We are facing t every r ssinng lee yeav, plus which produces at least 100,000 salmon I When th'n 14''I I rl 4 ~I I lr' II i4 ii a ~ I ~ Irr '. 1144 ilisr 4 irra i r 4 5 14'I I I ' I I I I I I ~ jl4V 44 I 4141 4 r I IIV ~I 4 IH II I I ~ 44P I Ill 444 II' 4 r I ~I ~ ' II%IIII , Ik I S IS I I III meII Ill mal i ill 'fl meiillll mes i llj pipes. Nevertheless, GVRD has apparent.ly already set aside siOmillion for future litigation resultinc from their incessant pipeline breakages af ter chioramine ls adopted. GVRD's CIHLORAMZNE Igililillll Ivf~~l I l'S 1 I a i m ii j iiIl II I I I ~ g I Rl I I 5 I : I II ~ I ~ I Ie ei I ae :: "I I II— I IIa tl II It I 'f water spill has occurred will be the one- who are liable for damages in the water changes when it. passes out of any lawsuit si.nce 'ownership and HUMANS These are not the only deleterious effects of using chloramine. When people are exposed to chloramine by drinking, bat.hing or showering, the chloramine enters the body and destroys glutathione and methionine in the blood Methionine is an amino acid necessary for proper liver function. Glutathione is a tri-peptide that enables hemoglobin to pick up oxygen from the lungs. With the loss of glutathione, the condition called methemoglobin anemia results. The effect is cumulative over t.ime and has ~erious medical consequences. Carly symptoms of this lack of oxygen in the blood are chronic tiredness, heaoaches, depression, dizziness, I owered immunity and memory loss. In more serious cases, it fosters ungoverned cell replication', which is called cancer. Dr. Otto Warburg was awarded two Nobel Prizes for medicine and nominated for a third for his proof that the prime cause of cancer is oxygen starvation at the cellular level, and research by others since then has confirmed this many times. Chlorine and chloramine indirectly prevent oxygen from being carried to the cells and thus contribute to cancer. In addition. chlorine and chloramine react. with the cholesterol that naturally occurs in the blood, causing it to coagulate on the walls of the arteries and thus causing atherosclerosis. This was proven by Dr. Joseph Price in 1969. Dr. Price did experiments giving chlorinated water to chickens, and found that every single one showed either atherosclerosis of the heart artery, or obstruction of the circulatory system. Dr. Price wrote, "Chlorine is an insidious toison. we are now learning the hard way that while we were preventing epidemics of one kind with the chlorination of water supplies, we were creating another. Two decades the present after the start ot'hlorination of drinking water in " 1904, Price's research cancer Dr. began strokes and disease, of heart epidemic was reported in his book "coronaries. Cholesterol, Chlorine" . The American Journal of Public Health reported in July 1993 that people drinking chlorinated water had a 21k higher risk of bladde~ cancer and a 39z higher risk of rectal cancer . The President.'s Council on nvironmental auality stated that drinking chlorinated water would increase chances of colon cancer by 53't and rectal cancer by as much as 90k. APR 2 7 1gg4 ' ~ I l Si OI,I a II II I,'I II I I, I lli I lll .IIII ] I' I II IIII I II,I Ii '! IIR II ]I NII I I II III I I I I IIII I ' Hsiamj ~~j! following are excerpts from abstracts in che &Joodward Library o Vogt 92275653 "Chloramine 'peci f ice 1ly attacks methionine Cozzle 93215623 glutathione" reduced -"Chloramine greatly -"This study was conducted to investigate the toxicity of chloramine in drinking water. Glutathione content in rat blood was decreased and the decreases were consistent significantly after 4 month treatment. throughout the treatment period." 85-00416p Richard 3. Bull, et al. The — — — — — I j 441 4 414f &I 1@l iiiTjjj iii II — a ,,'.""..:, ll » &%! lb'! ( Ill! ! ~! % j I I I-iu4 III SISI I I Llllls IS"' 4l lpga ill .-' & I till% — ! I jl l mill I' W1 4 FURTHER HUMAN HEALTH RISKS In the shorter term, chlorine does not kill the Cryptospiridium cysts which produce an even more severe disease than beaver fever, and which GVWD says exist in 4S of all samples of vancouver source water . Chloramine a poor virucide, so the Giardia cysts is rated as a fair bactericide and material will certainly not behind'rganic 'hiding chlorine by that evade be inactivated by residual chloramine. Cryptospiridium will cdntinue to be a threat to public health if either chlorine or chloramine are used. Rhi I III ~ 4 I ~ S I I %4&&1 4ISJ 0'l& mj1 1&II SIS I)'jlI' form, whether it is caused In addition, any escape of chlorine in gas to the watershed, or chlorine carrying truck a by an accident involving poisonous chlorine gas outgassing during dechloramination. results in and ozone are greet enemies, Since chlorine risinc up into the atmosphere. ozone layer. essential the of destruction to contribute this would in order GVWD proposes to dump in tons of sodium carbonate (soda ash), corrosiveness. its thus reduce to increase the alkalinity of the water and This amount of sodium carbonate will be very detrimental to anyone on a 'j I I I Il S Si IS 4 II I disease or kidney disease. It overfor control of hearttract infections. load the kidneys. causing urinary risk as will be placed at greater rlnyone on a kidney dialysis machine reinis blood before removed totally not is well, because if chloramlne U.s. the in has done it as death, Jected back into a vein, it can cause several times. health. The use of chloramine would be very detrimental to public low sodium diet !!ii $ all Ill)%i Illllllm g !!lhl IIRI III lITIV%5) P II'll"l" .-'='~ II ( Ii -e UI!1lg '5 I i' I!salle ~I g wi I! j a[EII Ih'Ml l! —: =».. ail! ':: "Ia ill i III mlI II\ 8% m a safe product reasons, chloramineIt, isis not so for those very serious important of the water supply. over 30 years. to note for use as a disinfectant in Germany for banned that chloramine has been chlorine use of has recommended thatCommission The International Joint Commission Barcelona nation out. The 21-member Pari s Commission have calledonforthe all types be phased nation Mediterranean and the 14-member as of organochlo; ide compounds, such discharge any of ban the outright scrutiny, increasing under been has world-wide The use of chlorine THMs be phased out everywhere. and it will not be long before its use will Ii! NI )I Q! I CONCLUSION: CHLORAHINE UNACCEPTABLE I II I ~ ~a II ,:,"",l le I, 9 Bill, I 40POSEO SOLUTIONS are several steps that What is the solution to this dilemma? There need to be taken: to construct pipeline diversions is to cancel the planareas, and the two five mile rock to Capilano and Seymour i f rom C oqu'.1am S105,000, 000. are estimated by GVWD to cost tunnels. These constructions base population expanding an from water Future increases in demand for rock The west. the not side of the District, will come from the eastern required not are and react, to time tunnels are required to give chlorine if ozone is chos n to remove the filtration system system install a proper should 2) The second step is to filtration the water. The is fouling organic material whichGvwD requiring report irst f their in has mentioned not be the type that settling oversee them, using ponds and 35 workers to anthracite with land of acres 75 sieve 1.2-1.5 mm or a New aluminum silicate to remove sediment, that one the like system modern a mentioned in their AWWA paper. but York City studied in 1992. of ozone used an inJection of I mg/Iitre The New York pilot plant system preozonation This «arth. through diatomaceous to clump together forming what followed by filtration of material causes sma ll par t ic 1 esThis organic u makes the water more c ou y, causing temporarily is called microfloc formed are much easier without to filter out, ticles c e ew 1 ar ger par way, they were abl this in " preozonation Using 1 g. h f 1 hours to twennt. y f our eleven from changes rease the length between f ilter 1) The first step hou1 s . APR 2 7 Igg4 — IlililIi m,- = iljlI iable because it ability microf lcc. This son t.hat it works, when "The initial pilot. f i 1trat.ion, preceded by accomality to that ely. It. is apparent that process at, lower ng. ozone is added a ills any and all pathospir idium, E.coli or en b& the Canadian n through granulated the esuit inc from downstream. gae regrowth on cannot be used after lm necessary f or the rate which will pro- a I I I taps, or any cleaner 1141$ 114! W » come I IIIIea ill ~ ll!4 4 4! g treatment. but the as a result of this thee water will rise tesstinng It actual .without possible to determine final figure is not. 7.0, neutral. which is or should be close to of sodium carbonate prefor a small amount harder There wi'll b e a rettuirement (making will i This the water er too raise alkalinityused to handle . imewa ter water distri butl.on. pipes of corrosion vent, the and commercial plumresidential for rea4uirement re n e the ch ange h ld c GVRG shou on run this will in the long steel, because b . f om copper to stainlessenvironment, make sewage treatment easier and improve health. protect the I Th e p H oof i I j ~ Ils e ~ e/ ~4 1 /i!!i I! Sl W 4 m II %414m I '. I 14s4sss i5 save money. 