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GM to build water clarification plant General Motors of Canada has begun construction of a $690,000 process waste water retention and clarifying plant which the company expects will be in operation at its car and truck assembly plants here by year's end. The announcement was made executive vice president and general manufacturing manager, Last month, GM said that about two thirds, of an $11 million program to eliminate cupola emissions at its St. Catharines foundry now had been achieved and that the remainder would be com- last week by E.J, Barbeau, Keeping it clean CC J with Bill Dodds Heard any silence lately? .... A few years ago, a bleary-eyed homeowner was in' Provincial court complaining about the racket his neighbor's air conditioner made all summer. i While his neighbor slept in cool comfort, he tossed and turned all night because of the sound the outside compressor made. 3 Finally, the only solution he could think of was to suethe neighbor and parade a line of expert witnesses in a courtroom. ' Almost before the ease got under way, the judge cut to the quick of the air conditioner case. "Does anybody make a muffler or silencing hood for that thing?" he asked, indicating the machine. The experts agreed: "Yes". ' "Then buy one," he ordered. "Case dismissed." ; It was a simple, logical solution, but it's hard to be logical and unemotional where noise is involved. Noise is the pollution that can have an effect on the emotional stability as well as on the body. It has been around a long time. Julius Caesar was said to have complained about the clatter of chariot wheels on the cobblestones of Rome and banned them from the streets after sunset. Now psychiatric studies are under way exploring the effects of noise and some interesting results are showing up. . One New York psychiatrist reports there is a recurring fantasy among some men who live near- major airports. It involves breaking into the nearest armories and stealing an anti-aircraft gun. And the next low-flying jet . . . boom! This particular student of human response to noise becameinterested in the subject when he discovered his new:house.was on the flight path to John F. Kennedy airport. Jets, cars, trucks, motorcycles, snowmobiles, vacuum cleanes, transistor radios, stereos, jack hammers and rivetting guns -- all these things and more are assaulting our ears. The pain threshold -- the point where sound actually hurts -- is easy to establish, It is the . neighborhood of 140 decibels. That's somewhere between the interior noise level of a diessel truck cab and the sound of a small jet engine 100 feet away. And the majority of medical opinion is that a steady noiselevel about 80 decibels for a long period of time can cause some hearing loss. But experts are still studying the levels at which noise contributes to emotional stress. The Department of the Environment is working on noise regulations, for Ontario. Environment Minister James Auld said he is considering a new approach to the development of these controls, sctting up a single community as a pilot project in noise regulation. This would provide a field test for the workability of restrictions and the results could then be applied for the whole Province. 3 "Tad Pe A Kits from $129.95 from $1299.95 16' x 32° Completely Installed | INCLUDES -- BOARD, LADDER MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT......... / 88 JOHN ST., PORT PERRY Bus. 985-2808 AL Above Ground In Ground Kits | pleted by February 1973 -- seven months ahead of schedule, The company is: now in the final stages of $26.2 million program of air and water purification at its Canadian plants announced twp years ago. " new Oshawa installa: tion will include two tanks, each with 250,000 gallon capacities, and two settling ° basins, each with capacities of 3,000,000 - gallons. The Facilities tie together process waste water systems of three "south" plants, At the same time, Mr." Barbeau announced comple- tion of a water purification system at GM's Oshawa "north plant" component manufacturing complex. With a capacity of 300 gallons . per minute the system re- moves suspended solids and metals at the rate of 1,800 lbs. per day from effluents orig- inating in the radiator and - battery plants. GM is currently adding a seventh boiler and second stack to its "south plant" powerhouse, The new boiler which will be oil-fired will cope with increasing de- mands for steam and is expected to correct occas- ional smoke problems which can occur under 'low load" conditions. It will be opera- ting by December, Although the present installation is meeting air management standards, studies are underway on the feasibility of fustier conversion from coal to oil. Television 'has even en- . tered into GM's anti-pollution program. A TV camera aimed at the top of the south plant stack gives the opera- tor of the boiler house control console a constant check on stack emissions at any given 'moment, Also at the south plant complex in recent years, the company has been installing higher energy and higher efficiency wet-type paint spray booths for passenger cars, At the north plant boiler house there is a continuing program to upgrade the oil burning facilities. A major improvement has just been completed on one boiler, engineering work is pro- ceeding on the second and Continued on page 8 WATER ST. - 235 ANA] Far st fall 8 i! HAA 2A V Mad sla Al PORT PERRY STAR ~ Wednesday, July 19, 1972 ~ Play-off chances alive Port Perry Ballard Lum- ber Intermediates improved their chances of making the playoffs as the team won two games last week. In a thrilling extra innings contest Tuesday night, Lum- bermen: edged Oshawa Juniors 4 - 3, Doug Scott took the win coming on in relief of Ken Goreski. The winning run came on a passed ball in the bottom of the twelfth inning. \ The following night the team journeyed to Unionville and came away with a 7.- 5 - win to move into a tie with Unionville for third place in the standing. On the mound Doug Scott BACK HOE Hank's Excavating SEWER INSTALLATION COMPRESSOR RENTALS Dig Depths up to 18v2 feet. Eres | Phone 985-2333 or Box 489 PORT PERRY pitched a strong game, striking out six, glying up two walks and six hits. 7 Jody Williams, Garnél Warriner and Bob Smith 7" provided power for Port Perry as they slammed two hits each. $ The Lumbermen have two games at home this week. In their new uniforms they'll be meeting Oshawa Juniors on Wednesday night, and Thursday night will take on second place Bay Ridges, * Prior to this game the team will be introduced to the fans to let them have a good 100k" at the players and learn the numbers, Game time is 8:30 with the player introduction shortly before. 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