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THE CHARLIE -
LAKE SOLUTION

“Though Bobsien/Queenaway

residents’ and the regional board -

, Seems ‘stranded with few options
to solve the subdivisions sewage

problems, there might be -.one

‘they've overlooked. The province
increased their commitment to a
sewage system recently from 50%
to 75%, lowering the cost for each
of the 270 Queensway area house-
holds from $1,371 per year to

$817 per year for the next 20-

years.

As» generous as that offer
might ‘seem, residents say the
price. is still too high and that it

would be the most’ expensive .

system per capita in the province.
But -what

tain the ‘status quo, and at the

same time buy a’ ' system for less

if Bobsien-
Queensway residents could main-

’ “than half the current estimate of
ae 857 million? _ .

‘Enter Charlie Lake, a rural
~ community of about 286 resi-
dences and commercial concerns.

. just east of Fort. St. John. In
* 1980 Charlie Lake was in uproar.

Septic systems were failing. There -
was raw sewage in ditches. Public -

health officials were concerned.

The only option, residents.
were told, was to install a com- —

munity sewage system,” and
according to a regional district
engineering’ study, that. would

* cost about $8 million.

But Charlie Lake, after nearly

‘a decade of being pressed to:

accept the "only" solution, found

something much better. Today,

Charlie, Lake residents flush in
healthy peace for only $580 a
year, And one of those responsible
for the Charlie Lake success story
told the Terrace Review recently
that the’ Queensway area could

have the same thing at an annual

cost of about $400 per household.
"Les Cooper is the field oper-

- ations coordinator for the Charlie ;
Lake. Utility ‘Corporation. The _
“corporation. ‘installed. and ‘main- .
tains: the Charlie Lake- “sewage |
system under. contract, ‘to the

Peace River Regional District. -

_ Cooper. ‘describes their system as.

a “first” in B. Kon Rather’ than the _

: typical gravity feed system, the ~

Charlie Creek system is pressur--
ized. Each residence has the equi-

valent of a septic tank equipped |

with a pump that removes liquids
when they reach a specified level.
_ The effluent is pumped into a
branch line and from there into a
six-inch mainline which empties .
into a lagoon system before enter- —

ing the Peace River.

The advantages are many, -

says Cooper. The pipe is smaller,

differences - in elevation . don’t
matter, ‘and if you don’t have |

much land you can use a large

holding tank and treatment facil-
ity instead of a lagoon: system. —
And would such a system serve a -
community -of 5,000 to 6,000? ~
"Yes," says Cooper emphatically. _

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Terrace Review ao April 24, 1992