5!Imiii4gg 4444'! I1!5!! m!4 eaa1R ." = = 4! 441 In summary, the treatment process is! matter (tree leaves and branches) ve grosgr 1) screening t o remove microfloc ~ & I I" 'iii1"'il illl 14 I to cause 2) preozonation at 1 ( mg/litre 20 microns ) to down iltering t diatom 3) to kill all pathogens foo at ) ozonation at 1 mg/litre to remove residue (bacterial (carbon) with GAC mg/litre .2 5) biof lit rat.ionhydrogen of residual a peroxide to provide e) dd'tion of carbonate or limewaterr aas necessary to make sodium some of 7) addition the water 'harder'nd less corrosive ! 1iiiiI! 4! ei e 'all'i' -" '! al!'i m m s algae and bacteria The hydrogen peroxide 's tgassing at customer bewill e, the pipes '11 !Ill '. Illl l!I! 4 4! 4 i!s I a1'ia ' i ~ i 114 ~ 11 1 1II 'I ~ 41F"' 4'a a 4! !1 ~ I s!,:,' 'a aaac I e ' a ~ a M il a Ii e e! la aaa a e~ IS HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ? There have been some questions raised about hydrogen peroxide as a European cities and has been tested disinfectant. It is employed in some and Los Angeles, in conJunction Hollywood North of the cities year in this extra oxygen molewith ozone. Hydrogen peroxide is simply water with an fresh fruit and vegin rain and qnow, in naturally occurs (H202). It cule f irst milk that a mother produces (where it etables, and in colostrum, the provides a defense against infection until the baby's own immune system develops). In the body, h& drogen peroxide is released by T-cells to destroy WHAT invading bacteria and viruses. It. is nature's method of cIeaning all liquid systems. Hydrogen Peroxide up to 3z can be made by bubbling ozone of time. into cold water for a period that all packaged, In the VS the Food and Drug Administration require treated with package unrefrigerated Juice have the interior ofof the any bacteria. hydrogen peroxide to prevent the growth No city yet uses hydrogen peroxide as a residual, but then no city has have been blessed with. There is the fishery resources to protect. that weworld in this regard. Let us no technical reason we cannot lead the Our Future Vision", "Creating statement mission 1993 GVRD the remember the first. urban become can "Greater Vancouver which correctly stated: to which humanity things the place in one combine wo& ld to the region in a Place where human activities enhance rather aspires on a global basis:environment." than degrade t.he natural Ozone and hydrogen peroxide are nature's cleaning systems. 'll%1 I BRI I I Mbl er;aaeg NING,&gag ~ jl gisy aa" IR IIII~PI SIR i All 'Illll l hl8h I I I I~ ~ ., ~ ~ g 8 l&IR'a ere uag ii )/~~i : 'Pj ) /g II'i 1 0 & I Idll WHAT IS OZONE? Ozone is oxygen with an extra oxygen molecule added. It is unstable and very reactive Ozone acts 3125 times as fast as chlorine in destroying pathogens. Ozone is nature 's method of cleaning the. atmosphere . Oxygen is re(mostly leased in photosynthesis by land plants and ocean phytoplankton where 20-30 mile level, the atmosphere until the in diatoms) and rises up from of energy spectrum ultraviolet of the part small a energized b& it is producing ozone. Ozone is heavier than air and begins to descend. the sun, them, attaches itself to airborne particles and oxidizes It immediately the air If it encounters water vepour, it can attach itself thus cleaning to it. forming hydrogen peroxide. At ground level. ozone attaches itself to all pollutants, oxidizing blamed for smog. Ozone them and cleaning t.he air . It has been incorrect ly million. Carbon monoxide hundred 25 parts per around at present in smog is present and hydrocarmillion, hundred in smog at about 3000 parts per is produced in cannot be Ozone million. hundred parts per bons at about 100 the quenches fuel the hydrocarbon the internal combustion eng.ine because nature produced by is atmosphere the in exists spark gap. The ozone that charge — it attempts and it is attracted to pollutants because of opposite of too little ozone one is problem The air. to oxidize them and clean the much. too not the Job, to complete The fresh smell in Ozone is also created near the ground by lightning. regulations. EPA US to According ozone. is e air after a thunderstorm three about is thunderstorm average an in created ozone of e amount times the safe limit. 4. nu; 4 "s ~ I RI sas R 0 c 1 lail H p~ p q )ggg '4 30 MAR t.l'I la H COST of 020NATION and FILTRATION with- diff' cult. to determine The next cuestion mu.t be co..t. This is letter tn me dated June 3, in a However . study. plant out doing a pilot that a plant which estimated veatch and 1993, the GvwD consultants Black cost about ~ould day per itres ) billion 1.6 ozonate and could filter litrea. dozen ozone daily use is 1 . I billion s400,000.000. presentareaverage over.a with consultant international Black and Veatch have done in the under e their belt.. some of the cities they CA'angor, rojectss un 'n e;last projec Mai Modeato, CA: Obispo, Luis San couple of years areCA: and Tucson, AR/ This last piant Lincoln, NE; Shreveport,, LA'akland, per day, close to the size of the litres haa a capacity of 600 million River . plant, reinuired for Seymour do t he job and they obSo Biack and veatch have the experience to viously have the full confidence of GvwD. with f iguras taken from th'e Environmental This is a char t. comparingIIIcosts Report released by GVRO in November 1993: Impact Assessment Stage CHLORAMINE PROCEDURE ia i nf ect. ion corrosion control Westerly transfer Capl lano U-tunnel (950ml/d) Filter Seymour F i. 1 ter Capi la no ( 95oml /1 ) Filter CoRuitlam (1180ml/d) Biofiltration D 2 M 43 50 55 151 M 210 360 tot.al dechloramination DFO lawsuits Fishers lawsuits user dechloramination Human health coat.s 105 M M IlmaiRigi4 60 30 0 0 151 210 360 400 0 105 M? M ? M M M 976 OZONE 210 360 M M M H202 residual Rill, 'INE 42 M 43 50 M 55 151 M 0 GVWD C M ++ M M M M M 0 0 0 0 0 M (est ) ? M ? M ? M 0 20 M 1016 M ++ 1231 M (sat) figures. and with an figures except for the estimated in the cost per house difference the unknown cost for lawsuits and health. year is less than s100 topcrsave hold of ozone over chloramine our world reknown pay aum to small a is this I would submit that For our investhealth. human effe'cta on deleterious f isheriea and prevent and be an exworld the finest urban water in ment, we would receivein the the future. ample for all cities GVRO Mmmmi Wll mB Rl ~% g ~n innmll j/~( nx nl (J ui ~ h I i '" I I DS THE TRUE COST Of CHLORAMINE But ui. x%111] I s iiiii iii i ~ GVWD jj,:;;,-„=.,=„'! illl ji I " 'S II I I%Sic a Jgg l $ $ ) i I ii nn I s what ~% ~ 'n 1 & —— [iai s nlJ e& is t.he a low-cost solution. has touted rhloralnine as s1,000,000,000 evenper year from t.hs for chloramine? Perhaps true coat of costs health huge unknown human removal for eac h all the fisheries. plus tual loss ofgenerations. of chloramine plus the costs endless our future lawsuits from the Department of co st industrial end user, plus the ~ ~'-'sing I l II melam - — — - ~ ~sam 1lhasa ~ ~~4IILmsa&m --l,&f 58 11 HAR 13 'Su 1 F'Aes.019 ='; SS and the Fisherman's Assoc. of Fisheries and Oceans responsible it. is the municipalities who would be but, that stated has GVAO in the jurisdictions, their within water chloraminated for spills of the boggies chloremine of cost. true The end, we the taxpayer still pay. it!ind. IS THE ONLY SOLUTION oxygen through an electric Ozone is created i.ndustrially by passing and some of the energy from the electricity field The oxygen takes on onsite be'enerated must it. so st.ored, be ' ' b c ines very reactive. It cannot ' wil and ine, chlor t han i 1600 times more reactive as required . Ozone is it. is unique because Ozone not. will chlorine that idium ki)1 Cryptospir in and nontoxic, and harmless completely is decomposes to oxygen which ) i f e forms. fact. essential for el.l higher standards. water to the very highest clean to ability Ozone has the to clean worldwide municipalities 1400 over Fnr this reason it is used in Zurich, are ozone major cities using the water supply. Some of the Kiev, Par is, Madr id, Amsterdam, Moscow, les, Marseil Brussels, Florence, Angeles. Los and Dallas Montreal, New York, Gerky. Helsinki, Singapore, of ensuring a ozone provides the best method that. seen have cities These This effects. side without any hazardous safe drinking water supply, requires The'US FDA countries. 