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SLIDE 1

June 1994

Ci t y of W

i nni peg W at er wor k, W ast e and Di sposal Depar t m ent

Phase 1 Techni cal

M em

r andumf or

C

m

bi ned Sew er O

ver f l ow

M anagem ent St udy

PU BLI C PR

ESEN TATI O N

Techni cal M

em

r andum No . 8

I nt er nal

Docum ent by :

W ARDRO P

and

Tet r ES

Engi neer i ng I nc.

C

O N SU LTAN TS W C .

I n Associ at i on W

i t h :

G

r e & St or r i e Li m

i t ed and EM

A Ser vi ces I nc .

SLIDE 2

D I SC LAI M ER

Thi s Techni cal

M em

r andum i s

f or i nf or m at i on t o t he Phase 1

W

r kshop

par t i ci pant s .

I t i s a dr af t docum

ent i nt ended f or i nt er nal di scussi on and i s not i nt ended as a r epor t r epr esent i ng t he pol i cy or di r ect i on of t he Ci t y of W i nni peg .

June 9, 1994 3 : 07pm

SLIDE 3

TABLE O F C

O N TEN TS

June 9, 1994 10: 02am

1 . 0

BAC

KG R O U N D

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.

1

2 . 0
I SSU

ES .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. 2-

3 . 0

C

O M M U N I C ATI O N STR U C TU R E

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. 3-

3 . 2 . 1

Sci ent i f i c Consul t at i on

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-

3 . 2 . 2

Publ i c Consul t at i on

.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-

4 . 0

PO

TEN TI AL C

O N SU LTATI O N PR O G R AM

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. 7-

Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

3 . 1

AD VI SO R Y C O M M I TTEE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-

3 . 1 . 1

M andat e

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-

3 . 1 . 2 Responsi bi l i t i es

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-

3 . 1 . 3

M em ber shi p

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-

3 . 2

C O N SU LTATI O N

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-

4 . 1

STU D Y PH ASES

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-

4 . 2

M ETH O D S

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-

4 . 3

PR O PO SED C O M M U N I C ATI O N PR O G R AM .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10- 4 . 3 . 1 Phase

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-

4 . 3 . 2 Phase 2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11

4 . 3 . 3

Phase 3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-

4 . 3 . 4 Phase 4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-

4 . 4

SU M M AR Y

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-

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LI ST O

F I LLU STR ATI O N S

June 9, 1994 10 : 57am

Fi gur e

1

Pr oposed O

r gani zat i on :

C SO St udy

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-

Fi gur e 2

G

ener al

Appr oach

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-

Fi gur e 3

C

SO M

anagem ent

St udy Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on Pr ogr am

. . . . . . . . . . . 10-

Tabl e

1

Ri ver W

at er

Q ual i t y and C

SO s i n W

i nni peg

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-

Tabl e 2

I l l ust r at i ve Li st

f or

Consul t at i on wi t h Sci ent i f i c C

m

m ui t y

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-

Tabl e 3

I l l ust r at i ve Li st

f or Consul t at i on wi t h Speci al I nt er est

G r oups

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6-

Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

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1 . 0

BAC KG R O U N D

June 9, 1994 10: 02am

Par t i ci pat i on by t he publ i c i n t he C

SO m

anagem ent

st udy

i s war r ant ed f r om t he st andpoi nt

f r om bot h Ci t y pol i cy as wel l as t hr ough t he di r ect i on of t he Cl ean Envi r onm ent C

m

m i ssi on . The Ci t y has est abl i shed

pol i cy gui del i nes f or ci t i zen par t i ci pat i on

i n publ i c w

r ks pr oj ect s .

