Peter McIntyre Thursday, 14 May 2009 107.5 KISSFM:
Some Greater Vernon Advisory directors wonder if health officials are pouring taxpayers money down the drain. Interior Health wants NORD to add a filtration system to the Duteau Creek Treatment Plant in the next few years, saying it will prevent diseases like crypto-sporidium. BX Silver Star director Mike Macnabb questions spending up to $10 million when there's never been any cases of crypto in this area. "That is a huge increase for perhaps a very small diminishment of any kind of potential problem. That's my concern, that we may be chasing too few bugs with way too much money." He says it hasn't been proven scientifically that illnesses people experience on a yearly basis are directly related to the water. Macnabb suggests the better idea would be to protect the Duteau Creek watershed. Interior Health's Roger Parsonage told the Greater Vernon Advisory Committee they can't provide funding for filtration, but would support NORD in grant applications. The agency wants the filtration added by 2015.
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There is nothing quite like a swivel servant (Roger Parsonage, IH) telling elected officials what to do.
Was it a slow day and Interior Health couldn't find anything to do or were incapable of managing they regular business?
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