150 is in use inan ozone residual. proven and accepted method sold must. have that sll bottled water Lower Mainland uses ozone to bottling plant in the water every Nearly increasing Sales of bottled water are lean their water before bottling. water qua ity. their about concerned b 25M per, ar because people erethe general public cannot receive cle lean There is no 'technical reason that the tap. and healthy water right frcm reduces There other health risks as well. system ozone Going to an ecdisin to ammonia and chlorine poisonous would be no need for trucking onsite by electricity as required. produced tant plants Ozone islower costs. Hydrogen health risks and lower operating both has ozone Th us oz c old through peroxide can be produced onsite as well by bubbling ozone 1 OIONE ...-".;... wats~ for a period of time. W~ I'Ma~a) 4s ~ ~ P Nl ~ ~N IRMA~ IS I I ILI I Rl ~ la 11% 11% li 11m i ~iia ~lllai IIF:)=~~ [Ij[illli Ilmm R indusused for treating sewage and Ozone is also an .inexpensive system a. future at on information present I would be g)ad to trial waste, which by GVRD that dollar expenditure proposed date This is another tillion technology. needs serious examination in tl. light of modern This e from a GVWD publication one last time. In closing, I will quo" ections": "Ref! issue of is from the Septembereffective primary disinfectant if combined wiith "Ozone is a very f i 1 trat ion .. peroxide, ozone is combination with hydrogenmeet I agree, an d aadd that in residual the needss oof to disinfectant also capable of providing a Vancouver . the best choice. Let and cost, ozone is clearly choice, For reasons of healthcouncillors and that they correct make the t a thee GVWD sure that us ensure city. rest fitt'n i ing a gr re committed to installing a modern system be -Saul I.ressman LI$ ) II IL &jjg "jj jj )) Rl).— " IRÃe: III)m ApR 2 't 199)) iisil) as~ I —; m ~~ = z I I ~I ~ — -- - --,... -Iiil5$ IIw ~ = ., m mIi ' =,'gjiiiiiiillRI I ia I I I )1m I j3 @. Na ~ sm ~ assS Jl I eau I a a I'8IR5Ilg+~ — —:::~ Nj Bur nsb& March 7, 1993 Council distribution to all councillors For Dear Council lors; to'e 'srd by Doug minutes provided m ss months coPy oof last. the to have just seen s co regsr in dd I would li ke to address sre several items your hydrogen to regards Porter. Theresupplied in staff ec ni to you b y ou technical information The disinfectant. ge peroxide is s poor oxidizing s h y drogen enotenpo in You have been to ld that comparative of the re is s chart otherwise. HHere se oof facts sre avsi COP rates the effectiveness The disinfectants. sin 'labl a e reading, of volt tials the her er i measurable way in volts. The hig disinfectants in sdisinf ecting sbi 1 it.y . the stronger the I : comparative oxidizing .potent is ls ( vvLTs ) F luor inc Ozone Hydrogen peroxide Potassium permangs nate Hypobromous acid Hypochlorous acid Chlcr ine Chlorine dioxide Oxygen Chromic acid Bromine Nitric acid Iodi ne Ilrii,r::, ilR@m, 5I s Ims ! llilliiiiii sa jjllkiIBI III ! I jI II I RIIN I tjiiii'll II'flmll%IIIN jJ jl,sj i tiijRg Iiil ilLI'was l SlII' 2.07 1.78 1 70 1 .59 1.49 1.36 1.27 1 23 1.21 1.09 .94 .54 disinfecting peroxide has excellent o see h y drogen see, t.ion thee wweaker chloramine. mention to not chlorine, even exceeding ability, you. hydrogen peroxide medical person has toldover Cont.rary to w h s t yo urdisinfectant p p 450 medic are There effective uses and therapeutic Safe a the s arne Mayo Clinic on members oof thee famed of a treatment e th or written by staff clinics many US in used is It ds. s. at peroxi ingested hydrogen of er.. It can be safely including cancer effective wide variety of diseases, an provide than would be necessary isto non-toxic and non-mut;sgenic. amounts n er sm ar hiig her far dro en eroxide d k ln h e U b soold in juices i non-refrigerated sll that It is rettuirsdr that has been treated with hydrogen peroxide. bl (Not - Ozon t i d present d a t:!!!re EPA lie bl. times three about level a st sir the in down, it ec When hydrogen peroxide breaksto f ish, but actually bene cis residual onlyy harmless' r is not on therefore 'rement for s non-toxic the h rrequiremen l fulfill if for can eroxids safety n and o p Hydr gen o our citizens i s for heal t. h b ene fits in GVRD water, providing th r hend will h our valuable fishof resources. Tech 0 or chlcrsmine adoption The incessant water mein res s no the from lawsuits endless in result So as you can IIW 2 .87 .' Imx aa jN! s ~ n3 'gu PRIE . 021 ion the ef feet of a smai l earthquake ) in our crumbl i.ng distribution em would suggest you interview persnns who have worked on repairs to the r ibutlon system and get. a f irst hand knowledge of rhe sorry st ate of installation of a known deleirs underground before you vote for fthe nd its way i nto our irreplaceable i which wi l l inevitably ous substance -bearing streams. would further suggest that you ask your'ealth advisor about the uct ion of carcinogenic THMs from rechlor i net ion acting on the biof ilm he distribution pipes. 7 would urge you to consider joi ni ng the or her major cities who have seen that ozone i the best choice for water supply world he their consultants sowege treatment . Please consider asking GVRo to have k and veatch do a. proper study on the i net n l 1 ation of a modern ozone em. as they have done in a dozen US cities in the past two years t he best. information available enclose a chert 7 have compi led with and ozone. chloramine chlorine, of costs t.rue of the e i na 1 ly, yours truly, Saul Pressman telyfax - 532-9596 ',-"-~ wit st Ii I gal IIyir "."'l II re '~»si&'I II imp~~~ ~ Ia Ilansal )II II &awe * ~~ „I/Il~ » 7E 7m I APR 2 7 1994 PRSE . l32 I IaIia"=.',sIiN~-:=-=='=- Iiim~'-'--'sSIII I ss THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM MEMORANDUM TO: Environmental Protection Committee DATE: April 22, 1994 FROM: Francis K.K. Cheung, P. Eng. Project Engineer FILE No: EPC SUBJECT: 1991 MUNICIPAL WATER USE SURVLY RECOMMKNDATIQIII; That Committee receive this memorandum for information only. 1. BACKCROUNT) 8r. COMMFa.NTS t The Water and Habitat Conservation branch of Environment Canada published a report called 'Municipal Water Use, Sewerage, Metering dc Pricing.'he report was based on a 1991 survey of all the municipalities with population over 1,000 people, all Provinces and Territories. Attached is the section in the report outlining Port Coquitlam's water use, sewerage, metering and pricing. Project Engineer FKKCI attachment IIV'~ „;„' 'BLI 111I I -; I ~ ~~ " s maassa = n:= Ng! jaI's lltu -='igmlllllls s,..., st a lair Ill lsar ~ a ms ~ aa I 111 1 satntsus I ts ~ still/a 'u, tassnr 14la n: .a ltt m sl "sass sc I " @~~~ass t Lc ssdlttg II ~~~@gI I,~Q r sl ~ atilt„II/ — — - e a s m mass ~/[~++~,~gggwy, "= "'iillsus g„~~P!a,A!! ~ —.:ii%!&I!~=:.:;— =-—.-",,'!y ig g ) I|! N Mll HI t~~ +II C I ', I, ".....rrs.=i;.:::,,",',~'nss" '"Is s tss us a rss iii iiis .. @I I I ~ ~ 9 [3 '~m -. - ass ~ tl ssl s IIItss IIII s tt I a e~se s i! t -. mr s ~ s, ssamsns [g(g ilsl41 sutta ' t ta t nN tran ss3 I/i&! Iis j ' a ' M I t 1 i $[ '" ~ass n%8 ~ — ~ tile s a a ttl gN I HI ~ 'I I I 2VERY l DROP Water and Habitat Conservation Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada Ottawa, Ontario I K!A OH3 March 28, !994 cHAQUE ~ EST PR)CIEUSE, Dear Mayor: This report is a belated "thank you" to you nunicipality and your staff or the cooperation in completing the 1991!L-: nicipal Water Use Survey. The data have always been available on request, but this is the first time that we aie producir,g a printout for all the municipalities covered by the survey. It is a select printout of the key factors that currently preoccupy many municipalities, as they strive to It!ake water and sewer services pay their own way; to delay, minimize or avoid costly infrastructure expansion; and to meet more stringent water quality and environmental standards. Please use and copy the information freely, or call 819-953-1519 to obtain the data on diskette. We also intend to include the data in a pilot BBS (electronic bulletin board) on water efficiency/ conservation. 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"".".'