A lot has been written and said about the waste water treatment facility that is being built for our town. Some media have been finding ways to put a negative spin on it, causing doubt and anxiety among a few citizens. Three years ago when a new Town Council stepped up to fill the...
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As some of you know, The Town of the City of Dawson is attempting to comply with a 2003 court order issued by the Yukon Territorial Court to build a secondary waste water treatment plant. Yesterday afternoon (Aug. 13/09) we appeared in court at the old Administration Building before Judge Lilles to provide court...
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For those of you following Dawson’s progress toward secondary wastwater treatment, you will be pleased to know that a contract has been signed with Corix to design/build a deep shaft system in Dawson (press release). This has profound meaning on many different levels; over the next few years we will see a huge boost...
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It appears as if the Yukon News is allowing only one opinion to be published regarding the conflict between the unsuccessful bidder for Dawson’s waste water treatment and the YTG/Dawson procurement team. The following was submitted to the Yukon News by our project team leader and thus far has not been printed in the letters to the editor...
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Or should I say ‘water reclamation facility’? As some of us know, the ongoing saga of secondary treatment in Dawson remains unresolved. But we shouldn’t loose hope, because during Dawson’s court hearing presided over by Justice Lilles last Thursday, everyone gave their thumbs up on progress to date. Even counsel for environment Canada was...
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This morning I had the privilege of addressing the Canadian Water Network who are in town conducting a workshop on the Yukon River Basin. The delegates were interested in the long history surrounding our ongoing secondary sewage treatment saga. How it all got started and why during the past 25 years we failed to...
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The most recent hearing and update regarding the court order directing Dawson to build secondary sewage treatment was held today via teleconference. The courtroom in Dawson was connected to Judge Lilles in Vancouver and the courtroom in Whitehorse along with counsel on both sides. Looking at the gallery I was dismayed to see hardly...
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The City of Dawson requested that the next court update be held in Dawson. This session will likely deal with the ongoing fallout from the referendum and what steps if any will be taken by the City to remedy our secondary wastewater treatment as ordered by the court. The Judge and counsel for both...
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I’ve removed and archived some of my postings leading up to the referendum where I put forward arguments in favour of a no vote. At this point there really is no purpose in continuing to publish those opinions any longer. Town council is anxious to move in a direction that will respect the wishes...
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Looks like the yes side has won the referendum preventing construction of the lagoon at the proposed location. Consequently, as of now the City has no memorandum of agreement with the Territorial Government for the 17 million dollar project and we have increased our exposure to new charges from Environment Canada that could result...
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