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Mr. Dutton’s report, to be presented to the Region's engineering committee tomorrow, was sparked by suggestions that some in- dustries were contraven- ing the intent of the bylaw by diluting sewage wastes through the addition of large quantities of water. . which may be discharged into a municipal sewer sys- However, there are "de- ficiencies" in the bylaw which establishes the maxi.. mum concentration of var- ious types of liquid wastes -- --_-.. v- . VI“ 3"Uu'u Mr. Dutton suggested a have read tMPib. and the "Sides of system of surcharges where .. . every industry pays for ex- Beef 98 its. actly what it discharges, We regret any inconvenience this may have regardless of'water Volume. caused mister beef and his customers. Currently ' industries af. e T charged on a part? per mil- lion basis. _ form to the Regimt's in- dustrial waste comm] by- law, says Regional engi- neering commissioner D'Arcy Datum. form "deliberately" using dilution as a wav t Pm tft The "Sides' of Pork" should have read tMPib. and the "Sides of Beef" StP lb. The mister beef ad that appeared in the Oct. 12/77 edition for the Chronicle, unfortunately contained an error. . CORRECTION 'wm Wm- WM. om 19. um .. - "f“:i:f__'""'"'" Region admits' it! P q _ _ Fla ws in. waste control byla w flows and concentrations above the bylaw limits. White the large volume flow industry may create more potential sewage treatment plant problems, waste, an industry with li- quid waste concentrations within the bylaw, but with a large volume of . flow, can, discharge more con- taminants in a given period than an industry with low flows and concentrations Since the bylaw dodsn't govern tht _ quantity of Mr. button also pointed out that deadlines set by the Region to eliminate by- law violations "have been adhered to by the industry. " not know of any industry that deliberately and con- sistently um dilution " a method of conforming to thebylaws." said Mr. Dum, a" it is not breaking the by- A problem developed this, do law. All the low flow in- year at the Preston sewage ry dustry has to do to con- 'treatment plant when ex- 'r. form with the bylaw is to cessive' oils [mm Hostess to avoid the publicity and cost associated with hav- ing charges laid under the bylaw." While extra water costs would counterbalance any surcharge savings. "this extra cost might be justified been encountered at the sewage plants." '."The surcharge has en- couraged'industries to pro- gressively reduce the strength of their wastes and no major problem has use of some excess capac- ity at the treatment plant rather than install its own treatment equipment. P' “It can be cheaper for the influstry to pay for the The latter wastes can exceed the limits under Regional permit if the in- dustry pays a surcharge to cover costs of the treat- ment. About 20 permits havebeen issued. . The former may not be discharged into sewers above a stipulated con- centration under peeiaity of fine. wastes: those tire,',', un- treatable at e sewage plant, which enter into the plant's sludge or cause a plant upset, and those wastes which are treatable at the plant. " ot years ago, current en- forcement of regulations and higher, water costs has "discouraged" this method, mote Mr. Dutton. The bylaw primarily deals” with two tnits of liquid add water to its discharge, reported Mr.Dutton. While not an ”uncom- Ton practice" a number Local president Betty Coney indicated negotia- tions for a 1978 contract are expected to begin by December, 'lhe new agreement in- cludes full retroactivity. The contract' awards I977 salaries ranging from $13,132 to 816,882. Kitchener~Watérloo Probe as it was known in its early stages, was founded in The two students at UW are the co-ordinators of Pollution Probe, an in- formation and resource centre located on campus for the benefit of the en- tire community: - Members of Local 15 of the Ontario Nurses Association had been working under their 1975 contract and wages. Joyce de Boeur and Den- ise Donlon aren't radical students who are' "anti" everything. Instead they are "pro" a number of things. particularly _ things re- lating to their environ- ment. In approving the agree- ment, the nurses dropped their demand. for four minor changes. The Re- gion had approved the contract two weeks earl- ier without any changes. Council briefs The Region's 50 public health nurses last Tues- day ratified a two-year contract, ending a dispute that reached back to Dec. 1975. Pollution Probe: The pioblem was solved by Hostess establishing a treatment facility on their site and by diverting some of its wastes to the