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Exeter Times–Advocate
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SH buying UV water treatment
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE
STAFF
SOUTH
HURON —
While it awaits
word on federal
funding for a
proposed $12
million Lake
Huron water
pipeline, South
Huron has to
spend $150,000
on a UV treat-
ment for the
Moodie well.
The expense is
something the
municipality has
to undergo to
receive its cer-
tificate of
approval (C of A)
on its water sys-
tem from the
Ministry of the
Environment. In
order to comply
with the
Ministry's water
regulations, the
municipality
decided on the
$12 million Lake
Huron pipeline,
which is part of
a larger $350
million project
called the
Huron
Elgin
London
Project
(HELP),
involving
14 munic-
ipalities
and serv-
ing
550,000
people
from Lake
Huron and Lake
Erie. Federal
funding is still
pending and
South Huron
Mayor Rob
Morley said
municipalities
will have to wait
until after the
election before
they hear about
grants.
In his report to
council, South
Huron chief
administrative
officer Larry
Brown said
completion of
the new pipeline
system
and the
aban-
don-
ment of
the
current
Exeter
well
supply
system
is
sched-
uled for
the end of 2007.
In the interim,
the MOE
requires the UV
treatment sys-
tem to be
installed as an
additional safety
measure. The
Moodie well pro-
vides almost half
of Exeter's
water during
peak hours.
However,
councillors
"If someone
ever got sick
because we
didn't do it,
we'd be
pretty sorry,"
ROB MORLEY
SOUTH HURON
MAYOR
ABCA proposed budget
for upcoming year
EXETER — The proposed budget was discussed at
the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority's (ABCA)
meeting Dec. 15.
The ABCA's general levy has increased 3.3 per cent,
totalling $487,983 which is paid by the member munic-
ipalities.
Board members were fine with all areas of the pro-
posed budget, which is separated into two different
parts.
The project levy proposal for 2006 is $291,430.
In the upcoming year the ABCA will have its 60th
anniversary, a year long celebration which will cost
about $5,000.
Another project is the erosion control project and the
flood control project in Port Franks costing about $1.3
million combined.
There will also be $8,000 spent on a managed forest
plan for the forests owned by the ABCA and $12,500
spent to support Rock Glen activities.
The proposed budget draft will be sent to the different
municipalities.
The ABCA board members will make a final decision
on the budget in the new year.
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expressed con-
cern about
spending
$150,000 for a
treatment sys-
tem that will be
abandoned in
two years when
the new pipeline
is online. The
Moodie well has
been part of
Exeter's water
system since the
1920s and oper-
ations manager
Dennis Hockey
said there have
never been bad
results from
Moodie's chlori-
nated water.
"Walkerton's
costing this
country a lot of
money," Deputy
Mayor Dave
Urlin said, refer-
ring to height-
ened provincial
water regula-
tions in light of
that town's
water -related
tragedy.
Morley said
South Huron
fought against
the UV filtration
requirement two
years ago and
won, but now
has to do it.
While they
were reluctant
to spend the
money, council-
lors agreed they
had to ensure
the safety of the
municipality's
drinking water.
"If someone
ever got sick
because we did-
n't do it, we'd be
pretty sorry,"
Morley said.
Council agreed
to go ahead with
the UV treat-
ment system,
which will take
about six
months to get
online. The
municipality will
see if there are
any grants avail-
able.
Purchase of
the UV system
gives the munic-
ipality a C of A
until the end of
2007. If it had
chosen not to go
ahead with the
system, the
Ministry would
have issued a C
of A until the
end of 2006 that
would "require
another exten-
sion at that time
along with an
updated risk
assessment that
may still indicate
the need for UV
treatment,"
according to
Brown's report.
Other council
notes:
Outdoor rink
approval
Council agreed
Monday night to
allow an outdoor
rink to go ahead
on baseball dia-
mond number
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two beside
South Huron
Rec Centre. The
issue arose at a
meeting in
November when
Exeter's George
McEwan
approached
council with the
idea.
Council sup-
ported the idea
in principle, but
asked McEwan
to fine tune his
proposal.
The rink will
be approximate-
ly 25X30
metres and,
while the dia-
mond lights can
be used at night,
council will
require they be
turned off by 10
p.m.
McEwan pro-
vided council
with a list of vol-
unteers who will
be responsible
for maintaining
the rink and
turning off the
lights. Morley
said municipal
staff time will
not be used at
the rink as staff
already have
enough work to
do.
Boards for the
rink have been
erected, but as
of Monday the
rink hadn't been
flooded.
Employee
salaries
Council
approved its
standard 2.5 per
cent increase to
the municipali-
ty's 2006
employee remu-
neration grid.
The raises go
into effect Jan.
1.
Lots of
development
Referring to
the municipali-
ty's building
report for
November,
Morley said
South Huron
had "a very,
very active year"
of building.
At the end of
November 2005,
154 building
permits had
been issued in
South Huron for
the year, for a
value of $14.9
million That fig-
ure is up signifi-
cantly from last
year — at the
same time in
2004, 123 build-
ing permits had
been issued at a
value of $8.4
million.
In November
2005, 11 per-
mits were issued
for a value of
$551,355.50.
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