Letter - Raise the St. Mary Lake weir
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Updated: November 04, 2009 10:36 AM
In his “Don’t raise the weir” letter in last week’s Driftwood regarding the proposed raising of the weir on St. Mary Lake, Joel Shaver expressed his concerns regarding old septic systems on lake properties.
It should be pointed out that a study of existing septic fields has been done fairly recently by VIHA. The NSSWD is aware of this study and presumably has taken this into consideration. The waterworks are indicating that they wish to raise the weir for various good reasons.
If they do raise the weir and they have a licence to do so, the new anticipated water levels will be in line or slightly less than pre-weir heights. They have charts that show this. Raising the level by approximately one foot would increase the reserve of water over the summer months, a benefit in dry years and a benefit should their demands increase in the future.
Interestingly, only four lake residents have written to the NSSWD in response to the Sept. 15 letter from Trevor Hutton. I hope the St. Mary Lake stewardship group has more interest when it is revived in the near future.
Gus Mitchell,
Salt Spring
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