ert cnn a Sr et eae Aine 3 Suadiy, PANORAMA, EAGLE | HARBOUR REMAIN CLOSED dune 26, 19K North Shore News Coliform counts rise on. beaches FECAL CoiIroxns counts . \ continue to rise’on the two North Shore beaches currently closed to public swimming, PSLhehitest results. from tests taken at Panorama Beach in Deep Cove, which was closedzJune 10, shaw coliform in the beach, waters up to” be 4043 cunits per 100 millilitres of water, . It was osiginally closed when coliforzn counts hit 220, Reaches vin the Greater Van- Ry TIMOTHY RB ews Reporter couver, Regional District are can- sidered unsafe for swimming if fecal coliform exceeds 200, According to the most tests, coliform “at West tecent Van- fcouver’s Eagle Harbour Beach has risen from 220 when it was closed Dune 17 to 269 on Friday. fy comparisan, cofifarm counts at Cates Park j Beach vin North Vancouver and) Ambleside Beach in West Vancouver were 79 and Sd Hespectively on friday Panorama .asid kagie Harbour are traditional North Shore trouble spots for coliform cantamination: Panorama was. closed in 198$ and wv MAN LAUNCHES ‘MOUNTIE’ (ABEL a Firms jockeying From ‘page. | _, Canada's first national brand of. water to be sold internationally.” Though the company has per- mission from the RCMP to use the Mountic name, for its bottled , Water, “AquaSource has: purposcly y avoided. using an actual RCMP of- ‘ficer on its label.” _. The (RCMP: ‘cannot, under the “RCMP | Act, “endorse, sgoinmercial products. > : ‘AquaSource: was the “first com.” pany to apply fora fresh water export licence in B.C., and its ap: : plication, eventually resulted in an amendment tothe B.C. Water Act. northwest: of: Vancouver, uP the --AquaSource is, also licensed to elt Approximately , 20.000 gallons : Per day in B. Ce AL 1,500 feet. highy the falls, ° 2 with an® “estimated | average daily flow: “of, 18 million’ “gallons, are. seven: times higher. than “Niagara, - \ Beach says. its water, whichcomes” - fromothe’ protected , “watershed : of. a Freil’ Lake, is’ 0: times purer, than : “AquaSource ‘holds all the neces- ‘sary water, forest and land licences” ' to build a smafl:dam- on’. the falis. * and develop: the = Water” expo ut the’. company needs an estimated $3.1: million in , investment capital ., for: the, Freil:. * Lake project anda water bottling - Another,’ $937,000 ‘will: also . he prodtic tin the Beach is lobbying | the provincial & applied | to'the Western Diversifi ica- Fu ney: to launch y ibutor ‘of, Pepsi.Cola and Per- I Lake site for: . as expressed interest in bottl- .. i nd : distributing Monte: dn’ us ‘water ‘transport, water. control,” "water. analyses, promotion and advertising ‘Fhe: plant’s sité,: “he ‘said, be'on the North ‘Shore’ but would: : i be in the Fraser-S rey: ; could - ~AQUASOURCE pI resident Colin ‘Beach | ‘pours “himself a gla ‘of the; ‘the poliution | 1986; Eagle Harbour: fas closed. at various ‘times over ‘the “ previous three years, in the dune 22 chronicling the Harbour, Bill public health ws” clesdre of Kimmett, WspPiector story chief for, pinning’ down'a single source for at. either wof the beaches was increasingly doubtful. He said Friday sewers in’ both ‘water. The West Vancouver, company hopes to. Aap the $1.5 billion bottled owith its uniquely, Canadian product. ret arra : : 5 Water ‘taken, from” the, falls will be “gravity fed via: pipes’ from the © sAquaSource : dam, to’. barges “or small “bulk: «tankers, which would : connect to'a floating or submerged plant: _ loading pipe and then/transport the watér to the company’ sot ower - : Mainland botiling plant. “Water would bi “AquaSource? 5 * bottling plant aboard a barge; bulk exports te ja company’ :bottlin aboard: 5. 000- tonne tankers: - Tom Smith, manage ° licensing or the: been Eagte, ; 1 the | North Shore, said the fikelihoud of that areas have been “check od thoroughly for leaks and cracks . but no damage has been located. The health department is cur- rently taking four water ‘samples daily, from Panorama and samples daily from Kagle Harbour. Fecal, coliform are | micro- “organisms found in animal feces. They are used as an indicator. by health officials of sewage con- mination. supbey and Monday mostly’ - sunay, Highs near 21°C. -: Tuesday, sunny with. cloudy Hl periods with a chance af Showers. Business... 0.0.02... [46° Classified 'Ads........./.59 Doug Collins. Comics. :......26.0% Editorial Page. seeeeed Fashion... 0... 65 Bob Hunter, wateees Lifestyles... tees MaiIvOK «ese ae TY Nei eg Travel... secre dee. “expected i _icebreaker VERSATILE. PACIFIC Henry. Larsen, icebreake will, be pe the first, week of ‘vessel. in the. first Alsop said. three ¥ ah, “to, ithe Canadian: Coast Guard: But he declined to) comment fur- "ther on the sea trials, saying it. was not norma! for them: to.be regard. ed with. such scrutiny) “When the trials are over,’ then : i we will celebrate,”’ Alsop said..”: The Henry Larsen was originally. scheduled : for: delivery fast; July,: ‘but ran. into* two’ major technical an probiems | that--have- iwice., delayed delivery. fo: Coast Guard: a uThe vessel’s shafting system) damaged: in late June}: months. later, | Versatile, discovered ” ‘defects i in the ‘Henry Larsen’ s four ;