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Former dumps need constant monitoring, says UW professor Old landfill sites require constant ugl- lance says a University of Waterloo expert on waste management, even though most of the problems with former dymps end within five years of their closmg date Grahame Farquhar, a semi-retired pro- fessor of civd engineering at UW, smd the problem with old Iandfsll sues Is that their operators failed to use modern waste man- agemenl practices in mammnmg the sues They didn't keep a ready Inventory of what was bong dumped m lhe ground Old sues lacked a clay Inner that modern sues use to prevent leaching and contam- nation of the ground water. Their opera- tom also didn't understand that they had lo vent dangerous gases, like methane created by decomposition, In order to prevent explosions once the dumps wcrc covered over -llllil-lllllllllMlllllllll ROYAL LEPAGE I-tlt-IMI/Ill) SCHARF REALTY tNTtEPENoFNT1Y URN?“ AND OPFRATFD. BROKFR M) WH!iTMOUNT RD N WAITRHX) 747 2040 Bob Vlbanac Chronicle Staff "ll tt was jus: municipal garbage and Il was put tn a long time ago, It's likely that thc problem IS really small," said Farquhar of the former kmdfill sue at Moses Springer Park in Waterloo, "But these things produce some gas and some conlamlnants for a long time. My sense IS that H PS pretty small and if there was a gas problem they would have known about u a long lime ago. That doesn't pre- dude the need to check ll ouL" Farquhar said that most of the older sncs often had no record of what went In them so them IS a potential for a problem While most of the problems wall be chmmaled by decomposition in the first five years of the closure of a landfill, hazardous materials have a longer shelf life According to a Ministry of Environment waslc disposal sue Invcmory done m 1991, there are a total of seven known former landfill guts m Waterloo mcludmg the for- mer mumupal dump m the area of Moses For all your real estate needs call Royal LePage - Scharf Realty, Ted Scharf, Broker University of Waterloo history professor John English (left) had a chance to stomp grapes last Saturday, with the help of Nikki Kitchlu. at the third annual Dionysia Festival held at Moses Springer community centre. As well, Xenis Panteli of the Dancing Group of Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, had the chance to dance the 'tatsia' at the festival. Tim and... ptroms “The Name Friends Tugottttttettd" Springer Park, which closed in NM The other known sues are: . a municipal dump at Umversiiy Avenue and Highway 85 between Parkview Cemetery and the Conestoga Parkway. closed in 1964: . a municipal dump al Universuy Avenue east of Highway 85 between Bech- tel Park and the Parkway, closed In Iq57. . a municipal dump at the corner Caroline and Erb Streets m the Hun") the Waterloo Mernonal Arena, closed . a private dump on Scagram Drive m the nanny of Waterloo Park. closed m l96l: . a private dump near thcr and Lodge “was. closed m I961. Farquhar said he knew of at lcasl one . a mummpal dump m the area of [Esson and john Streets. closcd m WOO; 1945 (Continued on page 5) Sailing iumninu the gun, Waterloo councillor says Report ol Waterloo L thr- man Ken Selling should not be Independently wnnng Icusn (r? provincial cabinet ministers proposing changes lo local councils, mus d Waterloo regional councrllor. Coun, Mike Connolly said Monday night he was upset Sailing had recently while“ a letter In Ontario's lieu prorm- cull Minister of Municile Affairs and Housing. New Gdchrist, oullmmg "proposed" or "approved" reducuons in the SIZE of the seven local (annals that currently make up the Region of Waterloo. Connolly was speaking during a regular Waterloo council meeting Seilmg sent a lulu to the seven regional mayors Sept, 10, including Waterloo Mayor Joan McKinnon. oullinmg "proposed" or "approved" reductions m the Size of the seven local councils, He Said he would be sending the mate- rial to Gilchrist, although he also said the mumstcr would still have to receive each mun- cil's final posmun on the mat- ter 1n the letter, Selling said the "proposed" Size ol Waterloo council for the November, 2000 mummpa] clcrlmn would be either SIX or srvcn iTWrtt- bers. Indudmg the mayor Waterloo council IS currently made up of nme mcmhcrs and has n01 yet made an} dcteuon about rcduc1ng Itself m respor1se to Gilchnta's general plea for fewer mumcipalpolo- runs 'We haven't dcbalcd ttus In rcgmnal councul," ( unnolly sud. "But hunt “c have the regional chair pulllng d pro- posal to the minister hut Iml quahiymg n wnh whether thc (local) councils have approved " or not 't Cule . RRSPS . RRlFs SPECIAL RATE! Tim Gardner t hmnulv Stall my "Mgr .vposrs osour? try DI l abhor that hm] ul ssork Connolly mud t hate (o s.u ll but I'm gating new to the Mate where [m bcgmmng to low confidence m Ilte chae And than wrong at the, lime . This past Aug 23, alchnst announced llml the Regron of Waterloo wax um: of [our mumcupahucs m Ontario he, mlmslry wanted to see soon bring forward local govern- ment restructuring proposals The mmlslcr made that announcement after he also announced the pmunu‘ ly arbumnly Liking steps lo fur ther streamline the Regional 4.9(rg Munmpalmcs ol Haldmond, Norfolk. Hamloa-Wcnt- worth. Oitawa< arkton and Sudbury wuhln [he [allowing 00 days . Mckmnon said during Mom day nights nwrllng Hrlllng Woveno'u Ice K‘r'g 51 S nowhere! C ombudge ning to lose confidence in the chair. And that's wrong at this time. " -Mike Connolly "t hate to say it but I’m getting now to the state where rm begin- (Continued on page 4) ding at 020051 gnaw! HIGHER! tir? IHOU 8949170] 622-337.?