Delta Council knowingly overloads sewer system to breaking point
Recently, a major break on the South Delta-Ladner force-main pipe resulted in thousands of gallons of raw sewage discharging into ditches of raw sewage discharging into ditches near Ladner. The sewer system has been overloaded for two years.
When the sewers were built for South Delta in 1963, the maximum capacity was for 17,700 people. By 1987 the population had already exceeded this figure.
Today estimates run from 19,00 people to 21,000 people. In spite of this excess, the municipality continues to issue building permits, which deliberately overloads the sewer system to the breaking point. What is the Health Department doing about this?
Maybe the council, by overloading system, is forcing the citizens of Delta to accept the upgrading of the sewers. The new sewer system, to be paid for by the Delta taxpayer, could be of far greater capacity than is needed by existing residents in order to incorporate the large scale development projects that city council has planned.
B.C. Government promotes development on Agricultural Land Reserves
In June, 1988, the Provincial Cabinet by order-in-council permitted golf course development on Agricultural Land Reserves (ALR). Since that time developers and consortiums of multi millionaire developers have been purchasing or placing options on the ALR. They have been pressing municipalities with proposals for golf courses on the ALR.
People are beginning to realise that golf courses are just the start leading to further development and subsequent erosion of the ALR. Our scarce and precious farm land is threatened.
