WY expects big
savings with new
watermain system

Three-year project near completion

WEST VANCOUVER District is in the final stages of
completing a cross-country watermain that is expected to
save the district approximately $200,000 a year.

Doug Wylie, West Vancouver’s
assistant director of operatioas,
said the final sections of pipe for

* the watermain are being installed

now and the new system should be.

in operation by the start of
December.
» The project has been three years
‘in the making.
“Wylie said the watermain will

: transport ‘significant quantities of
water’ from the Greater’ Van-
couver Regional District (GVRD)
supply system at Cypress Bowl
,Road at the Upper. Levels High-
. way in the. west to-above Cypress
Falls Park into -the Eagle Lake
supply system in the east:

‘The: water will. be pumped in
both east and west directions.

2Wylie said a sophisticated
high-pressure pump station will
‘allow water supplied. by the
» Greater Vancouver Regional
. District (GVRD) from its Capilano
‘and Seymour reservoirs to be
pumped during the summer dry
periods into the West Van-
-couver western areas to augment
the limited water supply available
from’. West Vancouver's Eagle
Lake reservoir.

“<During . the ' fall and winter

months, when there is an excess of |

water. in’ Eagle Lake, the water

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

flow can be reversed and the ex-
cess watcr can be pumped
eastward to offset the purchase of
pumping water from the GVRD.

“I¢ was always recognized that
we had a problem west of Cypress
Creek with drought. We can now
save pumping and purchasing
costs from the GVRD,’’ said
Wylie.

He added that in the future the
district may raise the level of
Eagle Lake to provide more
reserves as well as extend the
cross-country watermain further
east from Cypress Bowl Road to
allow more GVRD water to be
displaced and thereby realizing
more savings.

Wylie said it is estimated that

_this year’s werk will come in at

about $100,00C under budget. The
total cost of the project was $2.5
million.

“Success of the project was due
in part to the cooperation of Brit-
ish Pacific Properties Ltd. and
Plover
whose lands the pipeline travels,”’
said Wylie.

BC. gov’t makes changes
to! land acquisitions process

“THE BC. government is taking a
new. approach to land acquisitions
for: new. schools in order to cut
costs for taxpayers.

Education Minister Art “Char-

. bonneau says ..the education and
municipal affairs ministries will
consult up front with developers,
municipalities, school boards and
‘municipal planners on ways to ac-

“quire land for new schools at

~ lower costs. Previously, planning

.., and site purchases were done fate
in the development process, when
land values: had, already
significantly increased,

“CAs part of the government’s
B.C. economic strategy, we want
to make ‘sure that spending for

“community facilities and capital
projects is coordinated. to make
wiser use’ of limited financial
resources,’ said Charbonneau.

“With a school . construction
budget of more than half-a billion
dollars, we have to ensure that
schools meet a full range of com-
munity expectations and — that
spending is done as prudently as
possible,’’ he said. .

Municipal Affairs Minister
Darlene Marzari said, ‘Govern-
ment will introduce legislation
based on these consultations which
will enable school boards to ac-
quire land for’ schools in more
cost- effective ways.”*

CORRECTION
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THE SECOND Annual
Evergreen Hall Craft Fair will be
held on Saturday, Nov. 27 and
Sunday, Nov. 28 on Bowen
Island, a 20-minute ferry ride
from Horseshoe Bay, West
Vancouver.

Island artisans and local
merchants — including Bowen
Berries Gift Shoppe, Bowen
Istand Clothing Company,
Crafty People Fine Foods, Ven-
ture West Westloon Gallery —
will display their crafts at  his-

WEST VANCOUVER
COUNCILLOR

‘Annual Bowen island T craft fair set

toric Evergreen Hall.

Evergreen Hall is a 10-minute
walk from the Snug Cove ferry
terminal. Old-fashioned
refreshments will be served at the
fair. For more information call
947-0312.

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