Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba City told to clean up sewage in red River James free press Winnipeg free november 3 by Ritchie Gage the Manitoba clean environment commission says sewage from the City of Winnipeg is infecting the red causing a possible health and Calls for a disinfection process which could Cost the City million to put in in a 79page report on the to be released in a few the commis Sion rejects opinions by City sewage and recommends a trial pro Gram of disinfecting sewage by Chlori nation at the South end sewage treat ment Plant in the free press obtained a copy of the report the report and recommendations Are the results of submissions made in february at Public hearings into the Quality of the red ordered by the provincial the commission called for a Trievel committee including a member of the commission to Monitor the trial and study possible treatment the City has argued its present water pollution control program is adequate and has opposed bacteria limits pro posed by the environment manage ment the commission rejected this stance calling the cites sewage system far from water Quality standards enforced everywhere else in the province do not allow the discharge of raw sewage into surface Waters As a matter of Normal operating the Winnipeg sewage dumps raw sewage into the River a towing firm yet to find tools to ply Trade by Brian Cole Vern Nanosky signed a million aut Opac towing contract but he still Doest have the equipment to do the Autora spokesman Laufer said yesterday that owner of 55757 Manitoba signed the con tract last week and must have the specified equipment by 1 or he will lose a the company must also maintain a performance Bond for the duration of the two year Nanosky won the contract earlier this month about lower than his nearest aut Opac officials said earlier that Nanosky could lose his tender bid if he failed to acquire the Neces sary equipment by november but Laufer said yesterday that a topic was Only interested in getting a firm commitment from Nanosky by november audit conducted by getting the signature on the contract we got that commit he Laufer said he didst know How close Nanosky is to fulfilling the con tract but added that an audit would be done in mid december to ensure the firm had the necessary including 21 Tow trucks and a compound within the perimeter Laufer noted that it was not unusual for a firm to be Short of equipment prior to the Start of the particularly during times of High inter est the awarding of the contract to Nan Osky Drew heavy fire from some City towing operators because of his Lack of equipment and his close association with City police officer Gary former owner of United Rescue ser vices which had operated United Tow the company was acquired by his Maureen but was dissolved and placed in receivership earlier this one operator said Nanosky didst have any while others said he had they All noted that Leach was intersection guardians risk injury student crossing guards at Ness ave nue and heritage Boulevard have been spat sworn and had Beer bottles thrown at them when they Stop Ness traffic for crossing works and operations committee was told committee voted to install a traffic Light at the intersection and ask City Council for a appropriation for the even though the intersection Falls far below criteria for area resident Skatfeld told the committee about 40 elementary school children a Day Cross Ness to get to heritage 47 heritage Boule about a dozen parents from the District and heritage school Vic Princi pal Wenda engbrecht were in the committee room yesterday to Back her request for a traffic there is now a crosswalk at the but parents have told their children not to Point and Cross in the usual because there is no Assurance traffic will she engbrecht said an office building at one Corner of the intersection makes it impossible for crossing guards to see oncoming Ness traffic without stepping out into the traffic with Nanosky when he won the con aut Opac and the Winnipeg police department have investigated the mat Ter and say they Are Are convinced there is no business relationship be tween Nanosky and United towing still oper ates an answering service which also takes Calls for an employee at United yesterday refused to say who owned the residents angry Over garbage at least 54 residents of Cathedral and Bannerman avenues Between Mcken Zie and Parr streets Are mad at the cites garbage pickup Crews in their a delegation of residents yesterday took their complaints to civic works and operations which shunted it to works commissioner Bill Maria of 625 presented a 54name petition from Resi dents of the neighbourhood expressing dissatisfaction with the she said about three weeks people in the area began having prob lems getting garbage picked they Are just driving through and it just int getting picked Hart Mann Leonard of 633 said he summoned a City pickup truck to his House recently when his garbage was skipped and was told he have put his garbage bags in trash he said the Crews want it in tied plastic bags along the Side of the rear Lane within five feet of the lot but members of the delegation said dogs will tear the plastic bags apart the Day they Are put James free press proximately 30 times each open water season and the discharge May last up to several the commission said the cites sew age disposal system Doest meet microbiological standards applied to the rest of the it called for an immediate target of 400 parts of faecal col forms per 100 Millilitres of faecal col form readings in the beyond the treatment have ranged from 1000 to according to submissions to the because of these the report says the red is environmentally Unac and the cites current sewage treatment program wont Lead to improvements in water Quality in the the River was posted with warning signs by the City this but water skiers ignored the the commission noted the recreational especially on the River below the commis Sion said its objective is to reduce the infection carrying ability of the but not specially to restore the water for at the Public hearings last february the cites representative said the