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HANS KRAUSE, operations and maintenance superintendent of the Greater Vancouver Water District, overlooks the smooth operation of the Cleveland Dam, both literally and

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is work

to strengthen weak dam wall —

A BREAK THIROUGH in a weak spot in Cleve- Jand Dam’s east wall could cause 75 billion litres of water from. the Capilano River to come cascading through the retainer walls.

| By CHARLES MAYER |

But Hans Krause, opera- tions superintendent for the Greater Vancouver Water District, says there have been ‘*no problems since the dam was built and more work is slated to secure the sensitive area at some time in the future.”’

The cast wall of the dam is sensitive because the wall edge is above bedrock. But controlled drainage keeps the wall in check and 24- hour monitoring watches for anticipated problems.

Despite the flaw, Krause insists the dam is ‘‘a good safe site.””

Cleveland Dam is not an- old dam by engineering standards. The construction safety factor designed into. the 1950-built barrier has a tolerance margin of 10 times the needed strength.

The absolute pressure on the dam’s wall is 135 kilograms per square cen- timetre, but it could withs- tand pressure of 10 times that stress,

Cleveland Dam, named after the GVWD’s first chief commissioner Dr. Cleveland, is a gravity-designed struc- ture.

At its narrowest point it measures 7.2 metres and at its widest (at the base) it measures’ 72 metres. The dam rises about 97 metres above the river bottom and holds back about 24,000- acre feet of water.

The storage capacity of the dam’s reservoir is about 75 billion litres of water — all held back by’ 25,000 ton- nes of cement and 600 ton- nes of reinforcing steel.

Capilano Lake covers ap- proximately 268 hectares of land which up until dam construction was a valley of

‘virgin forest.

Cleveland Dam provides a water supply for areas in North Vancouver District, the western part of Van- couver, Richmond and, dur- ing some summer months, Delta.

Together with the Seymour Falls Dam (a much smaller 17-metre high struc- ture) in North Vancouver,

the two provide most of the domestic water for the met- ropolitan area.

Krause says Cleveland Dam can deliver as much as 900 million litres of water a day to users. However, average daily consumption is usually around 73 million litres a day.

Krause did say though that the GVWD is planning to upgrade the domestic water delivery capacity from - the dam by installing larger diameter piping for water transport.

This would involve, ac- cording to Krause, replacing the current !.5-metre diameter. pipe with a 1.8- metre main pipe.

Although the project was to be carried out sometime during 1986, the project was put on the backburner due to Expo 86, Krause says.

The reason for deferring the work, he says, is because excavation would not be popular during the fair.

There have been, other times when Cleveland Dam itself wasn't all that popular.

In March, 1981 a scandal broke out when the Greater Vancouver Regional District water board decided to give

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Quieti treatin a dead! disease i SLOWLY BUT purposefully Marge heads down disease, a degenerative brain to bathe and dress, become termediate care facility in (for the patients),"’ said ad- Pa the long corridor and shoulders open the door disorder marked by prog- incontinent and turn Lynn Valley, was chosen by ministrator Lenore Paterson, g leadi , t to th ti hich tri the al ressive detoriation of memo- _ belligerent, even violent. Health and Welfare Canada ‘‘And that’s important. from x eading out to the patio, whi riggers the alarm. ry, tearning and judgment. Relief has been hard to as the scene for a video pro- the standpoint of the resi- : where’s Connie? Is Connie Considered the fourth come by because many ject which will help families dent's dignity and the fami-

y DIANE BENTLEY

Overhead, a siren wails. As she stands in the door- way, not moving, not know- ing which way to go, Gail Burchett, activities director of Cedarview Lodge in North Vancouver, spots her and comes to her side.

“"Hi, Marge, whatcha’ do- ing?"’ enquires Burchett ca- sually. Marge (not her real name) hesitates, bows her

"head and replies, ‘'Connie,

here? I'm looking for Con- nie.”

Burchett who is used to this behavior, gently takes Marge by the arm and Steers her away from the doorway,

It is an episode that Marge may repeat 30 times a day. Each time she wanders off, Marge will be retrieved and reassured by one of the at- tendants.

Marge is among the 300,000 Canadians who are stricken with Alzheimer’s

leading cause of death in Canada after heart disease, cancer and stroke, Alzheimer’s is gradually destroying Marge’s mind, stranding her in a frighten- ing world where vivid mem- ortes from long aga collide with present-day events that she cannot interpret.

As the disease progresses, families ‘of victims grow desperate, and some are torn apart as they watch a Joved one hallucinate, forget how

overburdened nursing homes are ill-equipped to handle Aizheimer’s patients. The ones that do accept: them have often resorted to heavy medication and physical restraits to keep them under control,

Fortunately that approach is changing as the intermedi-

-ate care industry faces up to

what may be the coutry’s fastest growing health-care problem.

Cedarview Lodge, an in-

of Alzheimer’s victims to better understand the course of the disease and the need for institutionalization.

Its policy and practice of not using physical restraints, conservative use of drugs, special activity programs, and generally giving the res- ident a sense of still making choices in their daily fives, has made Cedarview Lodge a pioneer in Alzheimer’s victims.

“Choice is always there

caring for

ly's appreciation.””

What also makes Cedar- view Lodge successful is the specialized attention given to patients, the facility's securi- ty measures and the wide variety of therapeutic pro- grams aimed at keeping pa- tients happy and connected to reality.

Flexibility is the key to handling Alzheimer's pa-

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