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Waterloo is dried material away from the facility. source ofwaste heat to help power the oper~ iyget the same answer. expected to reach 150,000 people by 2031 Halloran said the Cambridge site is in a ation. Supplemental power for the dryer 'Iloveitâ€"justdon'tputitinmycity.” andKitchenerwillbeneariy305,000. mmindustrializedpartofthecitythanits wouldbesuppliedbynaturalgas. « Staflhave narrowed the list of potential The region also anticipates a 46 per cent counterpart in Waterloo and is more A total of 11 sites were considered, sites for the plant down to two locations â€" increase in the production of biosolids. or removed from residential homes that orig“ including the airport. the wastewater treatâ€" the Waterloo Reg'on landfill on Erb Street in dewatered poop. over the next 30years be impacted by potentials smells or noise. ment plants in Kitchener. Waterloo, Ayr. Gait the City of Waterloo and the Cambridge “1 also understand the greatest amount of The Cambridge dump is closed but still and New Hamburg. the Heidelberg opera- dump on Savage Drive â€" with their final goods â€" lets call it goods â€" can reach receives some minor material. like yard tions yard and the Crosshill waste transfer recommendation expected in the coming Waterloo via rural routes, (but) in Cam- waste. mm were rejected for not having a months bridgeitwouldhavetocomerightthrough ShealsosaidthedumpinCambridgeis mofwasteenergyavailableto Some miyrt say it's just a case of council- the city. which includes residential areas,” closer to the 401, making transportation of help power the plant and the Ministry of lots looking out for their constituents and Millar added. the dried material out of the region. either to Environment says the municipality is largely for the region's best interest. Others would 'That’savery big dilfetence.’ the dump in Semis or to be mixed with fer- responsible for determining the location of ‘ argue it's a classic case of NlMBYism â€" Water-loos mayor, however, sees the situ- tilizer for land application. easier with fewer the facility through land-use planning and short for “Not in My BackYard.’ ation a little differently carbon emissions zoning bylaws. NlMBY is not a new term â€" its usage ‘1 think it‘s good technology and l'm sup- "What makes more sense. trucks in an One regional councillor from outside the dates bad to at least the 19805 â€" and it is portive of it moving forward,” said Brenda urban setting or in a more commercial iiiâ€"Cities who upeienced a similardebate often tied to people opposed to new devel- Hallolan, also a member of regional council, area?” she asked. in his town. said NIMBYrsm is inherent in opments they believe are too close to their “but not inWaterloa' “All things being equal. i prefer it not almost anymaiormunieipal project. hornes,schools. businessesorparks Hellman is worried about the impact the being at the Waterloo landfill,” echoed ‘lt doesn't matter if it's a skate park or Soâ€"called NIMBYs are sometimes even in increased truck traffic would have on the Coun. lane Mitchell, who also represents something like (the biosolids plant)," said favourof the tedinology in question, so long steadily encroaching homes and businesses Waterloo on regional council. councillor 'lbdd (Iowan, mayor otholwich as it's built nowhere near them. With it’s pro- in the neighbourhoods that surround the in 2011, the region completed its Township. For years he has been fighting posed biosolids drying facility. Waterloo existing dump biosolids master plan update and one of the with the provincial govemment to relocate a Region appears poised to become home to a The debate of Waterloo vs. Cambridge recommendations was to build a centralized biogas facility from near Elmira’s downtown NIMBY project of its own. comes down to more than simply NIMBY heardrying facility to convert biosolicb from to a lex residential area. “i like the project.“ said Cambridge arguments, Halloran said. The decision has four wastewater treatment plants into a pel- mmMm7 ' r P' * . Irree arrsm $99 t I, ‘\ ”a “ . You an in" 3 MW m t "F” "WW “F" . hâ€"l-albhdillhh-ul“ . '“9 h'.-"~ MWMMEYEEXMMKGMIGKM , 0 Eye Glasses 0 Sunglasses augments mommmm 1 O ”mums”... I ~- In, It. . so" Contact lenses Inexw-rmbbmm (motMoerhranl-Glasoow) .. ; mmmmmmmmmmmmwmmm ”741-1233