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Councils approve unified plant study

by Girard Hengen
The Review

One local council has accepted
a call for a consultants report on
the unified sewage treatment plant
Option for the Peninsula, and two
others are poised to do so.

Sidney council Monday agreed
to a proposed terms of reference
for the study, which has an esti-
mated price tag of $60,000.

And committees of Central and
North Saanich councils also
endorsed the terms of reference
Monday. Councils still have to give
their approval.

If that happens,. the Capital
Regional District will invite pro-
; posals from consulting firms for a
i review of sewage treatment

options on the Peninsula.

The three municipalities, plus
the Tseycum and Pauquachin
Indian bands and the Victoria
Airport are involved in the discus-
sions.

Existing treatment plants are
operating at Capacity or are over-
burdened, and all three municipal-
ities are dumping sludge illegally
in the ocean. Central Saanich
municipal engineer Al Mackey
told committee that BC Environ-
ment could levy fines of $10,000
per day.

Sidney and Central Saanich
could go it alone in improving
their plants at great expense, but
many local politicians feel a uni-

gt plant could be the best solu-
~ fon.

Sidney Ald. Dave Goulet, the
Town’s representative on a com-
mittee examining the issue, told
council when the consultant’s
report is completed early next year,

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“all of us around this table will
have a clear picture” as to whether
to proceed independently or witha
unified plant.

Of the $60,000 cost, Central
Saanich would contribute about
$30,000, Sidney over $23,000,
North Saanich about $7,000, and
the balance by the Indian reserves
and airport.

Sidney Ald. John Calder noted
the suggested cost-sharing for-
mula, which was based on usage,
was unfair to the Town. He said he
assumed each municipality would
pay the same amount.

Monday, Central Saanich’s
water and waste committee chair-
man Ald. Bruce Tobin urged com-
mittee members to approve the
proposed terms of reference so the
Study can get underway.

“The bad news is that it could
cost us up to $30,000,” Tobin said.
“The good news is there is
$902,000 left in our borrowing
bylaw.”

With the provincial government
paying 75 per cent of Central
Saanich’s portion of the unified
treatment plant study, Tobin esti-
mated the bottom line cost to the
municipality at $7,455.

According to the CRD’s request
for proposals, the objective is to
determine the level of treatment
needed to serve residents until the
year 2011, and how best to provide
it.

Options to be considered
include upgrading existing plants,

_ and construction of a new one for

the Indian reserves.

Another option is to operate
existing plants without upgrading,
and construct a new plant to serve

the three municipalities and the
TESELVES.

A third option a consultant
would consider is constructing a
new plant to replace the old ones,
which would be “decommis-
sioned” immediately.

The final option is building a
new plant, and phasing out the
existing plants over time.

The deadline for proposals is
Sept. 25, and the awarding of the
contract is expected in mid-
October. A final report will likely
be completed by the end of next

February:

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