The pol i cy out l i nes cr i t er i a f or pr oj ect s w her e publ i c par t i ci pat i on i s war r ant ed . These cr i t er i a

i ncl ude pr oj ect s w

hi ch have key st r at egi c i m por t ance i n t he Ci t y' s l ong- t er m pl ans,

pr oj ect s

w her e t he Ci t y i s seeki ng publ i c i nput , awar eness and suppor t f or a pr oj ect , a hi st or y of publ i c i nvol vem ent

i n t he

pr oj ect ,

and pr oj ect s w her e

a r equi r em

ent

exi st s f or Envi r onm

ent Act appr oval s . The pot ent i al C

SO pr ogr am m

eet s t hese cr i t er i a i n t hat t he pot ent i al cost s i nvol ved

i n C

SO cont r ol

ar e m

assi ve, and t he Ci t y wi l l seek publ i c suppor t

f or such a cont r ol

pr ogr am

as i t has i n i t s r i ver qual i t y pr ot ect i on pr ogr am

s i n t he past . Ther e has been a hi st or y of publ i c i nvol vem ent

i n r i ver

cont r ol pr oj ect s and t her e

wi l l

be r equi r em ent s

f or endor sem

ent

f t he

C SO cont r ol

pr ogr am f r om M ani t oba Envi r onm ent

.

The Cl ean Envi r onm ent C

m

m i ssi on ( CEC)

i n

del i ver i ng

i t s

r epor t

n

t he wat er

qual i t y

bj ect i ves f or

t he Red and Assi ni boi ne r i ver s i n June 1992,

r ecom m ended t hat an advi sor y

r

st eer i ng com

m i t t ee shoul d be est abl i shed dur i ng i m pl em ent at i on

f

t he st udy and t hat

m em ber s

f

t he sci ent i f i c com

m uni t y shoul d be i nvi t ed t o col l abor at e

i n t he st udy desi gn .

Thus, t he C

EC gave som e speci f i c di r ect i on i n t er m

s of consul t at i on wi t h cer t ai n publ i cs . The Ci t y pol i cy gui del i nes pr ovi de di r ect i on i n t er m s of t he obj ect i ves of ci t i zen par t i ci pat i on . The gener al

bj ect i ve

i s t o obt ai n publ i c suppor t

f or

a C

SO cont r ol

pol i cy and t o devel op a st r at egy f or act i on . Publ i c i nvol vem ent

i s i nt ended t o accom

pl i sh t he f ol l owi ng : zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

"

enabl e t he publ i c t o have bet t er under st andi ng of t he C

SO cont r ol

pl anni ng pr ocess ;

"

hel p det er m

i ne and def i ne t he publ i c' s needs ;

"

pr ovi de a f or um f or i nt er est ed gr oups and i ndi vi dual s ;

"

cr eat e

under st andi ng am

ng

st akehol der s

f

t he t r ade- of f s i nvol ved

i n C

SO cont r ol

pt i ons .

Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 6

2. 0

I SSU ES

June 9, 1994 1 0: 02am

The f undam ent al

i ssue r el at ed t o com

bi ned sew er

ver f l ows

i s t he di schar ge of

unt r eat ed

sew age com bi ned wi t h st or m r unof f

i nt o t he r i ver s .

Thi s

i s an envi r onm

ent al i ssue wi t h r espect t o t he publ i c and r i ver

user s,

as wel l as t o t he envi r onm ent al r egul at or y agenci es as

a m

at t er

f envi r onm

ent al

pol i cy .

The r i ver uses t hat ar e af f ect ed or

pot ent i al l y af f ect ed by

di schar ges ar e show

n

i n

al ong wi t h t he wat er qual i t y aspect af f ect ed by C

SO

di schar ges . Asi de f r om t he i ssue of envi r onm ent al

pol i cy, t he wat er qual i t y par am

et er

f

m aj or concer n i s m i cr obi ol ogi cal

qual i t y i n t he r i ver ,

i . e . , f ecal

col i f or m cont am i nat i on,

and

f l oat i ng m

at t er w hi ch i s aest het i cal l y unpl easi ng . As backgr ound t o publ i c at t i t udes t o r i ver wat er qual i t y, a r ecent sur vey done usi ng speci al i st consul t ant s as

par t

f

t he r i ver qual i t y st udi es i s r el evant

.

