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Higher Volume, New Standards Are Sought by Ganges Sewer Committee Summer ferry fares up 14% Gulf Islands travellers will be treated to "seasonal fares" this summer, but the experience won't be found in local restaurants. B.C. Ferries' introduction of seasonal fares will raise the cost of getting to and from the Gulf Is­ lands by an average 14 per cent between June 16 and September 15, the corporation announced Friday. The Fulford Harbour-Swartz Bay and Vesuvius-Crofton car and driver fare went up seven per cent from $17.50 to $18.25 on Tuesday, and will go up again — to $19.75 — during the summer season. The difference between the old fare and the new peak period fare — in effect from June 16 to September 15 — is 12.8 per cent. Travellers to and from Tsaw­ wassen via Long Harbour will pay $53 for a round trip instead of $51 until June 16, when the fare jumps 11.76 per cent to $57. The car and driver fare to the Outer Islands from Swartz Bay has gone to $19.25 from $18.50, an increase of four per cent. The peak period fare will go up 12 per cent A YEEEE-AH: Elfie Weir takes a flying leap to use her foot Park Saturday. Demonstrators made kindling of pine and to $20.75. to break pine board held by Paul Mazzei, left, and Gordon cedar boards and showed off sparring techniques. More A book of 10 car and driver Singbeil during Tae Kwon Do demonstration in Centennial phOtOS Page B14. Photo by Tony RichaKis commuter tickets for Salt Spring went up by $6.50 this week to $132, an increase of five per cent. Outer Islands tickets went up by the same percentage to $135.50. People using the major ferry Higher volume, new standards are routes between Vancouver Island and the Mainland have been sub­ ject to different rates in peak, shoulder and low seasons since last sought by Ganges sewer committee year. That concept is now ex­ Steady growth in the Ganges tides only. was 419:1, right above the sewer coliform counts there, despite high tended to create an even higher rate sewer area over the past nine years Capital Regional District opera­ outfall. coliform levels at the plant itself. for weekend ferry travellers. has pushed the sewage treatment tions manager Jim McFarland told But mixing of the effluent oc­ Because of the dilution, members Anyone using the Swartz Bay- plant beyond its capacity. But the Friday's meeting the increased curs so quickly that effluent is agreed that a coliform count of Tsawwassen ferry between noon * Ganges sewer committee decided volume of effluent specified in the diluted by a factor of more than 5,000 per 100 millilitres in the ef­ on Fridays and the last sailing on last week to begin the process of application should allow the plant 16,000:1 before reaching the shore fluent would not be too high to Sunday in the summer months will upgrading and expanding the sys­ to operate without further change near Welbury Point. Based on its exceed the shellfish standard of 14 pay $32 for a car and driver, up tem. for 20 years. The volume figure findings, Seaconsult also prepared per 100 millilitres after dilution in 12.2 per cent from the $28.50 The committee agreed unani­ was based on the existing sewer a model to determine dilution and the receiving waters. levied on a summer weekend last mously to apply for an amendment area expanding to its full develop­ effluent flow based on continuous The existing permit calls for year. to its permit that would allow it to ment capacity under existing discharge of sewage. fecal coliform levels not to exceed B.C. Ferries communications discharge up to 1,090 cubic metres zoning. Seaconsult's Eton Hodgins said 70 in the effluent. manager Ed McKenzie told the (240,000 gallons) of effluent daily The decision to relax the stand­ the model found no significant dif­ Changing the standard for Driftwood that seasonal fares are into Ganges Harbour. The applica­ ard for the fecal coliform level of ference in dilution or flow between biochemical oxygen demand and "a very common practice" tion will also seek a relaxation of the effluent was made following ebb-tide and continuous discharge. suspended solids is a relaxation of throughout the transportation and the standard for fecal coliforms, extensive surveying of Ganges "The difference is qualitatively standards in the existing permit, accommodation industries. He biochemical oxygen demand and Harbour late last year. A study by small..." he said. but the new ones are the same as also said the corporation needs suspended solids, and permission Seaconsult Marine Research Ltd. McFarland told the committee those that the province is in the more funds to pay for terminal to discharge the