raw is forced into the River from storm sewer overflow and is unavoidable with current possible Hazard the commission said the present contamination of the red by the City of Winnipeg creates conditions of possible Hazard to Public the commission said it is aware of the objections to chlorination As a method of disinfection and of the uncertainty surrounding the effectiveness and Side effects of the the commission said it called for the trial program because it has reservations on the chlorination process but of a Lack of unanimous opinion on its Side if the trial is effective it could Lead to chlorination of sewage at All three of Winnipeg treatment plants which City experts have said would Cost million to install and million annually to the City has jurisdiction Over its sewage treatment system and there fore the commission can Only make Winnipeg mayor William Norrie for Dave his executive said the City is in a quandary Over chlorination because of and possible Side effects of chlorine on the but we dont consider ourselves to be in an adversarial position with the he during the Public hearings Alex pen head of the cites water said Public health has been used As a Blanket rationale in five provinces for across Leboard chlorine disinfection costly Penman told the hearings the Cost of disinfection is and the re sults he said the City and province have debated the matter for effluent disinfection Many the need for disinfection had to be measured in terms of human he on the aspect of human the commission says the existence of Haz Ards to human health cant be the red River downstream of the sewage Plant outfalls is in fact being used by Market gardens for evidence was presented that disease in particular May survive on plants until Harvest and May be passed Back to Man Caus ing human waste adds greatly to germs in surface Waters and disinfection would greatly reduce the risk of Dis the report the commission paid particular at Tention to a study done by Environ ment Canada scientist Jim Bell in 1978 which found strains of infectious bacteria which were resistant to certain these resistant strains were transmitting their resistance to other bacteria in the keep the lights shining Hector Ducharme replaces Burntout bulbs on Christmas lights at the Richardson building the Christmas tree at 375 main consists of approximately fourth shipment of supplies ready for 1 flight to Warsaw a 10ton shipment of food and Christ Mas parcels from Manitoba polish Canadian Community is to leave Winnipeg International Airport for Warsaw it is the fourth Relief shipment to Poland sent from Manitoba since Donald chairman of the Relief fund for said the december shipment will be the largest by and Malinowski Esti mated its Worth at approximately As shipping will Cost about he he said previous shipments of food and medical supplies on 13 and 20 totalled about seven tons and Cost about including ship Ping donations to the pre Christmas ship ment should be in the hands of the Relief fund by 30 at the said Rector of the polish National Catholic Church in it was his Church which organized the Relief fund in August and is the largest single contributor to the ship he drop off Point for Relief parcels will be Zagreb meat Market at 1795 main most of the shipment will consist of parcels sent to relatives and friends in where a meat and clothing shortage is severe and Many stores Are empty and Malinowski some of the will be for general distribution to the needy in that distribution in Poland is headed by Bishop Taddeus of the pol ish Catholic Church in the Relief cargo arrives at Warsaw Airport via Amsterdam and is Distri buted from a Church some is sent to recipients but most Contact the Church there to pick up the Malinowski the government has not interfered with the shipments and the Bishops office knows in Advance when they will be he Malinowski has been appointed Manitoba chairman of the Inte Parlia Centary polish emergency commit tee to help with the crisis situation in the committee was organized 31 in a meeting at the Ontario legislature consisting of representatives of the estonian and lithuanian As Well As several provincial legislature representatives and its purposes Are refugee resettle ment and obtaining Emer gency medical food Relief and economic Aid for Union to seek probe into firings workers who have been dismissed by Boeing hold meeting to discuss course of the Union representing Winnipeg workers with Boeing of Canada wants the incoming nip government to investigate the firms dismissal of 99 striking Hemi International representative of the United Auto said the Union would ask the minister of labor to appoint an investigator to look into the were going to go into some of the cases in which people were Dis missed to get some More detail and build a Case to take before the labor Mitic we want to be As Well prepared As we possibly can by we approach the if this is necessary and we decide to go that beings two Winnipeg plants were reported Back in full opera Tion after workers decided thursday to end their monthlong speaking minutes before a closed meeting yesterday with most of the dismissed said he consulted labor lawyer Mel Myers Over the weekend about the no definite course of action was Mitic said after the Law officials were told last week the firings had nothing to do with Union activity of those affected and were decided on the basis of work performance and Mitic said those dismissed included a number of workers who had been Active in the some of them having joined the Boeing work Force More than five years were going to use every Legal Channel to get these people reinstated in their Mitic a total of 450 Boeing employees went on strike 19 to Back demands for a first the Union was certified As bargaining agent in Boe Ings two Winnipeg plants last an end to the strike came last week following the Dps election Victory and anticipated labor legislation that would impose first contracts where negotiations some of those who lost their jobs last week claimed they had not been Active Union one woman said she had opposed the Union during the organizing drive which led to Cert and voted against ;