~~ Wl == =SI$11 ijgsSSO -i — — - Im ~ I4% g~ll11 5-% 5 Pe8858 5 CI 0 8 g ggYLII I I I II Ij511' — I IS ~ — J S IS Is m ss I I I ~ Jissa:= .,S~&II L —eIIIVI ''u'~''''"''g% I8$ $ sggi8$IWSI'= i " ' I m $g 8 D %l.%5% ~ -=.,.'.'~m11$ ~~II]gg%~gg%ia H= ~igmiIJIIIIINiim Saayllg I fllVillei~ II = i~i p %%%%%%%%%%»%% — ' '— s — — 5 ~ JIOII i5i585@ &'m"'SS ~ " " gNJggjgggj g~~ ll TO: Participants, April 6 - 8 Environment Conference PROM1 Councillor Joanne Monaghiut, Chair UBCM Environment Committee DATE: April 12, 1994 RE1 Conference Initial Reporting r Mvwtcn Atmrs On behalf of the UBCM Environment Committee I want to thank you for attending and contributing. We received a lot of good comments that we can immediately provide to the Ministry of Environment. Further comments will be compiled in the days ahead — we have started work this week. As we indicated at the conclusion of the conference, each participant will receive a copy of the full proceedings in the next four to six weeks. Suite 15 10551 Streabridge Way Richmond British Columbia Canada V6X 2W9 (604) 270-8226 Rx l604) 660-2271 f In order to assist you in reporting to your council or board (which we regard as a priority coming out of the conference) we have enclosed an excerpt of the UBCM Environmental Committee Report to the final session. Also available now from the proce.dings are: O UBCM Environment Committee Chairs opening O UBCM Environment Committee Char comments on the Protocol Q Minister Marzaius address to the Conference CI Mike Williams, Chief Engineer, comments on BCEPA The notes we have enclosed, together with support materials. provided at the conference (eg. 107 page workbook) should provide a suitable initial briefing package for councils and boards. Conference Evaluations Wanted We distributed a conference evaluation sheet at the concluding session. If you did not have the opportunity to complete an evaluation then we would ask you to take a few minutes to complete and return the form enclosed to the UBCM office. Again, thank you for attending and making your voice heard. We need more people like yourself in local government that are able to make a commitment to deal with these many snd wide ranging initiatives. 25,)0: paenvconf l'it)ill )! II (/Jgll!!ÃII iu ~t P 46)21) f ,'&amcil~!& '~gw'gIQI g@I APR 2 7 194 I5S'~ ~~~ '-= ~~ — t &igm~WWWgm!i! ! 'IR'' N 'I) I I tbtm 1 '.~ illm)ataa 1 ~ c& — - — — m~~~... „.~am I I b ~ tum~aml ~ I ~- —= L «imeeatuuuulua~ 2ND %OVAL PmovKenxc T~ Kwvrmo~zm ILomE@ENCK April 6-8, 1994 Please take a moment to share with us your thoughts and ideas about this conference. Through evaluations such as this, UBChf hopes to'be able to make improvements that reflect yottr needs and requirements. HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTI(sNSs SESSIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS? (Please circle the appropriate numbers) OVERALL RATING OF CONFERENCE...5 BRIEF COMMENTS g m 'g ch m o8 4 3 2 1 ne (mose eonnneots seo over) ONFERENCE ORGANIZATION Registration Procedures .................... ....... 5 4 3 2 1 2. Ccnference Printed Materials .......... ....... 5 4 3 2 1 3. Sound System ................................... .....,.5 4 3 2 1 4. Hotel Accommodations ................... ....... 5 4 3 2 1 5. Opening Rec ption (Wed. night) ..... ...... 5 4 3 2 1 6. Continental Breakfasts ..... ...... 5 4 3 2 1 7. Coffee Service ..... ...... 5 4 3 2 1 8. Luncheons ..... ...... 5 4 3 2 1 9. Facilitation - general sessions .... ...... 5 4 3 2 1 10. Facgitation - working groops ..... ...... 5 4 3 2 1 ...... 5 4 3 2 1 questions ......................................................... 5 4 3 2 1 1. POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 11. Opportunity to contribute to discussions ........................ 12. Use of prepared discussion Please see over., ~lwg I i ef~eili -'-'~,, ei~ —","-:""'.'-1IIII i'iieiii%LI I I,ggiI'I;,'-„=-;=-;wit i [( IIIII I ~ flll!lI4!! = =";= "Pg~ I if IIIIRRI!!I, ~ 'APR 2 7 $9tl e ~ lse TO HELP US PLAN FUTURE CONFERENCES: What did you like most about the conference? What aspect of the conference needed most improvement? GENERAL COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS (please be frank) FUTURE ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCES (please ceclc) Would you attend (or recommend) a 3rd Annual Environment Conference in 1995? Opportunity to be consulted and discuss new environment initiatives '' '"'-"5l, .-'='= ..-'=.'= Ijiijiljff ~t fl'L ...31IL - Lllljlil ~ elm ' jjjtn. +pi(I" n:=-= I'Ii gill jjt ggIIII Jl I is r - iRttjjjgj Ij .-. 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 ggjt '» i igjNI„'-„.— — i i ~; — l;t — djjl j@ ll jijg]ligjl issmip iI= =-=== .=. IgEar""'' 's~iaii ZiiLIipm " u'siimcam ~ '~iiaaisrsgss.is~~la,, ="''L'l;.. l.",llj%iaatinn@gijji — %~all glijLI!LjHIIKj gt cimarnrtaii.=:= MS~i r ~ 5 Municipality or Regional district: 5 glg jli i" least tmpoltalit Name: Illljmslasaisss 11~',"--pris jasis t~trlljleli Iltestt=.-.,,'&, I ~'ll'tie gassmiii Maybe . most llapelta!it What is most important to you: Information (eg. a new legislation or regulation) Please return to: UBCM 15 - 10551 Shellbridge Vpay Richmond, B.C. V6X 2W9 No Yes rs. &jig jl aiiiR.... "::::'gjIIL /) ",~ g! .'=.-mestjii Igjl sraa SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATiON — CONFEH.ENCE SUMMAH.Y I Presented by the UBCM Environment Committee Councillor Joanne Monaghan, Chair Director Jim Abram Mayor John Ranta April 8, 1994 INTRODUCTION This is the conclusion of three intense days of consultations. We have held over 29 sessions on a wide range of topics induding everything from the general topic of the Protocol to all the basic elements of our envirorunent the air, the water, the soil and human activities, such as pesticides, solid and liquid wastes, and how we assess and manage those activities. MEETING WITH MINISTER During the conference the UBCM Environment Committee met with the Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks, the Honourable Moe Sihota. The Committee presented him with six themes which we had heard during the conference and ones that we had heard before we came. These were: I NIll CONSULTATIVE CAPACITy OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO MELP INITIATiVES 1. R@ i~as.i iia, iaaaIM IMHla eh a&~ The UBCM Environment Committee pointed out that: P Ni ~t'Ilail i I ~ II I I gi /a|I O'K%1 Sharing Environmental Responsibility - Conference Summary Il,esm iill (g(( ul ~ sa ' i N &al lFg p 4 —,IIsf, ~ 'f S: — ' I IINIlie NNI . —. — ' ' Ils! ~ ~ .:: ~.~ lli -" — "~jln 2 tatN » M lk . —. =,==,' ~ II 1 -i X9tl4 '--!!."~' r'.:~~ ~ ~ ~~ - I5 I RMI NaI & ' IN I ~ ~ 2. the Ministry must recognize the limited resources of local goverrunent to respond; and to respond in a meaningful way; the government must recognize and set priorities for all its consultative efforts; and the Ministry must recognize that when UBCM speaks, and its members may not, that the members are relying on the longstanding tradition, that UBCM will represent local government's interests. ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL The UBCM Envirorunent Committee pointed out that: One "size", in terms of a legislative or regulatory prescription, doesn't fit all - initiatives must respect the different administrative capacities of local government. The current review of the Contaminated Sites regulations is the most recent example of where the lack of local responses does not reflect a lack of concern; but rather reflects the limited resources available to either analyze or implement this very complex legislation. I 3. FINANCIAL COSTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES The UBCM Environment Committee stated that: ~ a priority of UBCM and of local government is no new ~ I 'jllljnt~ responsibilities without the financial resources; and the commitments in the Protocol agreement must be real and will be dosely monitored. sMstl i'I 4. INCREASED LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIABILITY The UBCM Environment Committee indicated that: ~ if local government is to continue to undertake new and expanded a environmental responsibilities it will need much broader liability protection; and liability such as in the BCEPA Bill of Rights is beyond local governments'bility to accept. j~M&ll'IIlil 5. I~ alai ii II~ ~I@ l ECONOMiC COMPETlTIVENESS MUST BE EVALUATED The UBCM Environment Committee indicated that: we must have standards and processes that target the real environmental problems so as not to put BC in an uncompetitive I ~~l R~~I~ Ilha~a~ MRI 8 RS IM I p a M%~ ] Sharing Environmental ResponsihiTity - Conference Summary Il'l1!! I! l'-at'ib l' tl' jtjn~ Rm sin ijj != '= a I jue a B '11lei II —— ' I ~+~~'::=, jmi~ '' --, at sr»:=..:... rs ill!El li i -+ I'II'jj)IsasaaKB Iaj~ssest — ~ ~ '~ 2 ~. = '' IIjim" = g~"'%11jIII ':, ~ ', IIfmii iiII!ia "~ a m -~'j~s &issiB jg)ir RI~Q- ~ iio — I ~ I~jl ace Il L I I i position by undertaking initiatives into environmental approaches and processes when they don't need to be there in the first place. 6. COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE PROVINCIAL RESOURCES The UBCM Envirc nment Committee stated that: there must be a test of provincial resources available to implement legislation and regulations. Processes must be designed to be efficient and affordable; and there is an increasing concern amongst local governments that the burden of implementing the increasing volume of environmental policy will be downloaded to local government if provincial resources are not available. We would strongly suggest that this is totally against the principles outlined in the Protocol Agreement. The Minister was very frank in his responses and receptive to many of our points. In particular he responded very openly to our points on: FUNDING and on LIABILITY WHAT WE HEARD AT THIS CONFERENCE There is no way that we can begin to cover in this short summary all the points and valuable comments made over the three days. We will be producing proceedings that will be provided to all participants and to all municipalities and regional districts. The proceedings will elaborate on and refine the comments outlined in this conference summary - this should not be viewed as the final document. We would like to briefly touch on some of the themes that were reported, The two maior items dealt with at the Environmental Conference were the B.C. Enviroxunental Protection Act (BCEPA) and the Protocol Agreement. The general comments on each of these issues is outlined below: B.C ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (BCEPA) - DRAFT The provincial government is in the process of developing new enviroxunental legislation for 1995. The Environmental Protection Act (BCEPA) is intended to combine the Waste Management Act, Litter Act, Pesticide Control Act and Enviroxunent Management Act into a single piece of legislation and to establish the framework for all future environmental policy. The Ministry of Environment Lands, and Parks has stated that the legislation is being driven by - a need to coordinate government legislation; inter'national pressure; more enforcement measures; partnerships with others and a desire to shift Sharing Environmental Responsibility - Conference Summary Bill of Rights Local government representatives: ~ were concerned about the Bill of Rights in BCEPA as it was felt that this proposal would result in a large number of lawsuits without benefiting the dean-up of the environment - it was felt that environmental issues should be resolved in a democratic process and not through the courts. fill/i IIIISI 'k)IM5 @ II Sharing Environmental ResponsibQity - Conference Summary ~~ =iiiK ~ i q si & ~ ~gg~ ~ li ass sam I"':=:: =—='NI'-;"'='-- '-'--=l I ~ 4 ~ ~ Q I StiBPI Ml ~~ ~ I if ~ ~ s 1 %&san 455 i illl were concerned that the Bill of Rights delegated the provincial governments duty to protect the environment to the shoulders cf individuals. In addition, the legislation allowed individuals to sue for nuisance even if the respondent had no interest in the matter. were of the view that the use of the courts could lead to substantial delays in resolving environmental problems and put it in a posiHon of having to defend provincial government environmental decisions. It was felt that disputes were better resolved through consultation and mediation. The courts it was felt should only be used as a last resort and should address questions related to the proteron of the public trust in the environment by the Ministry of Environment, Lands and 'arks not the application of specific permits. in general felt that the Bill of Rights was unnecessary and should be removed from the legislation. ~ Pollution Prevention Plans Local government representatives: supported the concept of pollution prevention planning based on sound science, public values, and risk assessments to priorize the expenditure of limited resources. It was concerned that the approach outlined in the legislation was technologically oriented and did not take into consideration the costs and benefits. ~ felt that pollution plans should cover the local community and provide for coordination of plans between industry and local government. Liability Protection Local government representatives: felt that the BCEPA legislation did not provide adequate liability protection. ~ felt that the province should assume the responsibility for liability problems which may arise as a result of its undertaking provincial responsibilities in protecting the environment. Environmental Irritant Orders Local government representatives: felt that only the local community can determine what is offensive to it. This should not be determined unilaterally by provincial government policy. were concerned by the overlapping jurisdictions in this area, as many of these issues were currently dealt with by other agencies. Transfer of Administration Local government representatives: were concerned that the legislation allows for the transfer of responsibility for an environmental matter, while allowing the ministry to retain control over its implementation - standards, process etc. ~ were concerned that under the legislation the province has the right to revoke the transfer of authority and charge it for the costs associated with this action. IIRllg ~ I I& I IRW I K ~I I t)$ PLSI'haring j'li"III Environmental Responsibility - Conference Summary j),pR 2 7 399f ''iias ~ Rl I '' 'at ')~a/ .Btf sf.)I~~ ~I~ ) ~1;="~jtittig Ii~h) . — g)tgNa 1111%1'PKllawi: Il/IIQN)sL I 'Ih ==::- -: . = Is nil 'shiit)s:=.=1)a I(IiggI~ss)s)ei)=: II — )a)e," — = ~)tv~i II ll kll3llgg J aaiI1jj:),„:~s)saa II) )I& I)IIH I I i ~ N I I I K Ila)s)"I t l7lljIIIII 11 P11$ ) —. — . = IMPLEMENTATION OF PROTOCOL ON SHARING ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES On September 1993 the Union of British Columbia Municipalities, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks signed a protocol agreement. The intent of the agreement was to develop a process whereby local government and the province could establish a new working relationship. The conference looked at how the protocol can be implemented to ensure there is consultation about environmental policies, that there is the necessary funding and resources to undertake the policies and that there are clearly defined'oles and responsibilities in the delivery of environmental programs. Overall local government representatives reinforced the importance of funding and liability protection to the implementation of any agreement between it and the Ministry of Envirorunent, Lands and Parks. The delegates felt that it was important to work to improve the Protocol and to improve the working relationship between local government and the ministry. The session looked at a number of specific issues related to the protocol which can be summarized under the following headings: Notification and Consultation It was identified that local government and the ministry needed to work together to avoid interference with each others activities and to avoid a duplication of workloads. Public involvement was felt to be important, but there was concern expressed about the costs of undertaking public consultation processes, the lack of involvement by the general public in consultation processes; and the need to provide a balance between the views of special interest groups and the general public. Concerns were expressed over the volume of information receivedinformation overload. There was concern over the type and quality of information available to assist decision makers in resolving environmental issues. It was proposed that an information hotline be established to refer the caller to the appropriate sources of information and to answer their concerns about ministry policies and regulations. ~ Lack of recognition on the part of local government as to the type of agreements in place and our international obligations in regards to them; need for increased awareness about how the environment is affected beyond local boundaries; need to avoid