Regional District Pulls the Plug on Bottled Water Plant Plan

Thursday, July 19, 2007 02:57 PM

The plan for a water bottling plant near Valemount has been withdrawn.

The applicant, Irvin Leroux, withdrew his application until he is certain the proposal will not have a detrimental impact on the valley.

Public hearings on the plant heard concerns from area residents on several issues including:

Increased vehicular traffic, impact on the aquifer, no regulations on commercial wells, impact on groundwater levels and there has been no aquifer mapping or groundwater information.

The matter was before the Regional District of Fraser Fort George again today, and without discussion, Directors defeated the bylaws that had been designed to allow the project to advance.

Regional District Staff say Leroux would certainly be able to re-apply at a later date and provide more information that addressed the concerns raised by area residents.

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Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 02:57 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Chadermando on July 19 2007 4:35 PM

Damn shame a guy couldn't fill up a container with some bottled water and ship it off the the highly polluted China where they will pay its weight in gold....

Posted by: owl on July 19 2007 5:43 PM

Filter and treat it there and save the additional pollution cause by shipping water from one place to another. Not only an environmental disaster, but a very inefficient use of human resources.

Posted by: Parrothead on July 19 2007 8:29 PM

Wanna bottle water and ship it to China? Do it in Kitimat, right after the reservoir, where the water will end up in the Pacific anyways. Easier to ship from there too- just pump it directly into tankers.

Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on July 19 2007 10:57 PM

"...The applicant, Irvin Leroux, withdrew his application until he is certain the proposal will not have a detrimental impact on the valley..."

Ya, like the valley is real small and two million people live there.

Actually what I really find hilarious is Mount Trudeau is on the east side of the valley. Even in death the one finger man lives on in through the nut bars that he legitimized.

On the other hand there is a bunch of mountains in the area named after politicians, so the water would be no good anyway. Too much e coli from bull manure.

Posted by: owl on July 20 2007 9:13 AM

"defeated the bylaws that had been designed to allow the project to advance."

If I am reading this correctly, it sounds as if Administration recommneded its approval? On what basis?

It seems that once more, the people are concerned about their health and their livelihood and want to make sure that an industrial process does not usurp their right to proper living conditions and protection of the businesses they already conduct in the community.

This time directors seemed to listen. Must have been in one of their "backyards", so to speak.

I find such processes in northern communities leave something to be desired.

Posted by: thereasonableman on July 20 2007 11:44 PM

Why doesn't he bottle water at McEwan Springs like everybody else ? The water there is the best and it's just running under the road anyway.