tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21678143.post7768479666307672757..comments2024-03-12T02:07:42.321-07:00Comments on Kayak Yak: Sunday Paddle? Not.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04784243328798635180noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21678143.post-89848201954237388752009-01-18T20:22:00.000-08:002009-01-18T20:22:00.000-08:00The big problem with a sewage treatment plant is t...The big problem with a sewage treatment plant is that they're talking about building it in the Haro Woods and pumping out at Queen Alexandra's Solarium for kids, near Arbutus Cove. That's good kayaking territory! And Haro Woods is a recovering, naturalizing forest after a nasty clear-cut. Not the best location, I think.<BR/>The real big problem with a proper sewage treatment plant is that it's hard to get permissions to tanker-truck the treated sludge to farmland. If there were space to dry the sludge out to a compost-like texture, it could be hauled in ordinary trucks. That is, if could if there were enough farmland on the Island to accept the dried sewage materials. Say, for fertilizing hayfields or grazing range for cattle. Oddly enough, this rocky Island has very little of either. Our local cows producing local milk do not eat local food -- their feed is trucked in from Alberta. And oddly enough, no one wants to spread solids from treated sewage on farmland that grows crops for human consumption the same year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com