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ce. eiNenheear IGE Project Hit BECKER nae Waterway SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CP)--| rable Human nature and the stub- bornness of established industry ORTH are the greatest stumbling 143 blocks of efforts to decontam- 984 inate New Brunswick's water- 108 'ways, says Dr. John S. Bates, 10 chairman of the New Brunswick EAST Water Authority. aKI96 An example is the St. Croix bali River which Dr. Bates says Shoe? "'we're bound we're going to re- : OTH habilitate."" 21059 A dumping ground for indus- trial waste and domestic sewage 7 for decades, the river has been 1642 transformed from a scenic wa- terway into a sewage-clotted stream. West North Repeated attempts by the wa- Pass 2@ ter authority to enlist the help of communities and industries ° ive of clubs. slong the river went unheeded. reach many However, in recent years re- ns about the newed efforts by the authority enders' hands have sparked response from a S not actually number of communities. ome of these Milltown, with a population of a sensational 2,000, will start work this spring ase where de- on a $150,000 secondary sewage 1€ Opponents' treatment plant. Fe a ea lly and came Downriver in Calais, Me., ay of making plans are under way for a $2,500,000 plant 3 3 East took the Woodland, Me., site of the : and returned giant Georgia Pacific mill, : mond. West which Dr. Bates considers the | ind continued "biggest offender' in pollution ; vhich E ast of the river, has engineers plan- 2 third trick ning a $3,800,000 plant which is a ; expected to handle domestic a club, won sewage from Woodland and in- ; : la hate dustrial waste from the mill. ; & st followed WANTS ACTION NOW | : The water authority feels t'2 efforts of St. Stephen, N.B., where Mayor Ralph Pollard louble-finesse says "'it's a big project, and n to dummy we're not going to rush into it tak without due consideration," and ete, U yon the Georgia Pacific mill are this method inadequate and long overdue. vious and the Dr. Bates says St. Stephen, e, looking at t the winning to do is to which comes under his author- ince the play ity, will be ordered to match ; would as- the efforts of other towns along Thi ivision. the river. is p o-called nat. Georgia Pacific's industrial LOWER THE a ~ HEFE re ome 0 Iways right relations director, Raymond} rt enough in Kozen, says the company is 2 ee : e " i : be eee deduce that fully aware of the need to pro- . : if " : : rted with the tect and restore the river. He : os oo S ae i ee Accordingly, says the change from a sulphite ? 4 4 l and made operation to kraft with a mod- | s ern woodroom and oil - fired § } y strong in- mill, completed in August, 1966, F : arila 10n spades were stopped the discharge of ash, : ee bog ourse of the chips, wood waste and aulphite a bas id shown up liquors into the river. Experi- ; ee: fiamond. He ments now are under way to i ' a club at prevent any solids from going : st Pe gge ie into the water. - P : bee y tha ast He says present plans are for 4 : ecisely four the mill to discharge all waste ; 5 Lb.Ba 4 EVAPORATED now polluting the river into the | 10 Lb. Bag }. Bag lowed that treatment plant it will share : ght cards in with Woodland. The company 16 Oz. ¢ vere divided expects to end pollution of tye : ¢ Steinberg C ; ~ nably would { river by 1969. Brand be the bidding Dr. Bates says the company's ee} ad had five efforts are inadequate and slow. C8 ades. East's "There is no reason to delay thus be- until 1969. The. work should be -1-4, and the done now. And simple screening spades was isn't enough. There must be sical play to primary treatment of all the | mill effluent before it goes into cece the secondary plant. FRANKFORD | ican '"'agri- Prateee by ': rate citizens STANDARD Halves h sheds its groups are credited with moving skin' like a town councils to action in sev- Rod eral areas. og Milltown's Mayor John Dris- ; TT pe el ell coll gives citizens in the town 4 credit for the council's decision Orchard King Frozen t treatment plant. A Pkg. of 2-24 Oz. Bits. j a a. 'shies Tannen that ' Aloha Unsweetened F . i The Real Thing From Florida costs of pollution control go up : bas five to eight per cent each year : = Oz, and that the water authority 14 Oz. : ¢ Cc could, and probably would, or- fos der action that should be taken Tins : voluntarily. ' For ; * At Calais, town manager Louis Ayoob says: "It's going to be costly, but there's too much at stake--we're going to go now. Costs are jumping each TT. Min Shi the ster Scotties-Asst'd Colours, Steinberg Frozen should have been restored by : - 4 the end of 1966 or earlier. ; f 4 "Stubbornness of established d r00 ; : industry is holding us back. 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