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Firefighting 101 Recruits learn how to battle a car fire during firefighter training at Otter Point Fire Training Centre on Sunday. Both Sooke Fire Rescue and Metchosin Fire Department are training new members. The new firefighters are expected to be on the job in mid-April. For more on the training, please turn to page 3.
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Repairs to a broken pipe that leaked wastewater onto Belvista Place and Sooke Road on Friday could be costly to repair, District of Sooke officials say. The leak was discovered by a nearby resident at about 10 a.m. after a small pressure line broke, said Teresa Sullivan, the district’s chief administrative officer. Wastewater Once the leak was discovered, line spews the wastewater was directed into a nearby sewer manhole to protect water on the environment. Belvista Place The 10-inch pipe sends wastewater from the Belvista pump station and Sooke to the town’s wastewater treatRoad ment plant. The pipe is made of thick plastic and buried six to eight feet below the street. Repair to the pipe, which broke at the joins between two pipes, became complicated when a replacement part could not be found, Sullivan said. The section of the pipe was located late Friday afternoon and repairs began Saturday morning. The site was secured overnight. The pipes had to be drained to almost a trickle before the 10-year-old pipe could be fitted with the new part. Three hydrovac trucks were used to suck the raw sewage out of the pipes and eight dump trucks hauled more than 20 loads of raw sewage away to be safely disposed. “It was not an easy problem to fix,” said acting mayor Rick Kasper. Kasper said the repair bill could be costly. The district is still calculating the costs of the repair and EPCOR is helping to pull the financial information together, said Sullivan, adding the information will be released when available. See DISTRICT / 12
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