Al4- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 21, 1999 Stew Christensen and Ron Poole check out the effluent level in a new basin in- stalled at the city's sewage treatment plant. The basin was installed to make sure treated sawage was being diverted back into the Skeena and not seeping into the Braun's Island slough. City to repair sewage pipe, guard against future spills By MIKE COX THE CITY'S SEWAGE outfall pipe had already been slated for repairs, but its failure and the resulting sewage spill last month has sped up those plans. ‘We have $600,000 in this years budget to replace the pipe,’’ said the city’s chief —_— engineer Siew Christensen, The Ministry of Environ- ment has set a deadline of April 1, 2000 to replace the pipe, Christensen said, but depending on water levels it could be completed in the late fall of this year. “We have to do every- thing we can to try and make sure this docsn’t hap- pen again,’’ Christensen said. The pipe was damaged during June’s flood, causing treated sewage to seep from a nearby manhole into the Braun’s Island slough. The spill wasn’t dis- covered until July 5, Christensen said, because water Was covering the entire slough. The cily bas raised all the manholes surrounding the treatment plant by four feet and hopes to send a diver into the river at the end of. - August. ‘We want to go in and cut the end of the pipe, but the river's too fast and a diver wouldn’t be able to see any-. From front Sewage fouls shore miles dowastream. ‘We have many tourisis here fishing the same shore all summer and there should be notices warning them of potential danger along this side of the river,’’ he added. ‘A person can walk the shorcline for over a kilo- metre and the colour streak along the shoreline is still highly visible and undiluted all the way so a high con- centration of sewage dis- charge is hugging the shoreline used not only by people but by wildlife.” Although Braun’s Island is outside city limits, some city residents are also being affected by the contamina- tion problems, Some residents of Haugland Ave. and Skeena St. are also still on wells and are potentially affected, Do !t For A Friend Only 35% of worthy cancer projects can be funded. Help ralsa the percentage! Please welcome your canvassers when they Javock on your doar. ae {fa BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND YUKON ON1S/ON thing,”’ he added. A temporary ditch was dug on July 5 to divert the effluent back into the Skeena, and has since been replaced by plastic piping that will be extended further out into the river as water levels drop. “We want to minimize the contact with the environ- ment,”’ said sewage plant foreman Brad North. Environment ministry of- ficials arrived July 6, and have since ordered the city to fence off areas of the is- land slough and post beach closed signs. Some island dwellers didn’t want fencing on their property, Christensen said, so the slough is only 50 per " SHARTLEASE “98 FOR 36 MONTHS/DOWNPAYMENT $2, 691 cent fenced off, The city is also responsible for testing fecal coliform levels around the sewage treatment plant. “We have to find out what the average coliform count is and go from there,’’ Christensen said. The city is required to do testing at least once a week until the fecal coliform count is at an acceptable level, ministry official Jim Hofweber said. 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