Keys to fitness Firefighter Jon Popham shares his favourite ideas Page A11
Flu Shot Clinic
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November 12th 9-11am
OAK BAYNEWS
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250-382-2328
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
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Oak Bay serious about Uplands sewer solutions Public input crucial in next steps for mandated water separation Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News
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Cultural celebration
The Victoria Hindu Parishad and Cultural Centre celebrates Diwali – the Festival of Lights – with its annual cultural festival at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium this Saturday, Nov. 7. Tickets are $15, available from the UVic Ticket Centre at 250-721-8480, at tickets.uvic.ca or in person at University Centre.
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Oak Bay’s provincially mandated sewer separation project in Uplands primarily needs public input to make a next move. The Uplands neighbourhood currently has a single pipe system to convey both sanitary sewage and storm water. During heavy rainfall, the volume of water exceeds the capacity of the system, sending overflows into the ocean at the Rutland and Humber pumping stations. “The idea is to resolve the outflows to the beach,” said Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen. Separation is also required to comply with BC’s Municipal Wastewater Regulation that all municipalities have separate stormwater and sanitary sewer systems. Oak Bay plans to mandate sewer separation and connection to the separated municipal sewers when available for new homes in Uplands, to mandate sewer separation for homes undergoing renovations of
$100,000 or more and connection to the separated municipal sewers when available and to update its permit fees to reflect current costs. “We are looking at incentives for homeowners,” Jensen said. “Our goal is to create an incentive for people already separated, to hook up.” Oak Bay will consider a policy to cover the cost of connecting properties with sewers separated prior to the municipality separating the combined sewers. Those costs would be included in the sewer separation construction contracts. Because the district has for several years required property owners in the Uplands to separate their services during major renovations or building a new home, 12 per cent of the homes in the Rutland catchment and 39 per cent of the homes in the Humber catchment have separated sewers to the property boundary. In May, the district hired McElhanney Consulting Services, which developed of six possible options to separate the sewer system. All six assume easements through private property are not in play. PLEASE SEE: Several options available Page A2
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