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7 iâ€"â€"â€",â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"_â€" wATme-murytsmu -s QUIT SMOKING! ills“ wwwdaocrquluca kttcltenetkta com @ 5I9.880.I237 519 5" 2828 i What 8 that smell. 1 O , O C O . I The region 3 garbage dump ts generatmg concerns fiJr westsrde resrdents ~ ! The Waterloo Region Landfill. 8°" suiph'de ””55““ “ "“3 5m“ . originally openedI in I 972, now sits that stinks ‘â€" by 75 per cent before 1 right next door to the (3in of the endof2009. ‘ Waterloo's urban development. 8‘" .m 2009’ the numberoi _ a I This is the first in a three-part complaints almost doubled 38‘1"" . ‘ ‘Y 3‘: I" wg. . . series that examines the uneasy to {56‘ . . . .4 use ‘ ‘5" . I}! ’5‘ i : relationship between the landfill We hada b" of a spike‘rn 2’1” ‘3 in , g; L 1 and (he 10(an 2009. said Linda Churchill, senior if; g‘ 1 2‘ . . _ envrronmental engineer at the 541 "tt.;'- 3 ‘ 3 1 mammmmuu landfill it} “I -' 1 Chronicle Stuff That was due to a couple of fac- " I ‘3 '. . l , 3. , tors. including wet weather. And a - ‘ ,~ . . 1 ast fall. Anne (‘hilds began to feel new area of the landfill. known as a i' ,, . ARE ‘ ”‘ I New ill. cell. was being constructed in the ' 3 , J g ,. { ”Your lungs burn. l had south end ofthefacility. ' “A“ "7 . headache, dizziness. Your eyes During CODStrUCtion, ‘We did ‘, _ . . . I burn.” said the Westvale reggae":~ have to connect into the old cell. i" ; nu;u~«i“~“" ‘ _ 3!. ”You feel very unwell; a nausea so that contributed to the spike. " i feeling." That was in August â€" nice and l Childs reported the symptoms warm and h0t-' of her physical illness to the Minâ€" “Connecting into the Old cell” is istry of the Environment â€"â€" landfill speak for digging ““0 an because she believes they are relat- Old mound 0f garbage. ed to her proximity to the Waterloo “When you dig into an existing ‘ Region landfill. closed garbage hill, it is unthink- “They can it mom, But it's polâ€" able. the odour." Childs said. .i _ . _ lution." Childs said. “They told us n would be a cou- The Waterloo [legion Landfill has been the sublet: of 921 complaints In the past 12 years. As development creeps In 1995' Childs moved from ple of weeks. It lasted the entire closer, is it feasible to continue operating an urban landfill? Guelph to her Waterloo home, summer. And they did this when WWW“ which sits about one kilometre the)l were already under the odour married at the landfill to keep drawn at? and used bya Tommont “The whole idea of digging a directly west of the landfill. abatement plan requirements With odours in check. - Energy power plant lomted on site hole in the ground and putting “I had confidence in the region the Ministry “the Environment." According to Churchill, that to generate electricity, the plant stuff into it is so antiquated.“ when l moved here that if they With development booming on includes covering the active por- doesn‘tuseallof it. There has been some progress were building houses here, that the westside, Upper BEEChWOOd tion of the landfill with soil every “The lesser quality gas has on the stink â€" the number of this was a safe place to build hous- resident Henrik 1405883111 thinks night, and using “fence line mist- odours associated with it as well." complaints dropped from 156 in as and to live.” she said. it's past time for the region to shut ing' -â€" spraying an odour neutralâ€" Churchill said. "We want to use a 2009 to 72 in 2010. The 72-hectare landfill site. the landfill down. izer. portable flare so we can move it ”We do try to be a good neigh~ located west of Ira Needles Boule- Noesgaard said the odour is not “it doesn't cover up the odour. around the site to where we're bout." Churchill said. vard, first opened in 1972 when an issue in his neighbourhood. He It's supposed to tie up theodourso landfilling, draw off the lesser Childs agrees that the region there was very little residential or firSt became aware of the issue it doesn‘t go anywhere,” she said. qualitygas. and burn it 05." has been very proactive in commercial development on the When he ran for City COMICil in Some of the odourabatement The Toromont Energy plant, attempting to control landfill pol- west side. Due to the success of 2006‘ projects are not yet complete. she billed as 'green power” on its web- lution. recycling. it‘s been operating “i learned that there'sa problem said. site. does not come without an air 'But the bottom line is. you ‘ longer than initially expected. and here, and thfie people are dealing For instance, they identified quality price. have an active landfill . . .Tbchnol- was expanded in 1990 despite With it on their OWN." he said that some of the odours were comâ€" CI‘V reported that Toromont is ogy alone isn't going to put a bub- protesr from a group of local resiâ€" "NobOdY pays much attention ing from the north end, and a oonâ€" among the region's worst polluters, ble over this and contain it," she _ dents. t0 it," tractor is currently working on coming in third place after releas- said. In December 2008. the MOE Along With (ihilds and several drilling venical wells there to col« ing 310 tonnes of pollutants in "This city. and this region, is required the landfill to begin an other members of west Side com- lect landfill gas That process was 2009. probably one of the finest places odour abatement process munities. Noesgaard has been a delayed because of weather. but There are far more innovative one could live in the whole won The landfill had received 85 regular at the "385003 landfill li8i~ should be finished within a few energyâ€"generating processes that try. And it's quite a black spot â€" odour complaints in 2008 ~ more 80" committee. WhiCh holds Pub- weeks could be used. said Nougaard. quite a shock â€"~ that this situation than double the number they “C meetings fourtimfiayeart There’s also been a delay in "They're burying itandletting it exists" received in 2007. At the meetings. residents Voice implementing a relatively new rot. and then the gas from it rotting Next week: The building boom The goal of the odour abate- their concerns and are updated on technology. While some of the is sucked off. That process takes next door _ development on the , mom process was to reduce hydrov What techniques are being impleâ€" methane gas from the landfill is years." he said. mtside. ‘ ‘ St { DECORATING if ‘ g i _ â€"â€"s DFSIGN CENTRES- 4:: A , . ‘ ~. -â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€" i A g 533 KingsStroot N.. Waterloo ; i V- V ‘ ' 7 . to) 172-1127 l_ '1 3"“ ’ “" f3 ' i 677 BelmontAvo. w.. 1120 More St. N.. ' _’., 4» __ i , , '_ , KWCHENER KITCHENER 1 3 it: ll|.ltlllll \lu-uv‘ (519)5755330 (swisnnm { was m.hoondocorotlng.odrn . ‘ W