Yeah, I know, this is definite wonk territory. But I’ll bet this will be way more intellectually appetizing at that hour of the morning than you think. Cities, first and foremost, are about water in and water out, in a way that doesn’t kill you. After that, all the rest becomes possible.
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From Metro Vancouver:
Celebrating a Century of Liquid Waste Services in Metro Vancouver… Now and Then
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
7:30 – 9:00 am
British Columbia Institute of Technology – 555 Seymour Street, Vancouver
We’ve come a long way since the 1911 typhoid outbreaks and beach closures blamed on sewage pollution. Today, thanks to visionary decisions made by community leaders, engineers and city planners during the last century, we have a comprehensive and cost-effective regional sewerage system throughout the Metro Vancouver region.
However, for the most part, sewerage services are out of sight and out of mind. We run our dishwashers and flush our toilets, without considering what happens to the one billion litres of wastewater that go down our sinks and drains in the region each day.
Join us for an historical journey of the past 100 years, and an exploration of impressive technological innovations and improvements that will unfold in the next 100 years.
Welcoming Remarks:
- Darrell Mussatto, Chair, Utilities Committee, Metro Vancouver
Speakers:
- Simon So, General Manager, Liquid Waste Services, Metro Vancouver
- Fred Nenninger, Manager, Policy Planning Analysis & Waste Water Treatment Plant Upgrades, Liquid Waste Services, Metro Vancouver
- Brian Crowe, Director, Water, Sewers and District Energy, City of Vancouver
If you plan to attend please RSVP by clicking on the ‘Register Now’ button below.
Can’t make it in person? Tune into the live webcast on www.metrovancouver.org at 7:30 a.m. on April 16!
Meeting in Burnaby at 9, because otherwise you’re right: this wonk would have loved to learn about the cost of sewage. Marohn/Minecozzi make great play of suburban pipe requirements.
As an aside, implicit in many sprawl-defenders’ rhetoric is that they are more economically productive than people living in walkable communities, and that this therefore permits them more infrastructure subsidy. I’d be interested to see a map of median incomes and infrastructure liabilities, as well as Joe M’s usual property taxes vs infra.
A total digression: I was in one of Calgary’s newest waste water treatment plants. Underground is 1 km. tunnel, that employees can bike from a plant facility to equipment. I think I did see a bike.