The sur vey w hi ch w

as done i n

1990 quest i oned 815 r andom

l y sel ect ed W i nni pegger s above t he age of 18 ( t heor et i cal

er r or 3 . 5%

, 19 t i m es out

f

20) .

A copy of

t he f ul l sur vey

i s avai l abl e .

I ssues addr essed w

er e

r i ver use,

per cei ved bar r i er s t o use and desi r e f or i ncr eased r ecr eat i on, know

l edge of pol l ut i on

cont r ol

and wi l l i ngness t o pay f or i ncr eased pol l ut i on cont r ol

.

Two- t hi r ds of t he r espondent s w ant ed t o i ncr ease t hei r r ecr eat i onal use, especi al l y am

ng t he

younger age gr oups . The m

st

i m por t ant i ssue not ed w

as pol l ut i on .

Al ong wi t h aest het i cs,

t hi s m

ade up 50%of t he t ot al r esponse . A ver y hi gh r esponse w as r ecei ved f or t he unai ded

quest i on r egar di ng addi t i onal uses or

f aci l i t i es desi r ed,

i ndi cat i ng t hat t hi s i s an i ssue of hi gh pr i or i t y f or peopl e .

M

st

peopl e w

ant ed m

r e cycl i ng and wal ki ng pat hs, whi l e 28%w

ant ed

speci al ar eas f or canoei ng .

O ver 75%agr eed wi t h t he st at em ent

t hat t he di r t y appear ance

f t he r i ver di scour ages t hem f r om r ecr eat i onal

use .

A hi gh l evel

f

concer n and r esponse w as

consi st ent l y not ed about per cept i ons

f

r i ver qual i t y .

Ther e appear ed

t o be som

e

under st andi ng about t he nat ur al

t ur bi di t y and m

uddi ness of t he r i ver ,

but appr oxi m at el y 85% i ndi cat ed t hat t hey

f el t t he Ci t y w

as

not doi ng enough t o pr ot ect t he r i ver s .

W hi l e al l t he r espondent s appar ent l y w ant ed m

r e done, t her e w

er e di f f er ences i n opi ni on about w

ho w as

r esponsi bl e

( i . e . , Ci t y or i ndust r y) .

Ther e i s a poor under st andi ng about t he l evel

f

pol l ut i on cont r ol pr esent

i n W

i nni peg .

For exam pl e, al m

st

1/ 3 di d not know how w

ast ew at er t r eat m

ent

i n W

i nni peg com par ed t o t hat

i n ot her ci t i es .

Ver y f ew peopl e f el t t hat

pol l ut i on cont r ol

w as good or ver y good . O ver

hal f

Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 7

TABLE 1

R I VER W

ATER Q

U ALI TY AN

D

C SO s I N W I N N I PEG

R I VER U

SE C SO I SSU

EzyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

"

Aest het i cs

"

Fl oat i ng m

at t er

" cl ean- up r i ver s

"

Envi r onm ent al Pol i cy

"

O ver f l ow of sew

age

"

Pr i m ar y Recr eat i on

"

M i cr obi ol ogi cal

sw

i m m i ng/ i m m er si on

( publ i c heal t h)

"

Secondar y Recr eat i on

"

M i cr obi ol ogi cal

boat i ng/ f i shi ng

( publ i c heal t h)

" I r r i gat i on

"

M i cr obi ol ogi cal

gr eenhouse,

veget abl e

( publ i c heal t h)

"

D

m

est i c W at er Suppl y

"

M i cr obi ol ogi cal

r aw w

at er suppl y

( publ i c heal t h)

"

Fi sh

"

Sedi m ent ?

"

D. O. ?

"

M i cr obi ol ogi cal ?

"

C hem i cal s?

SLIDE 8 June 9, 1994 10 : 02am

f t he r espondent s i ndi cat ed t hat r aw sew

age w as di schar ged i nt o t he r i ver s,

al t hough t her e appear ed

t o

be

som e

under st andi ng about t he i nt er m i t t ent nat ur e

f

com bi ned sew er

ver f l ows .

About

2/ 3 st at ed t hat

pol l ut i on f r om t he Ci t y caused an i m

pact dow nst r eam.