unfunded mandates. a sleety 15 I I II 11 I', i III IN III))wan Ils~t~'IRl I 1IIR/IINII Il II f lN'l /15 i Concern that current legislation does not allow for differences between urban and rural areas - one size fits all approach. ~ Concern was expressed over the availability of ministry resources (ma np ower/financial) to undertake the volume of envirorunental initiatives underway and the view was that the ministry was attempting to be to ambitious given the resources available to it - biting off more than it can chew. Jf)/ 1'1NAII 1 lgll I I i aiiiillll II 911tr 'l 6 Sharine Environmental Responsibility - Conference Summary I ~N ~ RR N --- — ~ ~ ~ alllw Ng lggNN )ill So called "partnerships" between the provincial and local government must recognize that these are not partnerships between governments with equal financial or legislative authority. The resources and capability between the province and local government overall is very different. The difference in resources and capabilities differs even greater between local governments and these differences must be taken into consideration. A commitment to action required support from both provincial and local political leaders that the necessary financial and technical resources would be available. Concern was expressed that regional staff in the ministry were not aware of or did not support the protocol and that they needed to be educated in the new partnership approach. It was proposed that the ministry develop a one window approach in dealing with local government and that it facilitate issues on local governments behalf that involve other provincial agencies relating to environmental quality issues. Need for technical and financial support for local government - particularly smaller communities - to undertake existing, let alone, new initiatives. ~ Need for regional mirustry offices and local governments in the area to communicate with each other and to work together in resolving environmental issues. Emergency planning was viewed as important by local government, however, it was felt there was a need to clear identify what an emergency was, who the responsible agency was and to address any liability concerns related to dealing with the issue. ~ Funding and Resources ~ Funding must take into account the size of the community, address costs on a regional basis and a bottom-up approach must be taken in decision-making so as to ensure that the impact on the local taxpayer is properly assessed - determination of cost sharing formula. ~ A process is needed to set the priorities among the different environmental programs - need to ensure that funding is available to implement programs. e Given that the province sets the standards, municipalities should have the authority to decide how to meet those standards - concern that goal-posts (standards) keep changing. ~ Need for clear direction toward final goal and clearly laid out plan that provides for a staged progression toward it - concern over lack of integration amongst ministries and money wasted due to ministry indecision. System needs to clearly identify all the costs and be affordable - more emphasis placed on legislation and program costs before they are introduced. If a local government is delivering a provincial program in good faith they should be fully protected by the province from liability. ~@III~~) lÃIII II ai sii,usili'RN 'haring flliifiiriiii 81[ )1%IIIIII gl — asllpj IWlii ~S'I ~ Iu e I INI I I P I Environmental ResponsibBity Conference Summary II I 'li1 'Nl 1 I fagln.- - I I i e ~~ ----sroll IIII lima sss, -.„ '8 s %% ~ I N P I = ! I s. amr ~ ~ sa! ItSSS 1 j was STI I 5i I I I I I I ~ Ji,PR &1 I NITS ,; ;;~i~111 J~g ggsl sllkll I i ~ 7 S i~11' = 1& ~1clswl5lll~q ~~ s~R s=-55SIIM~'~ — ~as ~]~[''= i I = = s. i & ~ 1' ':: ~ ~ - a, s aa ~ ; 8 5 am a i — . — — — —.~ VII IN I 81 ss n si I I smki POLICY SESSIONS Policy sessions were held on a total of 13 different environmental issues over the three days of the conference. Outlined below is a brief summary of some of the comments made by local government. 1. WATER STEWARDSHIP GROUNDWATER A review of groundwater management policy in'he province is currently underway. The session was designed to get input into how groundwater is managed in the province and looks at: how groundwater management areas should be established, whether local government should be involved in groundwater management and whether or not all wells should be licensed, etc. Local government representatives: ~ identified a need for an inventory to determine the quality and quantity for existing and future uses, identified that jurisdiction over groundwater needed to be dearly identified (I.e. streamline the bureaucracy) - Who will manage groundwater management areas? ~ suggested that local governments should be involved in identifying groundwater management areas - development of a groundwater management plan; licensing criteria in local areas; power to require groundwater monitoring stated implementation of a groundwater management area program must be cost-effective and paid for by the users. STREAM MANAGEMENT The Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks as part of its Water Stewardship program is looking at a regulatory framework in which to implement the changes made to Section 7 of the Water Act in 1993. Section 7 refers to the short-term diversion and use of water and works in and about a stream. The session looked at the proposed regulatory process and how it will impact on local government. Local goverrunent representatives: ~ were concerned about the overlap of government jurisdictions in stream management - need to dearly identify who has responsibifity. stated that local governments role in stream management needed to be dearly identified and it needed the authodty io act promptly. were concerned about the management of streams which were outside of its official boundaries. COMMUNITY WATERSHEDS The provmce will be releasing proposed new guidelines for community watersheds very shortly. The session provided a first-hand look at the new guidelines and an opportunity for local government to comment on the policy. Sharing Environmental Responsibility - Conference Summary ~e !ma ei"-===- ~ m .,usaaee; 'sa IIISs "eal sl ~e.~fee'm~eee I —4 ~W eel= M A l Se ~ ~ cele% ~ ~ RJ II I W ee M wM I Pay Local government representatives: stated that water needed to be identified as the highest priority use in community watersheds - protection of water quality and water quantity should come first in community watersheds. stated that the province needed to provide legislative protection for community watersheds, not just guidelines. stated that there needed to be protection for community watersheds which incorporated private lands. 2. WASTE REDUCTION COMMISSION / BIOMEDICAL WASTE A new discussion paper on biomedical waste will be released very shortly. The session outlined the proposed policy and gave local government the opportunity to comment on the reconunendations that will be put forward in the report. Local government representatives: ~ heard that the Waste Commissioner will be recommending that anatomical waste should be incinerated and non-anatomical waste should be autoclaved and then landfilled. were concerned as to whether or not the capital costs would be shared by regional hospital districts. heard that one avenue that might be explored if a local area refused to accept non-anatomical waste at their landfill would be to use the residual legislative powers to require the area to prepare a biomedical waste disposal plan. 3. CONTAMINATED SITES In 1993 the provincial government passed legislation (Bill 26 - Waste Management Amendment Act) allowing it to develop and implement a comprehensive system to control and administer contaminated sites throughout the province. The draft regulation is currently being developed and this session looked at Part 1 and Part of it and its impact on local government - liability implications and administrative2 costs. IaKg Local government representatives: ~ This session had a galvanizing effect on many participants as the reality that the site review process will start next October set in. ~ asked a lot of questions around municipal responsibilities in the site profile review process - amount nf due diligence needed, disdosing of information now on file. discussed the underground storage tanks program and it was agreed to consult with local government again to see if there is a willingness to enforce the new regulations. l@llk,sg @lII Ikl I m."g IIIIII%! —- ~ ~ I%I e 4$$as I II i Illliiiiia PNa'R!sI QmlI "Im i'ii II lf 'haring Environmental ResponsibiTity - Conference Summary I 9 APR zy j9 lil,ljlilL: —: Ielll&RI gil ! ', 'gAIR gm%[Ii ig sa ~pa iiiRR~ a i sl 8 ~ I saw %E Igg ~ I a ~ l8 gjg~~~i Ieslg)~~ ~ in IQ amii ~ a~a l IN I % tt I I I ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT The provincial government will be introducing a new Environmental Assessment Act into the legislature in 1994. The session looked at the potential implications of this legislation on local government and its application to local government projects. 