The Citizen, 1994-09-14, Page 2Well done
Brussels PeeWee Girls ended the season as the A runners up, after losing to Goderich
Tuesday, Sept. 6 in the concluding game of the rained out play off tournament. Back row,
from left: Leslie Elliott, Susie Black, Jenny Gowing, Amy Crawford. Middle: Coach Sandra
Pepper, Jenny McKercher, Tanya Franken, Amber Ruttan, Kara Pepper, Coach Don Ruttan.
Front: Holly Mitchell, Crystal Semple, Katie Harrison, Krissy Dilworth and Mandy Sellers.
Missing is Anita Little.
Hastings questions changes
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replaced in the next few years any
way.
Mr. Bums explained that about
40 per cent of the sludge going
through treatment is hard materials
like sand and grit that can't be treat
ed as organic wastes and can't be
released into the river. This is
stored and spread onto farmland.
When the plant was originally
designed it had a small storage
capacity but in the 1980s the Min
istry of Environment and Energy
began to require holding capacity
for six months' worth of sludge so
that sludge wouldn't be spread on
land in the winter months. (The
same requirement is made of new
farm manure tanks).
Brussels, in partnership with
Bly th, has rented a farm manure
tank for additional holding capaci
ty. The Clean Water Agency, how
ever, has been pushing the two
communities to build new holding
tanks. Both councils had earlier
rejected the proposal to build a
$400,000 storage tank in each com
munity. The Clean Water Agency
then suggested the alternative of
modifying the two plants.
Mr. Burns cautioned that there
would be some lost capacity for
sewage treatment if modifications
were made, but there should still be
lots of capacity for at least an addi
tional 100 homes.
In addition, he said, when the
treatment plant was originally
designed it was for a population of
1,600 persons using an average 121
gallons a day. In reality, there has
been only about 85 gallons a day
produced by the current population.
The one danger would be if there
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was a new industry that pumped a
lot of organic waste into the sys
tem, he said.
Councillor Dave Hastings still
questioned the need for the modifi
cations. "Why can't we just go to a
sludge storage tank like a farm
manure tank," he asked.
"To build a tank (at the treatment
plant) to satisfy the Clean Water
Agency would cost $400,000," Mr.
Bums said. He said the tank would
have to include aeration equipment
to keep the smell down for neigh
bours and other specifications a
farm manure tank doesn't have to
meet. "The smell would increase by
a factor of 10," Mr. Bums said of a
farm-style tank with no aeration.
"That (a farm-style tank) kind of
tank I'd agree with," Councillor
Hastings said. "They never want to
do anything the way we want to."
"I don't think there is anything
we can do that will cost you less
than this, other than what you're
doing," Mr. Bums said. "It's a lot
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less than they've asked of other
communities."
Mr. Bums later agreed that if he
had been faced with the prospect of
spending a huge amount for a new
tank or keeping the old rental
arrangement he would probably
have made the decision to reject the
sludge storage tank proposal. "As
long as we're comparing it to
$ 1,000 a year (the current rental on
a farm tank), it's going to be hard to
justify (the modifications). What
we're doing is not a guarantee of an
improvement in what goes into the
river."
Council finally agreed to go
ahead with the grant application
with the knowledge that they can
still refuse to go ahead with the
project. Mr. Bums said there is a
50/50 chance the grant money
won't actually be available, in
which case council doesn't have to
worry about pressure from the
agency to go ahead with the modi
fications.
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with candles was wheeled around
the comer.
Naturally, Winona was very
much surprised. She blew out the
candles and thanked the girls.
Happy birthday was sung.
Doris Fischer helped the servers
pass the birthday cake and juice to
36 guests.
Then the program continued
consisting of Old Time dancing
music, hymns and sacred music.
Plans change
Plans to extend sanitary sewers
up George St. to serve the new
Brussels fire Hall came to a grind
ing halt at the Sept. 6 meeting of
council when the only tender was
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