O n

aver age r espondent s i ndi cat ed t hat t hey woul d be wi l l i ng t o pay an addi t i onal am

unt
n t hei r

wat er and sew er

bi l l

f or pol l ut i on cont r ol

.

3 . 0

C

O M M U N I C ATI O N STR U C TU R E

The st r uct ur e f or

f aci l i t at i ng t he advi sor y and consul t at i on pr ocesses i nvol ved i n t he C

SO m anagem ent

st udy has been pr oposed t o M ani t oba Envi r onm ent

.

The pr oposed st r uct ur e i s

com pat i bl e wi t h t he Ci t y pol i cy gui del i nes f or publ i c i nvol vem ent and i s i nt ended t o m eet t he i nt ended C

EC r ecom

m endat i ons .

Fi gur e 1i l l ust r at es t he pr oposed or gani zat i on .

Each of t he m ai n el em ent s of t he publ i c com m uni cat i on st r uct ur e i s di scussed bel ow.

3 . 1

AD

VI SO R Y C O M M I TTEE

The Ci t y pr oposes t hat an Advi sor y C

m

m i t t ee be est abl i shed t o pr ovi de advi ce t o t he Ci t y and t he

consul t i ng t eam as t o st udy pur poses, scope,

bj ect i ves,

m et hods, and

publ i c

i nvol vem ent . The Advi sor y C

m

m i t t ee

i s expr essl y i nt ended t o be di st i nct

f r om t he Ci t y

Pr oj ect M

anagem ent C

m

m i t t ee, t her eby pr ovi di ng advi ce f r om an ext er nal

per spect i ve .

The pur pose of t he Advi sor y C

m

m i t t ee i s t o i m pr ove t he qual i t y, com pr ehensi veness, and

cr edi bi l i t y of t he st udy .

3 . 1 . 1

M a ndat e

The com m i t t ee' s m andat e w

ul d be t o pr ovi de advi ce t o t he Ci t y .

The consul t ant woul d

t r ansf er pr oj ect - r el at ed i nf or m at i on t o t he com

m i t t ee t hr ough m eet i ng

pr esent at i ons ( and docum ent at i on as avai l abl e) . Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 9

" St akehol der " Consul t at i on

publ i c
user s
speci al i nt er est

gr oups

Pr oposed O

r gani zat i on : C

SOSt udy

Consul t i ng St udy Team Speci al i st Consul t ant s

Consul t at i on St udy Execut i on

Ad vi sor y

Sci ent i f i c

" Advi sor y Com m i t t ee"

Com m uni t y

Ci t y Pr oj ect

M
an. Envi r onm

ent

advi ce on

M anagem ent

Ur ban Af f ai r s

st udy desi gn Com m i t t ee

M

ani t oba Heal t h W i nni peg Heal t h

Fi sher i es ; M ani t oba, Feder al Sel ki r k & Di st r i ct Pl anni ng Ar ea

M ani t oba Agr i cul t ur e Sust ai nabl e Devel op. Coor d. Uni t ( M an . )

SLIDE 10

3 . 1 . 2 Responsi bi l i t i es

June 9, 1994 1 0 : 02am

The Advi sor y C

m

m i t t ee i s t o oper at e by consensus . The com m i t t ee' s r ecom m endat i ons wi l l

cl ear l y be i dent i f i ed as advi ce t o t he Ci t y,

wi t h t he Ci t y havi ng no obl i gat i on t o accept t he advi ce .

Par t i ci pat i on on t he Advi sor y Com

m i t t ee woul d be com pl et el y vol unt ar y wi t h no st i pend or r em uner at i on . M eet i ngs shoul d not

be m

r e f r equent

t han quar t er l y . At

l east

ne

per son f r om each

f

t he Ci t y

and consul t ant woul d at t end t he Advi sor y C

m

m i t t ee m eet i ngs

( non- vot i ng st at us) as a r esour ce t o t he

Com m i t t ee,

f or

m eet i ng docum ent at i on and t o f aci l i t at e cor r espondence bet w een t he

Ci t y' s Pr oj ect

M anagem ent C

m

m i t t ee and t he Advi sor y C

m

m i t t ee . Advi sor y C

m

m i t t ee r esponsi bi l i t i es i ncl ude r evi ew of i nf or m

at i on pr ovi ded pr i or t o m eet i ngs, and t he pr epar at i on of advi ce sui t abl e t o t he agenda pr oposed f or each m eet i ng .

