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_ A. _ “V." ' U 'ata., _ . _ - q l _' Waterloo all 'dp) I. 12 L. W W WATERLOO ST. JACOBS sr. CLEMENIS “weapon sr. AGATHA rummage coussroco I Defer $1 Million Sewage Plant Improvements Dennis Meyer, president. re- ported that some municipalities were considering getting water from Lake Simeoe. Dr. Hagey of the University of Waterloo questioned whether competent consultants had been employed In look into this prob, lem “I respect the competence of Dr Overgarrd but he wrote bis thesis on this . and while I do not infer that he is wrong. I feel that a competent firm of Objective consultants should be hired to look into ll Someone, he continued, would have to pay for this, but I feel that this Is the only realistic method. Brantford is taking wat, er from the Grand and nobody is dying from it, bot Lake Erie is a little holler There are new ways of purifying water with. Out tho strong ch|mmo taste and I tool that thorn Is enough money in tho arm to support a study. Mr, Timmi.. ra-porlod that he felt that the OWRC had already made up their mind that water would he supplied from Lake Erin In which Dr Nancy stated that ho did not have confidence (Continued on page I!) A W. Timmis slated that he had not been happy with the meeting held in Guelph last year during which such a proposal was presented'by Dr. Norman Overgarrd of WLU and Dr. Pleva of the University of Western Ontario. “I still believe that Lake Erie is nothing but a cess- pool, and I can't see why we Would even consider it from a standpoint of common sense, I feel that we should bring water from Georgian Bay." The matter came to a head when the board was notified that they had been requested to send representatives to a meeting to he held April 20, at Bingeman Park Lodge, for a study or al. ternatives to a pipeline from Lake Erie, The Waterloo Chamber ot Com. merce board oi'directors, at; special meeting held in the hos- itahty room of Carling Brewers, expressed opposition to any scheme for obtaining water from Lake Erie and the Grand River. DENNIS MEYER, president, thanked Bob Tohmie, manager of the local Carling Breweries plant for his hospitality. Oppose Lake Erie Pipeline ttt NO. " Robert Nixon aceitwd the ('un- scrvative Govcrnmvrrt of spend- ing 3400.000 of tho taxpoyvrs mnnvy on a "Buy Ontario" pm- mnhnnal camparutt which hrs said was really, "Corrsvrvattve pro- paganda FP This scheme runsish‘ of adver- lisu'nu'nls m "6'WslraP't's' and on telcvisron which exits) the virtues ot Ontario. In his acceptance sum-rob Mr. Good appoallod for workers In the coming election "This elec, tion will be won by work, not wishes," he said. Donald Weber of Waterloo was also nominated bot declined M cause of business commitments, He did 'say that ho expects to run either provincially or [odor- ally again in a few years. Mr. Good has sat as a member of several municipal boards and he Ls an active participant in the affairs Emmanual BUB in Waterloo, Of the 170 who nth-ruled the mot'titrg t02 votod. Mr. Good. a native of Waterloo is President of Edward R. Good Funeral Home. He said that his wife and three sons are behind him in this new venture, his first experience in the political arena. His eldest son is now able to run the family business in his atr. some. Allan Schendel. who nominated Mr. Good described the candidate as a man whose, "heritage is firmly rooted in this commun- ity." The meeting was highlighted by an attack on the Conservative government by Liberal Leader, Robert Nixon and the endorse- ment of Mr. Good as candidate by Keith Hymmcn, MP. and Waterloo Mayor Paleezay. Edward R. Good was chasm over Howard Ziegler Friday night at Lincoln Heights school as the Liberal candidate for the new provincial riding of Waterloo North. Good, Liberal Candidate WATERLOO, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, I967 Mr. Nixon said he did not know when the election would he called although it is gem-rally believed that it will be in May or June, He said farmers and espeqnaliy older citizens must give up the most to pay for education, He said the first necessity is that the province should shoulder a large burden of the ul-ucation budget, "Because of the lack M fairness in financing education." ho said, "communities have hem stem- ted." Roharis does not inlvml to make any changm," he said. This plan is much like the "Buy Ontario", Moose and Hippopota- mus, campaign which coincided with the last provincial election. The project which began last week is slated to run until the end of May. Mr. Nixon called for, "excel, lonee, economy and efticiettcy in education." The purpose. according to Mr. Nixon. is to stthtly refieot the merit of the Conservative govern- Alderman Wagner noted that the estimated costs presented to council in July was only $693,000. "A most considerable increase". He also noted that some ot the difficulties causing the necessity for plant improvements had been reduced, due to the efforts of several industries that had re- duced the strength of the effluent emitting from their plants. In view of this, he questioned whether it was necessary to spend this large amount now when per- haps $200,000 would do the job. Waterloo council Monday night decided first to defy the OWRC in regards to improvements to the sewage treahment plant. bot alter considerable discuésion agreed to bargain instead. The total costs, council was ire formed, will be $1,291,802 with a CMHC debt forgiveness of $215,- 200. This would mean that the Waterloo share would be $1,076,- Would Add 1.629 Mills Will Bargain with OWRC Edward Good Noting that council had recent. ly discussed Iowa»: housing, and that, on a motion by Ald. Wagner that no action be taken until tho provincial goveritmettt plan had been announced- he reported that tho plan was now available having been roleased over the weekend tit-cans? he could not agree wnh the wholo program as out lituui the told of hvarmp, that in vu-w of tho high repayment Costs it should have boon call d HUM! for Home Ownership Made Impoxxihlol in tho It OM E. (Home Ownership Made Easy) plan. Alderman Russ Lodger called for the formation of a committee to look into the probll'm of pro- viding Iowros! homes In Water. loo, and received the unanimous support of all counciInu-n Will Form Housing Committee Study Low-Cost Home Provision When Aid. Bauman said that they could not compare tender costs with estimates, Ald. Alviano stated “they don't know what they are doing. and this is the point I was trying to make. The expansion is only to lower the strength of the effluent we are directing into the stream (Grand River), but it is no use us lower- ing the strength of our effluent if people lower down the stream do nothing. We are up to stand- ards now" Ald. Alviano informed that the expansions or improvements. did not increase the capacity of the plant, it just allowed it to handle the effluent more efficiently. "This is just another of their ex- periments and if given the go- ahead would cost homeowners another $8.15 on a $5000 use“. ment - this is ridiculous - they are supposed to he professionals so how could they be out almost 3400.000 in just a few months" Aid. Bauman wondered what assurance the city would have that the costs would not rise even higher next year if put ott now, and stated that while he agreed to defer for now, he did not fa- Wur waiting a whole year. ANOTHER EXPERIMENT We may need some improve, ments next year, but certainly not to the extent being called for now, he said. Aid. Wagner, checking back found that in 1965 they had been given a figure of $586,000, some months ago council had approved spending $880,000, but the new figure would add 1.629 mills to the tax rate. Mayor Pateczny stated that he felt that, in view of the changes allowing the plant to operate efficiently, they should postpone the contract for this year and request the OWRC to reevaluate the plant. till the year 1970. The plant ex- pansions proposed could be more than presently required and a re; evaluation of the plant could pos- sibly result in less expansion costs. D'Arcy Dutton, city engineer, informed council that at the pre- seni time the plant has a capacity ot 4,000,000 gallons per day, which would be sufficient for this city, There is a definite tteed a- mong our lmwr income bracket. wage earners hr state" and felt that those who an- having the grvafest pmhh-ul are the young married couples oarmm: "vo, than SIOO per week In new also of the fact that the lM-partmont of lmmlgralmu Is advising famrlus not to arttle in this turn, " was tune that this coutuul mudv a dorhmn, and felt that this, (mum-m could be best vxprevscd hf th" turnta- tum of a hnuxiuu cottittttttt'e Mayor Palcrvnv stab-J that Waterloo had hull nmrv huuws pt-r capita last year than any other cummunlly that he had heard atmut “that is a great accomplishment". retorted Led. ger, “but tell me how many of fConttrttted on page H) Alviano questioned, why is the finger always pointwl at tMt, why are we the guinea pigs? Council thvn ap,reed to [mel- pone any action and request a mevting with the OWRC. He informed council that the OWRC had very strong powers, if the council "ere to flatly re- fuse to go along they could be taken to court or, the OWRC could take stops that would our. tail the expansion of the city. We must meet with them wrth a view to take reasonable steps that would perhaps allow Waterloo to spread out the expansion over I two or bhree year period, . The plant is presently working in excesk ot 90': efficiency. how.. ever this still allowed discharge of waste with a higher eminent content than was approved by the OWRC. He also said that Waterloo sewage was stronger than that of other municipalities so that what is discharged is stronger than minimum stand.. ards. However. many other muni.. cipalitios in the province had " even higher count. Mr. Button, in answer to a question, said that prehaps he had given the wrong impression earl- ied and stated that: Aid. Henderson said that if the city owed this firm some $40,- 000 now, they would be making a mistake by not talking to them - It will cost another $40,000 re- torted Alviano. WRONG IMPRESSION: Mayor Paleczny reiterated that the whole contract was the re- sult of studies made two yea: ago, and that he felt it better go have the plant re-evaluated on today's flow, and recommeodt.d that they ask Proctor and R04- fern (consulting engineers) and the OWRC to conduct such a study. Engineering studies and supervision costs amounted " approximately $88,000 in the corr tract. If the contract was not continued, Mr. Dutton said that such costs would likely be about half. . WANT INDEPENDENT FIRM! Ald. Alviano stated that he would not go along with having Proctor and Redlern do the study and recommended that an inde- pendent consulting firm do the job Aid. Ledger agreed with deterr- ment saying that "our city is in an excellent position in regards to waste disposal and the cost do not seem warranted - it is time we learned to say no in these million dollar schemes." suascaiI-nou :3... YEAR