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WATER POLLUTION

Cove residents must monitor themselves

Dear Editor:

As a resident of Panorama Drive
in Deep Cove, | am absolutely ap-
palied at the state of our wates. If
everyone doesn’t do his bit we
face the loss of a wonderful recre-
ation area.

I realize that more investigation
will have to be conducted to see
why our ‘“‘swimming hole”’ is clos-
ed more than it is open, but in the
meantime residents must do all
they can to keep litter out of the
water.

Someone above the waterfront
has the nerve to continually dump
their grass cuitings into the water
along Deep Cove. Because of the
poor flushing action, this grass
travels back and forth betweer
Seycove Marina and the surroun-

Pollution is a doggone problem

OPEN LETTER TO NORTH
VANCOUVER DISTRICT
COUNCIL

Congratulations regarding the
Deep Cove coliform count. You
finally caught the culprit — the
local dog.

Not the cats, deer, geese, bear,
humans or the budgies. It is essen-
tial that you not blame the ducks,
seagulls and geese as you are un-
able to create bylaws to contain
these creatures.

Possibly you should consider the
double-barrelled threat in the dog

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fish. Whales must create havoc in
the pristine Alaskan bays.

Several questions come to mind.

¢ Do the weekend yachts cvin-
cide with the coliform count?
Possibly the yachts have dogs on
board.

© Why is toilet paper floating in
the cove? Believe me, dogs are not
that well trained. However, you
could create another bylaw to cor-
rect this situaticn.

*® Why was the water safe when I
was living in Deep Cove during the
1930s and 1940s? There were inany

dogs.

® If I promise to shoot my dog,
will you promise to repair the
sewer system, check the septic
tanks, stop the yachts, kil} all the
birds, animals and fish, remove
two-thirds of the houses on
Panorama and increase the tidal
action to ‘‘flush”’ the cove?
Barrie C. Brundage
North Vancouver

ding residential docks.

In conversation with the health
department recently, they advised
me that grass cuttings should not
be disposed of in this way. Besides
the wnsightly mess that hangs
around for days, chemicals on the
gtass are introduced into the
water.

One weekend we had grass,

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paper cups, an empty plastic oil
can used for an outboard and a
tire complete with zim go by our
docks.

Vm afraid the local residents
had better take a hard look at their
own habits and how they affect the
environment.

Mazgeret Munday
North Vancouver

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