By tan Noble

News Reporter
HOT weather and the

ensuing increase in

water consumption
“have forced the Greater
‘Vancouver Regional °
District to replenish
"Seymour Reservoir a
week earlier than usizal,

“On: Thursday the GVRD

said it: had opened valves on
two “alpine feeder lakes to

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pump water into the Seymour
Reservoir, which is 18% lower
this year than the average of
the past three years.

As of Thursday, Seymour

was at 69% of capacity.

GVRD spokesman Mair:
Welman said opening the
valves this carly in the year is
unusual, but it's not time {0
panic.

This week, the GVRI? vill
look at opening valves’ in
feeder lakes for the Capilano
’ Reservoir,

"With this weather, it
doesn't look like we're going
to need to do it,” she said on

a wet and grey Friday morn-
ing.
It's not so much the rain

“coming ‘down that helps

reservoir levels, Welman
explained, but cooler weather.

"Capilano is at 86% of
capacity, approximately 9%
lower than the three-year
average.

From Monday July 29 to
Wednesday July 31, regional
water consumers used 4.8 bil-
lion litres (1.05 billion gal-
lons) of water, about 1 billion
litres (220 million gallons)
more than the three-year
average of 3.8 billion litres

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(836 million gallons).

Last week on Monday and
Tuesday, the region’s resi-
dents used 1.5 billion litres
(330 million gallons), and on
Wednesday consumed 1.8 bil-
lion’ Litres (400 million gal-
lons).

North and West
Vancouver receive water from
the Capilano — Reservoir.
North Vancouver's Lynn

Canyon area and Deep Cove

receive Sevmour water.

Fine levied |
for pollution

A ship docked at Vancouver
Wharves last December was
recently fined $1,500 for
polluting Burrard ; Inlet
with oil.

A reptesentative of the

- motor vessel Finwood plead-

ed guilty to the; charge
under the Canada Shipping
Act.

The oil- -discharge
offence took place on Dec.
24, 1995 near Berth (1 at
Vancouver Wharves, located
in North Vancouver
District. ‘

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Judge Doug Moss levied
the fine on July 18 in North
Vancouver provincial court.

Woman faces
fraud charges

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charged last month with
defrauding the provincial
government of fi, 1,838 in
alleged bogus student
loans.

Marilynne Ann Verhiel,
also known as Lynne
MclIvor, was charged with
applying tor two student
Joans under different
nantes for the same period
of time.

She was also charged
with making a false or mis-
leading statement ona stu-
dent loan application.

The charges stem from
alleged incidents which
occurred between Sept 1,

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