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4000 i 1 ilii Town ship just southwest fft fl
''ale artific.al marsh was officially men
Friday morning wit `Imurch goodwill and enjoy.
Ment, As Environment Minister Hair, ,tt
and trome.rs
b'.0f UgtpWei Town Coon, a , Rr
planting.0a tis, there was an air that ins W
experiment that's gnlng to work. ;
The aim•of the alrtificial marsh is to treat pet
of -the town's sewage effluent. It It works, the arti..
ficial marsh could be an alternative tobuilding:,
those big lagoons and.expensive treatment plants
So it those cattails gobble up enough of those
pollutants out of the effluent, it will all have bean
worthwhile—all $480,000 (estimated total'cost) of -
It. It.
Over the summer months the artificial marsh
experiment is expected to draw a number of
scientists to the site,
Environment '80 student . workers, along with Dr. Tom watch the Official epe;
Brydges .(far left) of the Ministry's Limnology & Toxicity ;Depf cattails at the,'mars
Minister of the Environment
Harry Parrott came dressed,
to work.
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Resident engineer Walter Scott (Ieft),,chats with
Environment Minister Parrott.
Mayor Vince', Judge (right), Deputy Reeve Roy Orth (centre) and Coun. Peter
Bush sort through a box of Ministry supplied rubbers to get the right size. They
were all the same — about four sizes too Targe.
Assisted by an Experience '80 student worker, Deputy Reeve Roy Orth ` (Deft) and
Coun. Peter Bush start planting.
•PerthrMP Bill Jarvis (left) arriving at the reception from radio and television ap-
pearances in Wingham, took a ribbing from Mayor Vince Judge (centre) and ,.
Environn!ent Minister Harry Parrott for missing, out on the work detail during
the morning.
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Environment Minister Parrott (left) relates a story to Mayor Judge and
members of the Town Office Staff, Judy Givens and deputy -clerk Ken Clarke.
Jahn Single 441004 information officer With the Ministry of the Environment
passes out Keep @ntarlo Beautiful button to project engineer Hai Wanie; .
Ivy Wile, senior scientist in charge of the artificial marsh, discusses the experi-
ment with Douglas McTavish, director of the Southwest Region for the Ministry of
the Environment.