4. Local government representatives: were concerned about the cost of the environmental assessment process; who would pay for this process and the amount of time it would take to review a project. were concerned about what type of projects and activities undertaken by it would be subject to the provincial environmental assessment process. identified a need for local government to have the authority to request that environmental assessments be undertaken for projects under its jurisdiction. 5. SOLID WASTE The province over the past few years has introduced requirements for solid waste management plans and new criteria for operating landfills. The session gave local government the opportunity to provide input into the new planning guidelines and criteria. In addition the session provided local government with an opportunity to review and comment on the various solid waste recycling programs that have been introduced — yard waste composting, lead-acid batteries and scrap tire recovery. Local government representatives: stated that the costs of a centralized waste management system fax exceeded the cost of the existing de-centralized system - new solid waste management process is not cost-effective. stated that the solid waste management plan was well intentioned but the logistics of implementing it were not well thought out - the 50% may not be realistic in some areas. pointed out that the landfill criteria creates cross-subsidization between municipalities and electoral areas and this creates friction between areas. stated that the landfill criteria should take into account differences between rural and urban landfills and needs to be more flexible - rural and urban waste streams are different. ~ indicated that there was a need to improve the working relationship with ministry staff. stated that the capital costs of transfer stations are higher, they reduce the service provided - as larger bulky items cannot be disposed of - and do not resolve wildlife problems. 6. AIR QUALITY Air quality has become a major concern to a number of local governments around the province. The session looked at the three models currently used for local government involvement in air quality management and at various other air quality management programs, such as open burning regulations, backyard burning and woodsmoke abatement. ~ ;... lljiiI Iu pl slalom 0 I I Sharing Environmental Responsibility - Conference Summary /a l 10 ~ III!I I'Rh Ilatmii !~ I ~ s~ ~ 'jRM ~ ~!I easel ( gag g s .= am I~'~~~ — — -: + gg! g @ I 9 'M~'~ IRsl I Ia ~ sl 5 1 ~ovRI%iiiiiei~~~~gllgm~aaiiiissi gI ~ [)~ sa5! ) ( Local government representatives: suggested that there was a lack of financial and technical support from the provincial government for air quality management. suggested that there was a need for area specific regulations/policies where there are air quality problems and that it should be involved in the planning of this process. identified a need for public education and awareness about air quality as there was a general lack of understanding about Pu'issues. 7. PESTICIDES Pesticide management policy is in the process of undergoing a major change in direction. The session looked at local government involvement in the disposal of residual household pesticides, training of pesticide users, public notification of pesticide use and the development of pesticide management plans. Local government representatives: indicated that it would only consider participating in a provincial progrant to dispose of unwanted household.pesticides provided the province had a process in place to dispose of the pesticides collected. indicated that there needed to be flexibility in the notification process concerning the use of pesticides on public lands. indicated general support for the concept of pest management plans, but that there needed to be consultation on the content, implementation and cost of these plans. S. LIQUID WASTE The provincial government has released a policy paper proposing significant changes to the development of liquid waste management. The session was designed to get local government input on the requirement that all communities have a minimum of secondary treatment and that communities undertake liquid waste management plans. ,&I'L%"=;=-i government representatives: were concerned over the capital and operating costs of implementing secondary treatment - Is secondary treatment the best bang for the dollar7; need to recognize local conditions and priorize environmental concerns with the ability to pay. ~ were concerned by the establishment of a province wide policy that required all communities to have secondary treatment facilities - many communities, particularly smaller communities, cannot afford this type of treatment. There was no consensus on the need for secondary treatment everywhere: Are we applying a blanket solution when we are not convinced that there really is a problem? ~ were concerned with the cost of the testing requirements proposed under the new criteria. -'='ocal "" RIII8 II I=%Is ll lilt t'"' ' '~' ~Isll " i sIll al lsl EI~ i ~ ln ,1 Sharing Environmental Responsibility - Conference Summary ~~ 'llI 'ellbtjlliii I ' ~ ~ )tj9ft II ~ss ¹~asni sgSIII/j III:', %sag)gI~sI IN'-=='-= IIIIIIIII( II1III¹lI M suggested that the type and extent of treatment in a local area should be determined as part of the development of a liquid waste management plan . when the costs and environmental impacts are assessed. were concerned about the high standards set for bio-solids for low end uses and the lack of flexibility in the criteria. indicated that there were problems with private sewage facilities as these facilities over time do not meet local standards and creates a financial problem - as the costs of maintenance to the facility and the upgrading of the sewage facility have not been dealt with adequately. WASTE PERMIT FEES The province is proposing a major amendment to the waste management permit fee regulation which sets the fees paid by local government for the discharge of liquid 9. wastes. The session looked at the different changes proposed under the regulation and the financial impact to local government of the ministry's plan to begin a systematic process to ensure that ali municipal permits include contaminants of concern. Local government representatives: questioneci the need for fees - Why do we have fees in the first place?revenue generation for the province or sustaining the environment. ~ indicated that there is a need for an initial consensus amongst the different levels of government in the development of fees. pointed out that provincially imposed permit fees result in increased property taxes or a reduction in local services and is downloading on local government. ~ 10. PAINT STEWARDSHIP The ministry outlined the progress it has made in reaching a stewardship agreement with the paint industry on the return and recycling of unused paints. Paint is the largest component of the hazardous waste stream so this is an Important initiative. Local government representatives: were concerned about the timing of the paint stewardslup program. were concerned about the collection process and how it would be involved. were concerned about the costs of implementing a paint recycling program and who would pay those costs. gyral~ Jll %Mls ~ ~gg ui asa ISL I kll@ig ]5l! III e~ ~ Sharing Environmental Responsibility - Conference Summary 4g lljji hei s iii, ! OVERALL THEMES A number of themes emerged from the conference and can be summarized as follows: General ~ One size fits all approach to environmental legislation and policy development isn't appropriate for the range of communities in B.C. Volume of environmental policy and legislation is overwhelming and local government does not have the resources to adress them - process is needed to dearly set the priorities among the different environment programs. Concern that the goal-posts (standards) keep changing. ~ Concern over the availability of ministry resources to undertake the volume of environmental initiatives underway and the lack of integration in ministry initiatives. Concern over the overlap in government jurisdictions. Environmental programs need to be affordable and effective. B.C. Environmental Protection Act ~ Bill of Rights outlined in the legislation is unnecessary as it will only increase legal costs without benefiting the clean-up of the enviroiunent. ~ Need for sound science, public values and risk assessment to priorize the expenditure of limited resources in the development of pollution prevention plans. ~ Need to change the process for the transfer of responsibility for environmental programs outlined in the legislation. Protocol Agreement Need for local government and the ministry to work together in resolving environmental issues. ~ Commitment to action needed from both provincial and locally elected officials to ensure that the financial and technical resources will be available. ~ Concern over regional staff commitment and understanding of new partnership process. Liability Protection Need for full liability protection by the province when local government is delivering a provincial program in good faith. Funding and Resources ~ N'eed for technical and financial support for local government - particularly smaller communities - to undertake existing, let alone, new initiatives. Funding must take into account the size of the community, address costs on a regional basis and the decision-making must ensure that the impact on the local taxpayer is properly assessed. Sharing Environmental Responsibility - Conference Summary APR P 7 1994 WHERE TO FROM HEREf The UBCM Environment Committee will be taking action on the Protocol as a result of input received from the conference. We will be compiling all comments, asking the working group to see how they can be addressed and, as a Committee making recommendations to the Convention in September. The UBCM Environment Committee, as a'esult of comments made at the conference, will be recommending to the UBCM Executive that a spedal tec'uucal advisory group be established to prepare a report that can be considered by each council and regional board on the BCEPA legislation. We would welcome volunteers from your administratior. that would like to help with that work. The UBCM Environment Committee will be preparing a brief to the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks on a number of the policy issues that were considered at the conference. 80.97:94-cs Sharing Environmental Responsibility - Conference Summary 14 March 31, 1994 3515 St. Anne Street Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3B 4G6 Dear Mayor Traboulay and Council, With the approach of spring there are few items which we would like to draw your attention to. First there is aa problem, that although it may not be in your jurisdiction, we feel that as our local government representative you should address it on ou- behalf. At the mouth of DeBoville Slough a small number of recreationalists persist in creating a major disruption. They are the operators of vehicles in the form of Jet skies and power boats. They can often water be seen on weekends and during the evenings when the days become longer and the weather better. Their form of entertainment is to spurt around the island that is just north of the confluence of the pitt River and DeBoville slough. They speed around ..nd around the island which is well known as a nesting area of Canadian Geese and other various water fowl. In the trees on the west shore there is a colony of Herons which are known to be very sensitive to of disturbance, let alone the amount and intensity caused by these any form reczeationalists. The volume is extraordinary and easily exceeds that of chain saws, or even some aeroplanes. They can be heard quits distinctly as far away as the trails in Minnekhada I'ark. It is even worse if you are out for an evening stroll along the dike system which is quite popular in this area. In fact, we have personally heard the noise well up the slope of Burke Mountain. we are sure that all of us can agree that no one individual or small should be entitled to pollute, in this 'case with noise, to this extent. group We hope that you can find the time and energy to enquire as to the responsible department or ministry and deal with this problem. Another item of concern is the increasing use of motorised trail bikes and automobiles in the Coquitlam River green space. Once again there are a few individuals that think because they own a trail bike or a four wheel drive they can ravage an area that is not patrolled by the local police. Often in the morning, when we take our dogs down to this area, we can easily see the destruction that has occurred the previous evening. Again, we would like to see you look into this matter and deal appropriately. This should include a banning of these vehicles from all parks and a form of enforcement that will dissuade their future use. These areas are very special and are very well used by a large number of citizens that feel an affinity with nature and the presence of these motorised intrusions are a considerable disturbance. Since places like these are quickly disappearing, the ones that we have intact must be cared for and protected. The last item which we would like to draw your attention to is one of the most annoying symptoms of our time. There is nothing worse than sitting in ones living room with the family and have some obnoxious, inconsiderate fool's stereo pezmeate ones privacy. we are not talking about just sound gPR27 Nk coming through our open window, which certainly occurs, but at times even pounding into our sealed house. There is nothing worse than some individual or group forcing an entire neighbourhood to endure their part'" lar whim or fancy at anytime of the day. Stereos in cars today, for instance, can be heard up to a mile away and without fail the first sunny day inevitably finds some inconsiderate moron washing his car to the pounding rhythm of some current "chart stopper". Actually this last weekend our favourite neighbour had his stereo up quite loud so that he could hear over the revving cars that he was working on for hours. The same individual seemed to think OK it it to play vollyball, with a large group of his friends, in his backyard till 2 a.m. last summer cn a couple of occasions. Although we are sure that the present bylaws are more than adequate to deal with this kind of problem, there doesn't seem to be enough being done. Any time that we have made complaints to the bylaw department we receive little or no cons.ideration. For instance, the last time we called to complain about a loud stereo on a sunny day, the person who answered the telephone stated that it would be two or three days before anyone could come and address the situation. We had to sit and endure and finally were forced out of house to find some peace. Other times we have had to phone the RC149(who quickly responded) before the situation was resolved. l don't see why situations of this nature must be dealt with by the police for whom there are much more pressing chores. Perhaps a member of the city hall could be made available to deal with these kinds of problems as they occur, and in fact it could become a summer job for some local, needy student or two. we both personally love music dearly, and play and sing whenever we can, however, we would never consider forcing the neighbours to endure our pleasure. We have had to insulate a room specifically so as to have a place in our house where we can have a modicum of guiet and ensure that our privacy is maintained. If a member of the community wants to play the drums it should be up to them to ensure that their neighbours are not disturbed. Again, we think that the council should review the current bylaws and bring them up to the 1990s. We believe that in order to make a region livable not only must we ensure a pre=et vatiort of thlings such as green space, but consider how people must live ta:gether. Harmony and consid ration are values that reflect a caring society and as the leading citizens of our community, you must set the guidelines of what our community must stand for and ensure that all of our community's interests are met. No group or individual should have the right to disturb and destroy what little dignity is left to us in a world that seems less and less respectful of others. We response. 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