Gait treatment plant, tintrering nearby rtssidents. , Foods approached the ca- pacity of the treatment plant. As a result, a strong Nurses iynd dispute Not “apti’fe verything at the week -_ Approved a motion requiring those seeking zone changes to erect signs of their intentions on the affected property. The city will provide the signs. - Agreed to meet with William Palmer, who is direct- ing the regional review. for a luncheon meeting Nov. 1. - Agreed to send Fire Chief John Staller to a provm- cial Fire Chiefs Management Workshop in Gravenhurst from Oct. 31 to Nov 4. The province is paying the cost of lodging. food. and transportation. - Agreed to set a date with Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1542. to amend its existing agreement, Declared the week of Nov 5 to Nov. ll as Remem- brance Week. In regular session Monday night. Waterloo city council committees: ___ Set Wednesday, Nov. 9 as the date for a public hear- ing on the Clair Creek watershed study. Council is con- sidering a developer's proposal to rero'ute part of the creek to accommodate a subdivision. and the proposal has created quite a public stir. gm Hillman, a student at UW and an enthusiastic voltnteer is interested m the problem of garbage man- agement. His motto is re- The major effort for I977 will be raising funds in support of the Stop the Dam Committee and promoting a campaign against the further con- struction of nuclear power nlants. a local resident win a battle against a neigh- bouring industry which was pouring refuse under the top soil of his property and killing his orchard. Smaller projects ranged from helping elementary and secondary students with school projects to helping As problems are phoned in they are sorted out and designated to interested vol- unteers. Last year the major projects included raising money for the Elora Gorge Defence Fund and selling T-shirts for Green- peace. . Pollution Probe is involv- ed in what the students term as "consciousness raising." The Probe workers go into the Community to get their problems. They handle in- ternational, national and local concerns. In 1975 a student at UW resurrected the program and it grew to the point where there were 100 active volunteers. Joyce and Den- ise have had to do very lit- tle organizational work and they are at the point of ap- pealing for volunteers to help make this year a sue? the early 1970's and until three years ago it ran on a large budget and generated a great deal of community involvement. Suddenly. for no apparent reason, the organization folded. Declared Nov " to Nov 20 of ttid receiving trGGTiii't plant on a continuous basis." treatment plant. When one industry is the “It is possible that with- major contributor, the load out the added problem of could be reduced annually. the oils, the Preston plant But enforcing it "emdd en- could have operated satis- courage a company todilute factorily," reported Mr. its wastes to avoid legal Button. action, notwithstanding The problem illustrated the cost of water." should "We are not an organiza- tion working strictly for the university," said Joyce "We are here to help the community and we want them to know it. 'w Denise and Joyce urge the public to give them a call. at 885-1211. extension 3780 or 742-7055. A university student who would like to participate in the. program and obtain a credit for his or her er. forts requires the services of a professor to act as their advisor. In the past senior public school students and high- school students have made excellent volunteers. "Their enthusiasm seems to be unbounded," said Denise. "University stu- dents are busy and don't have the time to put a continual intense effort into it." How effective the or- ganization is this year de- pends on the initiative and enthusiasm of the volunteers Pollution Probe will be appealing to the local Ki- wanis and Lions Associa- tions, senior citizens groups and church organiza- tions for suggestions and manpower. Representatives will speak to any interested group. For the past few weeks he has been "informing women's groups, church or- ganizations and schools on howlto reduce waste and convert it into useable energy. As of Oct. 1 Clem- mer Industries on Albert Street will be the metal recycling centre for Water- loo. In the future paper col- lections will be common in the Twin Cities and it has been suggested that this material could be manu- factured' into cellulose in- sulation. as Youth Appreciation tributors, "how do you fair- 1y determine the share of the capacity that each one should have?" industries '. Button wonder- es where several were major con- ant re-cycle.