The com m i t t ee

i s expect ed t o r epor t

t o t he C

EC upon com

pl et i on of t he st udy, al t hough

i ndi vi dual m

em ber s w

ul d not

be bound by t he com

m i t t ee' s opi ni ons and coul d r epor t

r m

ake

r epr esent at i ons i ndi vi dual l y t o t he C

EC. 3 . 1 . 3

M

em ber shi p The Advi sor y C

m

m i t t ee m em ber shi p wi l l

be open t o st akehol der s w

ho ar e si gni f i cant user s

f

t he

r i ver s,

r egar dl ess

f

whet her

r

not t hey have a f i nanci al st ake

i n t he st udy .

The

sci ent i f i c com

m uni t y at l ar ge and speci al

i nt er est gr oups ar e not t o be i ncl uded, because t hese

gr oups wi l l have oppor t uni t i es f or i nput

i n t he consul t at i on pr ocess ( Sect i on 4 . 0)

.

Repr esent at i ves of t he f ol l owi ng depar t m ent s/ agenci es ar e pr oposed f or m

em ber shi p : zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

"

M

ani t oba Envi r onm ent

"

Ur ban Af f ai r s

Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 11

3 . 2

C O N SU LTATI O N

3 . 2 . 1

Sci ent i f i c Consul t at i onzyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

"

M

ani t oba Heal t h

"

W

i nni peg Heal t h

"

Fi sher i es ( Pr ovi nci al

and possi bl y Feder al )

"

Sel ki r k and Di st r i ct

Pl anni ng Counci l

"

M

ani t oba Agr i cul t ur e

"

M

ani t oba Sust ai nabl e Coor di nat i on D evel opm ent

Uni t

June 9, 1994 10: 02am

The Ci t y' s Pr oj ect M anagem ent C

m

m i t t ee r ecom m ends M

s . Heat her

M acKni ght

f

Ur ban

Af f ai r s as chai r per son,

r al t er nat i vel y, t he Chai r coul d be sel ect ed by t he Advi sor y C
m

m i t t ee

i t sel f

.

The Ci t y and t hei r consul t ant s i nt end t o consul t wi t h t he publ i c,

key st akehol der s, and t he

sci ent i f i c com

m uni t y t hr oughout

t he st udy .

The

Ci t y ant i ci pat es t w

som

ew hat

di st i nct consul t at i on pr ocesses, as di scussed bel ow.

The st udy wi l l

benef i t

by par t i ci pat i on of

sci ent i st s and academ

i cs w

ho ar e st akehol der s

i n

wat er qual i t y m

anagem ent

deci si ons t o be m

ade by C

EC / M ani t oba Envi r onm ent

i n r espect

f

i ssuance of gui del i nes, st andar ds or l i censes r el at ed t o r i ver wat er qual i t y .

Par t i ci pat i on

f

academ i cs/ sci ent i st s wi l l hel p t o ensur e t hat t he l ocal

sci ent i f i c per spect i ve

i s consi der ed,

t hat st at e- of - t hear t i nf or m at i on i s r el i ed upon dur i ng t he st udy, t hat appr opr i at e

sci ent i f i c m

et hods ar e ut i l i zed t o suppor t assessm ent s, and t o assi st

i n set t i ng t he st udy

di r ect i on .

I n t hi s w

ay,

t he cr edi bi l i t y of t he st udy desi gn wi l l be enhanced and t he f oundat i on

f

i t s deci si ons st r engt hened .

