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PAGE 6 ♦ THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ JULY 20,2005 durhamregion.com One day's rain not sufficient to lift ban From page 1 t , 100 per cent sure why the green stuff is hitting Whitby so hard. Q: What is the Region doing to fix the problem? A: Cleaning out the algae as much as they can from the Whitby plant. There is money in the budget to add settling tanks, which should help. The plant is also scheduled for expansion in 2010. Q: Why didn't you prevent the problem problem from happening in the first place? I've never been unable to water before. A: While algae this size has been seen in other years, never has there been so much of it. Its occurrence is also very , unpredictable. That, combined with the unusually long hot, humid weather and lack of rain, has created a unique situation. situation. This is the first'water ban in the Region's history. Q: Is the Whitby plant just too small? A: No. The problem is not about capacity. capacity. It's about algae and higher than normal demand due to the weather. Q: Why don't we just charge excessive excessive water users a big fee during the ban? A: In a way, that's already happening. Municipal water is user pay: whatever whatever you use, you pay for. So if your neighbour is constantly washing down their driveway or running their sprinkler, they'll have the bill to show for it at the end of the month. But the Region cannot tack on an extra fee during the A. J. Groen/ The Canadian Statesman Thom Sloley, operations plant manager of the Whitby Water Supply Plant, holds some algae that has been clogging the screens. ban - the water bylaw does not permit that. Q: I tried to call the works department department to réport excessive watering, but got an answering machine. A: Unless the Region hires, more staff to be water police, answering the multitude multitude of phone calls and constantly chasing water abusers is not feasible -- nor an effective use of tax dollars. 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