the proben of what to do
-with the: garbage might be to
ask the Greater Vancouver
Regional District (GVRD) to
take North Van’s garbage
temporarily, Bell suggested.

But Municipal Manager
Doug Welsh threw cold
‘water on =:that. suggestion,
saying ‘that: the GVRD,
experiencing waste disposal
problems of its own, recently
asked North Van to take
garbage from other parts of
the region; so wouldn't be
too eager to take North
Shore garbage.

“Don’t hold your breath,”
Welsh warned.

It was not immediately
obvious whether Saturday’s
sudden torrent in Lynn
Creek was due to a diversion
dam bursting a mile beyond
the top. of Lynn Canvon
Road or from a buildup of
debris which was suddenly
unleashed near the
suspension bridge.

The surge of water burst
beyond the usual path of the
creek, diverting the creek
hundreds of feet from its
original course, ripping out
the roadway at the foot of
the 150 foot high landfill and
dumping an embankment of
garbage into the creek.

Leachate collection
systems in the landfill were
exposed and _ shattered,
leaving leachate pouring into
the waters.

Water poured over an
area north of the existing
landfill — right where the
municipality was planning to
dump garbage Starting this
week.

This means the only spot
available for dumping
garbage collected on the
North Shore is the existing
mound which has already
raised the fury of neighbors

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who maintain the rotting
garbage on the landfill is
piled, so high that not only
have they lost their view ‘but
their health is suffering. -

Work crews with‘ cater-
pillar tractors and giant
earth diggers were fran-
tically trying to return the
river to its original course.

Banks beside the creek
were strewn with garbage for
hundreds of yards, some of
the. trash hanging from the
branches. of ‘nearby trees.
The garbage had _ ac-
cumulated: over years of

dumping. Newspapers from >

1969 were found on the
banks, as was a licence plate
dated 1957.

Bell told Alderman Ernie
Crist at Monday's meeting he
doesn’t know when _ the
garbage will be cleaned up
from the creek.

“It's very difficult to get
: to the creek,” he said.

But Ernie Lawson, head of
the provincial waste
management branch's
municipal section, had no
trouble getting into the
creek and getting a first hand
look at the problem — he
fell in while inspecting it
along with municipal of-
ficials Monday.

Also on hand was
Fisheries Officer Floyd
McKee, who said he was
unable to immediately assess
the full impact of the effect
of the creek carving a new
course and being littered

with garbage.

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not had it analyzed.

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stigated the charges already
facing the District of

‘polluting the creek with

leachate from the landfill.

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But though he considered
the latest situation the most
serious instance of pollution
of the creek to date, he
didn’t anticipate having
further charges laid as a
result.

McKee acknowledged
that District is doing its best
to rectify the problem and
said it might be difficult to

establish blame for the
catastrophe.
Alderman Crist told

council the, first thing that

dumping. of - garbage,” -after
which .the river must be
restored to its original site
and a completely new study
of the garbage problem
undertaken.

Bell told him the river was
being diverted to its original
bed but that it is impossible
to stop dumping garbage, as
“the only way to stop
dumping is to stop
(residential) pick-up of
garbage.”

The flooding came two
days before Bell had planned
to ask council to endorse a
proposal for a master plan
for the landfill. The mayor
went through with the
proposal Monday, -
suggesting that “Perhaps the
need for a plan is even more’ °
imminent.”

Bell said he decided a plan
was-needed after complaints _ .
from area residents about |
the landfill in recent weeks. |

The public, and even
some council members,”
don’t know what plans

“istrict has for the landfill,

aa voted to have staff. ; :
prepare the master plan and
a three dimensional model of
the landfill. The plan, when
ready in a few months, will
come back to council for
debate and then will be
thrown open for public
discussion.

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