Par t i ci pat i on i s expect ed t o be on t he basi s of m

eet i ngs wi t h i ndi vi dual s or gr oups of sel ect ed

sci ent i st s or academ

i cs i n t he f i el ds of f i sher i es,

aquat i c bi ol ogy, wat er qual i t y, publ i c heal t h, and envi r onm ent al engi neer i ng . I ndi vi dual s w

ul d be sel ect ed on t he basi s of di r ect l y r el evant

Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 12

3 . 2. 2

Publ i c Consul t at i on

June 9, 1994 10 : 57am

exper i ence,

i n r esol vi ng quest i ons or uncer t ai nt i es w

hi ch have ar i sen i n t he st udy pr ocess, as

wel l as t hei r bei ng r epr esent at i ve of a br oader cr oss- sect i on of r el evant sci ent i f i c di sci pl i nes .

The Ci t y i s i nt er est ed i n m

ai nt ai ni ng i nvol vem ent of t hose sci ent i st s/ academ i cs w

ho have been

consul t ed

r w

ho have cont r i but ed t o st udi es t o dat e ( e . g . , Dr

. Ken St ewar t

f t he Zool ogy

Depar t m ent ,

Uni ver si t y of M ani t oba) , as wel l

as t hose sci ent i st s w

ho appear ed at t he C EC

hear i ngs and expr essed concer ns about

r i ver wat er qual i t y .

A r epr esent at i ve l i st

f

pot ent i al

cont act s i s show

n i n Tabl e: :.

.

The Advi sor y C

m

m i t t ee wi l l

be asked t o r evi ew t hi s l i st and pr ovi de t hei r advi ce on par t i ci pant s . Par t i ci pat i on by t hese sci ent i st s i s expect ed t o be vol unt ar y and wi t hout st i pends, unl ess by except i on f or speci f i c r esear ch .

M eet i ngs w

ul d be ar r anged by t he consul t i ng t eam at t he

conveni ence of t he par t i ci pant s . These i ndi vi dual s w

ul d not act as a C
m

m i t t ee .

Topi cs f or di scussi on wi l l r el at e t o t he sci ent i f i c i nt er est of t he i ndi vi dual or gr oup .

The consul t ant s wi l l

pr ovi de i nf or m at i on t o t he par t i ci pant s and seek advi ce f r om t he par t i ci pant s . Consul t at i on

i s expect ed t o t ake pl ace near t he end of Phase I t o al l ow com

m ent

n pr oposal

st udy desi gn and sci ent i f i c appr oaches i nvol ved

i n t he st udy .

Subsequent m eet i ngs w

ul d t ake pl ace i n

each Phase,

i . e . , one or t w

t i m

es per year

. The i ndi vi dual s woul d not be expect ed t o pr ovi de

r epor t s, unl ess t hey so choose .

D

cum

ent at i on

f

t he m eet i ngs w

ul d

be done by t he consul t ant s . The

publ i c consul t at i on

and com m uni cat i on pr ogr am wi l l

be desi gned

i n Phase

I . I t

i s

expect ed t hat a

var i et y

f

com m uni cat i on t echni ques

wi l l

be em

pl oyed, such as new

s

r el eases,

pen

houses, i nf or m at i on m eet i ngs,

publ i c at t i t ude

sur veys, m ai l er s, et c . Consul t at i on wi t h t he gener al

publ i c

i s expect ed t o begi n i n June and cont i nue on a r egul ar

basi s t hr oughout t he st udy . I m por t ant " st akehol der " publ i cs wi l l

be i dent i f i ed f or

par t i cul ar di al ogue .

The

l i st

f

t hese

speci al i nt er est

gr oups

wi l l

be r evi ewed wi t h t he Advi sor y C

m

m i t t ee . An i l l ust r at i ve

l i st

f

possi bl e cont act s i s show

n i n

. . . . . . . . . . .

. . . .

