To the editor:
The 108 Mile Ranch waterworks referendum vote will be held on Feb. 27 at the 108 Community Hall.
Property owners will be voting to borrow several million dollars to connect the diminishing north shore aquifer to the present water system and install a manganese treatment (removal) plant.
The north shore aquifer level has been decreasing for years and is monitored by the Ministry of Environment.
It is deeper and much smaller than the 108 aquifer. There is a connection between the two aquifers, which will allow our existing water supply to drain into the north shore aquifer if a large pump reduces the hydraulic pressure.
The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) chemistry analysis of the existing 108 water lists the manganese quality at 0.386 mg/L, which is far below what we require to maintain good health. (Total dissolved solids is 748 mg/L.)
The unused Sepa well is also well below and could be utilized.
The north shore aquifer well may negatively impact the 108 aquifer (and also 108 Lake).
The manganese removal plant is not required due to the 0.386 mg/L quantity.
My opinion is the CRD water project is a waste of taxpayers’ dollars
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Jim Gellein
108 Mile Ranch
Editor’s note: The referendum question asks to borrow up to $2 million.
