Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1982-09-01
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note: "r^^mt^vvMmiqjmimmW* ammaaammaaamamam mamammaaarmammmmmaa •ma.mi Legislative TAbraiY Parliament. BuU-dirgs,. Victoria B CV87 1X-+. JAK83 •ft Miss PNE for Sandl Frlesen, 1982, Aldergrove'* shows oil her two year-old Hereford cow, Mite Charming and Its six month old heifer calf, Justa-Charmlng. Both are competing In the PNE show. -ALDERGROVE - Problem is that the Aldergrove sewage treatment plant has reached capacity far sooner than expected, a consulting engineer told a delegation of volatile. Aldergrove citizens at a municipal townhall meeting i Monday nlaht.... ,vBIII Hyslop, of Willis, Cunliffe and Talt, had been'called upon by council to explain what went wrong, at the Aldergrove plant, i He indicated that both he and his colleagues'-were baffled by .what had happened at the treatment plant. But he said the input ^floty was "much mote than you would expect from a municipality this size." People living near the plant are .-.angry. ■■:.■;.:■-. ■ .'..-■: . The rotten-egg smell of escaping' hydrogen sulphite has become too much for them, and 'they want council to relocate the plant. They say the smell has- been hanging over the neighborhood almost constantly since 1978... Sometimes the odors almost disappear, only to return in full force. And some old time' residents say the Smell has been there since the plant was/first builtIn 196&. .'.',,: Delegation spokesman .Dennis Trotman urged councilors' to .''eliminate the sewage plant. It's .,an eyesore to Aldergrove." He said the land Instead could 'be. used for a park or for recreational purposes;'-i. "The.best'solution is to relocate," Trptrhan said. Aldergrove is on the short end of the stick, and it's getting shorter." Mayor Bill Blair said the odor is caused by overloading of the two aeration lagoons. Immediate steps already taken towards a short term solution include a decrease in flow and a lowering of the acidity df the lagoons by spraying , with lime and possibly with sodium.nitrate. 'While the odor is extremely …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420787
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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