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DRINKING water
quality should te
assured sooner rather
than later, says the
Greater Vancouver
Regional District’s
water committee.

In a 4-3 vote Friday, com-
mittee members recommend:

the GVRD to meet gevern-
ment standards, said the
report. The GVRD expects to
spend approximately S314 mil
lion on the first phase of the
drinking water proyrant,

That will include a number

h Shore improven

including the Seymour filtra
tion plant, expected to be
operational in| 2002 with
GVRD board appro’

A primary disint ;
tem at Capilano, which is now

pleted and begin operation by
2000.

Ata Nov. 2] mecong. the
Wuler COMICS Was 4
the question ef when to pro
coed with the first phase of the
Project. Some members wor
nied about a significant hike in

ter rate and municipal

s. On Dec. 12, the GVRD
board asked the water commit.
tee to consider the scheduling
of the work, Phat request led
to Friday's recommendation,

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Vancouver’s water supply,
Litdemore added.

“We are not putting all the
risks.and benefits in one pack
age and picking the most cost-
effective one or the most intel-
ligent one. We are just
responding in, I think, a bit of
a knee-jerk fashion,”

The delaying option would
have prolonged the risk of
waterborne ¢ for two
years in age for a lighter
hit on water rates in the short
term.

The water committee's rec-
onmmendation to procee
the original schedule will go to
the full GV RD board of d

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