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Trie Acton Free Press Wednesday May 31 Sewage plant facts figures The original water pollution control plant for the town of Acton first began operation In October 1951 and was sub extended in Further growth in the town resulted in a further extension in 1978 to increase treatment capacity to cubic meters per day Imperial gallons per day The plant comprises an activated sludge process for secondary treatment preceded by Inlet screening grit removal and primary settling tanks In addition tertiary treatment effluent phosphorus removal and twosUge sludge digestion are provided To minimize the effluent loading on Black Creek during he summer period a unique form of tertiary treatment con stating of a lengthy settling period followed by sprayed sand filtration is incorporated Incoming raw sewage passes first through a shredding device After this screening Ihe raw sewage enters an aerated grit tank and sand particles are removed Then the waste flow is hydra lea lly divided into streams to the original plant or the extension Next stage is the primary settling tank where dense sludge is transferred to raw sludge hopper to a primary The effluent from the primary settling lank proceeds into aeration tanks for about seven hours Now the effluent enters the final settling tanks for another seven hours The final tank effluent Is metered through flumes and enters the tertiary settling lagoon for about hours This lagoon is about nine feet and covers two thirds of an acre This effluent is then pumped and sprned HALTON REGION CHAIRMAN Morrow The effluent enters the chlorine tank for defecting left receives the key to the expanded Actoa which destroys any diseaseproducing water treatment plant from V Anderson last Wednesday Construction cost is General contractor is Varamae Construction Co Ltd Toronto mechanical contractor Wood Ltd Burlington electrical contractor Standard Electric Ltd Toronto Consulting engineers are V Anderson Associates I td Toronto Extension opened THE PLAQUE which was unveiled by Ontario Environment Minister George McCague and Mayor Tom Hill at the opening of the Acton water treatment plant Continued from page the province The plant will be monitored and a study will be made to see about a fur ther addition and further growth MPP Julian Reed also spoke of the best quality effluent required He asked Mr if he recalled thai his predecessor George Kerr had gone for a swim In Hamilton Bay and wondered If Mr would con ONTARIO ENVIRONMENT MINISTER George and Hills Mayor Tom Hill left unveil a plaque marking the addition to the Acton water pollution control plant Wednesday Halton Regional chair man Morrow stands beside the Minister The ceremony was part of the regional works tour Halton workshop to chart rural development THE TRIO WHO make the water treatment plant work In the centre is chief operator Ted Curtis who is flanked on the left by operator Gord Williams and on the right by operator trainee Doug Andrews CVCA names room builder Regis Investment Ltd received the green light ahead of two other contenders lo build a portoble room beside the Credit Valley Con servation Authority CVCA headquarters at Meadow vale The bid was awarded during the CVCA executive meeting Friday at Meadow vale Regis had the middle bid at but It also took into account a skirt for building Bids were also received by the authority from Canadian Portable Structures and Development Co According to CVCA chairman the single storey structure will house the authority staff for five years How has life In rural County changed How Is It likely to change In the years ahead These questions will be central to discussions on Saturday June at a workshop meeting to be held in Centennial Manor at Milton The meeting will give people from rural Halton an opportunity to tell the University of Rural Development Outreach Project what they think of the changes taking place In and what hey would like for the future in rural development The workshop will include videotape presentations and small discussion groups The whole program will be planned to afford the people of Halton opportunity to Idcitlfy and comment on Halton unique development concerns The Rural Development Outreach Project of the of first established contacts in Huron County an area relatively unchanged by recent urban expansion Several projects have already begun in that area including a drainage survey a study of the plan process as it affects a rural community and other cultural and social urograms The is now in in the changes taking place in an area such as which Is feeling the pressure of urban expansion from several sides The challenges facing the people of and which the may assist in meeting will likely be quite different from those in Huron The rural development Outreach Project of ihe University of is supported by he K Kellogg which puts emphasis on projects intended to help people help themselves Anyone Interested in at lending he workshop or who would like more information should call collect to Valerie Gilmor at the University of 3654 wading in final stage You go suggested Mr McCague Reed also showed a joking concern far he section in the leaflet about the plant called Grit Removal That why the Minister says you go first quipped the mayor Seriously said none would begrudge the money for such a facility we are faced with a challenge to make sure our environment is clean and we pass it on to our children It will allow Acton to grow in the future V Anderson of Anderson Associates recalled when ihe plant was built in 19S1 replacing septic tanks We d think the town would grow out this far Now In he said It is good to see how Acton has progressed since then Mr Anderson contributed the plaque which lists tors and councillors Introduced to the crowd were Paul Coburn regional director for the Ministry of the Environment Alex Giffin district officer municipal and private abate ment systems Art Thomas manager of utility regional councillors Jim Watson Jim Kerr Miller Roy Booth Tom Sutherland Jack Raft is and Laurie Two Hills council lore were present Les and Walter Blehn The regional councillors and staff arrived in a huge rented bus a few minutes late They were on a regional works tour and came here after lunch at House in Milton There were about on the bus The general public had been invited to the opening tn Farmers host Four farmers two from Milton one from Georgetown and one from Burlington have applied to J Junior agriculturists his rv program sponsored by Ihe Road South The Junior Agriculture program sponsored by Ihe Ontario Ministry of culture and Food gives 1G PERCHED HIGH IN A HILL are the two digesters and control buildine homes the opportunity which handle the raw sludge at the water treatment plant on Churchill flbout Although no young people from North for the program there were applications from Burlington Overall 150 young people and farmers applied The teenagers will be interviewed over the next few weeks to pick the participants During the nineweek period beginning Juno 19 the students under the direction of the farmer will take part in daily activities of the farm Hours of work can be long and irregular depending on the farm activities and the Host farmers pay Ihe students five dollars dally and provide room and board The Ministry provides a further six dollars daily Sales VIEW OF service building and final tanks of the expanded water treat plant It was a popular weekend for garage sales NEED MONEY for that SOMETHIN There may be a gold mine in your Attic Basement Garage Items you no longer need may by wanted by someone RAISE CASH NOW Sell them through Phone now 8532010 mi