Water charges
rise in NV District

RESIDENTS OF the District of North Vancouver face an
annual increase of 15 per cent in their water user charges.

For a single-family residence,
the annual charge jumps from
$79.44 to $91.11.

District council voted recently to
amend its Waterworks Bylaw so
that the new charge can take effect
Jan. 1, 1988.

According io Mayor Marilyn
Baker, part of the reason for the
increase is to pay for the frequent
breakage of the aging asbestos-
cement pipes in the district.

““We were into the tune of some
$412,000 in uzexpected pipe
breakage during 1987,’’ said
Baker. ‘‘It simply wasn’t budgeted
for and we were not in a position
of ignoring that. It's part of tne
whole question of infrastructure
ead one which municipalities
throughout the province and this
country have recognized is in need
of upgrading and replacement.”

According to district staff, a
majority of the older piping in the
district is made of asbestos-ce-
ment, but staff maintains that this
does not present a health hazard,
except when the pipes break. Some

Contributing Writer
older pipes are also made of iron
and this presents a problem
because of rusting.

Ald. Joan Gadsby was opposed
to the water charge increase. ‘‘Fif-
teen per cent is just too much in
my view," said Gadsby. ‘‘Individ-
ual residential taxes increased
substantially, that is enough of a
hiccup for people to deal with in
1927."

Ald. Ernie Crist supported the
increase. ‘‘Ninety-one dollars in
Mmy-opinion is not excessive and
especially when you think of some
parts of the world where they’re
less fortunate than we are and they
pay that much in one month.”’

Said Crist: ‘No one iikes to in-
crease water rates...the facts are
that in the District of North Van-
couver water is required by each
and every resident and it is a fact
of life that the water mains
break."

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