{"id":31648,"date":"2022-10-05T20:59:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T23:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=31648"},"modified":"2022-10-05T20:59:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T23:59:03","slug":"we-wondered-how-many-calls-and-emails-the-premiers-office-received-on-the-treated-effluent-pipe-from-the-carr-farm-development-so-we-asked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=31648","title":{"rendered":"We wondered how many calls and emails the Premier&#8217;s office received on the treated effluent pipe from the Carr Farm development, so we asked."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FALL RIVER: <\/strong>Just under 150 people sent their concerns to the Premier\u2019s office regarding the treated effluent pipe that is proposed to go into Lake Thomas from the Carr Farm development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the Facebook page Plan Fall River, a post was made with a photo of Premier Tim Houston and some writing. It was then shared to other community pages asking residents to email and call Premier Houston\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The message that was to be told to Premier Houston was \u201cNo treated Carr Farm effluent in Lake Thomas. They can process their effluent on site.\u201d It was shared 66 times from the Plan Fall River page with 30 comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;72&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Laker News inquired to the Premier\u2019s office on Sept. 27 asking how many emails and phone calls were received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Oct. 5 afternoon, Catherine Klimek, spokeswoman with the Premier\u2019s office, said there were 88 emails and approximately 50 calls from residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe understand that residents, particularly those who draw their water from Lake Thomas, are concerned about the impacts of effluent discharge on the lake and their drinking water,\u201d said Klimek in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said that\u2019s why NSECC Minister Tim Halman took action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Department asked the developer to have the consultant do a due diligence review of the original receiving study on Lake Thomas to ensure that the intake pipe has been considered,\u201d she said. \u201cThe residents in that area deserve the utmost confidence in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;148&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klimek said that has now taken place and residents should have confidence in the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt concludes that given the high-level of treatment, the proposed discharge will not have any measurable impact on the drinking water at the Lake Thomas Park Association intake pipe,\u201d said Klimek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTherefore, the wastewater approval will remain in place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;123&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;] FALL RIVER: Just under 150 people sent their concerns to the Premier\u2019s office regarding the treated effluent pipe that is proposed to go into Lake Thomas from the Carr Farm development On the Facebook page Plan Fall River, a post was made with a photo of Premier Tim Houston and some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[2,48,2517,4268],"class_list":["post-31648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-fall-river","tag-n-s","tag-premier-tim-houston","tag-treated-effluent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}