rocks below. Beyond the the entire system. No _ third protected dam and lake

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spillways crashing tons of ‘Operator, who monitors and unbelievably cheap. water. valves ¢ nish ee eee
sparkling pure water Onto the —_ controls the flow throughout ‘The GVWD also has a he va atts West End * 687-996

dam, surrounded by steep- stranger to the water on the Coquitlam River.
sloping, snow-capped moun- ~ business, Ward’s grandfather While there has been some

tains, lay Lake Scymour, still ‘was the Water District’s first talk of opening the Seymour
‘aS a painting and clear as a Superintendent, his father River area to the public as far
huge liquid crystal. was a foreman, and his uncle as the dam, Water District
Hugo Blome, Relief worked forthe Water District officials are concerned about
Caretaker at the dam, points ‘for 47 years. Ward, at 39, has security.
out that because the watersh- worked for the Water District People like Silverton,
cd is a restricted area andthe 10 years. Krause and Blome want to
water is exceptionally -clean, Apart from being so pure, keep our water safe and pure
only screening and a*small our water is also a super for the coming generations.
amount of chlorine is added.
The GVWD keeps tabs on
the water by performing over .
6,000 tests for bacteria ‘an- ©
nually - and over 5,000: tests”
for the physical and chemical
nature of the water. .
Since Seymour Lake is up’ me
in the mountains, gravity is
all that is needed to pipe it
throughout the system.
water heads downstream in
6.5 foot diameter pipes,
where at the foot of Riverside

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