effluent on a con­ of Vancouver determined that the that "the substantial dilution at the tinuous basis, rather than on ebb minimum dilution of wastewater outfall" explained the low fecal SEWER A2 FERRY FARES A3 spotlight in-dex Arts, Entertainment Capital Comment Classifieds Sawmill operator Cross Currents weather, Crossword \ faces shutdown wn Through the Years < urnoutmark Editorials following complaint Green Thumb Salt Spring's Letters third annual by neighbours Our Better Nature )uter Gulf Islands Home Show Page A19 Real Estate Sports Page Bl ( To Be Frank View Point -"— •-— ••-—•» SEWER i ••:: ••:: m • • JP^^^W^ z:zi::::?:ix::z??i2s:iiz2TT7T ; ISLAND WELL DRILLING LTD. From Page A1 Red Williams, owner-operator this week Serving the Gulf Islands since 1959 process of adopting, a process that Call collect: 539-5339 will see more stringent require­ : s; :.' r ::::::::::::- r:; i;; i; i;;.{i. * i izzu Delight in our diversity by joining ments for secondary treatment of sewage. in one of the Earth Day After the committee agreed to celebrations later this week. proceed with the application to f^ulfJslctnd (^lciss amend the discharge permit, chair­ man Tom Toynbee stressed that the community must be shown that the sewer expansion plan was respond­ MIRRORS fair change ing to development and not driving it. "We have to be careful it's made INIBBOB3 Island Savitigs was buying U.S. cash on clear that this is to enable us to CALL TODAY FOR A FREE ESTIMATE. handle growth envisioned in the Tuesday at the rate of: 13573 Official Community Plan." ROYCRONIN 537-5077 According to McFarland, the plant contravened the permit 67 per cent of the time in the past year, FARM FRESH FRUITS weather with lower-fhan-required effluent standards and a flow exceeding the & HIGHS:17C (normal 13) LOWS:7C (normal 4) permitted 90,000 gallons per day. VEGETABLES, The committee was given four LOCAL & ORGANIC PRECIPITATION: 20% chance of showers Wednesday, options to consider in amending the THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR PRODUCE 6(1% chance Thursday and Saturday, 4(fk> chance Friday. permit, two of which were for 10- OUTLOOK: Cloudy with sunny periods and a chance of showers year periods. But members decided Environmentally friendly products We(biestlay, maudy cloudy with rain possible Thursday and cloudy with on the long-term option as it was Dairy & Cheeses sunny periods Friday. Saturday will IK mostly cloudy, rain prolntble. the most cost-effective. Temperatures projected at a low of5C, high of 15C. Regional director Dietrich Luth Creekeide on McPhillips felt the island's growth rate jus­ tified upgrading the system to meet needs over the longer term. He also of note felt the chosen option was "sale­ able." April 22 Baha'i dance workshop performance. "It's the most viable one there :^GJ2JRJ)( is." April 23 Fulford Hall flea market. The committee also agreed to a MEETING OF THE study to determine what will be SALT SPRING ISLAND LIQUID WASTE DISPOSAL April 24 Earth Day celebration. necessary to upgrade the sewage treatment plant on Seaview LOCAL SERVICES COMMITTEE Avenue. Discussion of the matter gave member Stan Lam an oppor­ Has been rescheduled to LUNAR CYCLE: for April 1994 tunity to raise the issue of odours from the plant. Thursday, April 21,1994 at 10:30am a • DO "In the summertime, it's a prob­ Grace Point Square Conference Room, Ganges, B.C. Apr. 03 Apr. 11 Apr. 19 Apr. 25 lem," he said, and suggested the tanks be pumped at night. Pumping sludge from the tanks — which is • PUBLIC WELCOME • done early in the morning — is believed responsible for odours in lottery numbers the plant's vicinity. Other options considered including relocating the DKAW DATE NUMBERS plant, covering it entirely, and pr0£esst0iTal Lotto 6749 Apr 16, 1994: :: 09-10-18-21 -25-47 B45 pumping effluent into Sansum Apr, 1% 1994 09-16-22-27-38-48 B35 Narrows, an idea that Luth said could be considered in 20 years' il,.:#' 1J; % B.C/49 Apr J 6. 199* 01-15-17-24-27-42 B22 time. SPRING CLEANING SPECIAL Apr. 13,1994 ;i5-|6-14-15-20-33Bll Luth also said there was land available that would "suit the pur­ 10% OFF FIRST CLEANING Extra Apr 16, 1994 04€3-78-83 pose" for a treatment plant, but Please call for a free estimate Apr 13, 1994 30-36-44-94 declined to be more specific. BONDED•INSURED Bob Rush noted that the plant UNIFORMED was close to ArtSpring, but Mc­ Farland quickly noted, "We were We guarantee it! tide tables there first." CALL PDS But Stan Lam had the last word at 537-5298 TIDE TABLES AT FULFORD HARBOUR in that particular discussion. "No, I between 10:00am-4:30pm was there first" P.O. Box 346.
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