Publ i c Com

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 13

TABLE 2

I LLU STR ATI VE LI ST FO

R C O N SU LTATI O N W I TH

SCI ENTI FI C C

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D

R. KEN STEW

AR T

FI SH

ER I ES

"

D
R. EVA PI PP
W

ATER Q

U ALI TY

"

N ATU R AL R ESO U R C E I N

STI TU TE

"

M AN I TO BA EN VI R O N M EN T C O U N C I L

"

M AN I TO BA EC O

N

ETW O R KS

"

D

R. SPAR

LI N G - EN

VI R O N M EN TAL EN

G I N EER

"

PR O

F. O

LESZKI EW I C Z ( U . of M

. )

"

J

. W

AR R EN ER - EN VI R O N M EN TAL EN

G I N EER

"

TI M BALL

"

PR O F . R O BI N SO N ( U . of M

. )

SLIDE 14

TABLE 3

I LLU STR ATI VE LI ST FO

R C O N SU LTATI O N W I TH SPEC

I AL I N TER EST G

R O U PSzyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

"

C O N C ER N ED C

I TI ZEN S O

F M AN I TO BA

"

C O N SER VATI O N C

AN AD A

"

I N TER N ATI O N AL C O ALI TI O N

"

D U C KS U

N LI M I TED

"

C O M M ER C I AL FI SH

ER M EN

"

M AN I TO BA M ED I C AL ASSO C I ATI O N

"

ST . BO N I FAC E R ESI D EN T' S ASSO C I ATI O N

"

FI SH FU

TU R ES

"

C AN O E/ R O W I N G C LU BS

"

C H O I C ES

"

H I G H SC

H O O LS

"

JET- SKI U

SER S

"

YAC H T C LU B

"

C H AM BER S O

F C

O M M ER C E ( W

I N N I PEG AN

D SELKI R

K)

SLIDE 15

7-

4 . 0

PO

TEN TI AL C O N SU LTATI O N PR

O G R AM

June 9, 1994 10 : 02am

Thi s sect i on descr i bes t he pr oposed consul t at i on pr ogr am.

I t

i s i nt ended f or

r evi ew and di scussi on wi t h t he t echni cal

speci al i st s and t he Ci t y .

4 . 1

STU

D Y PH ASES

The st udy has been desi gned t o

be conduct ed

i n f our

phases . Each phase

wi l l

achi eve

speci f i c

bj ect i ves

whi ch ar e i nt ended t o be i nt egr at ed wi t h t he ongoi ng com m uni cat i on pr ocess wi t h t he var i ous par t i es out l i ned ear l i er . The phases ar e al so or gani zed t o f aci l i t at e

l i ai son wi t hi n t he Ci t y i t sel f , t he publ i c and ot her gover nm

ent agenci es . As show n i n r i i gur l a

.

t he st udy phases m

ake expl i ci t al l owance f or publ i c consul t at i on at t he end of each phase .

Ther e wi l l be ongoi ng com m uni cat i on act i vi t i es t hr oughout each phase but

i t

wi l l

cul m i nat e

i n " m

i l est one" com

m uni cat i on ef f or t at t he end of each phase . 4 . 2

M ETH O D S

The pr oposal

ut l i ned a num

ber

f com

m uni cat i on m et hods t o be used f or t hi s st udy . These

pot ent i al

m et hods i ncl ude t he f ol l owi ng :zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

"

N

ew s R

el ease/ N ew s Conf er ence :

The

st udy t eam has f ound t hese t echni ques w

r k

wel l

i n t er m

s

f

get t i ng a f ocussed m

essage out

t o t he m

edi a .

Speci al i st consul t ant s ar e usual l y usef ul

i n

t er m s of ensur i ng t he new

s r el ease gai ns at t ent i on and t hat t he new s conf er ence

i s pr oper l y or gani zed and ef f ect i ve . W

e have used t hi s m

et hod successf ul l y wi t h

r egar d t o r el at ed st udi es . Ear l y i n Phase

1

a new

s r el ease w as pr ovi ded on t he

i ni t i at i on of t he C

SO m

anagem ent

st udy .

A copy

i s at t ached . "

Advi sor y C
m

m i t t ee :

As di scussed i n Sect i on 3 . 1

.

Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 16

v

Phase 2

Addr essi ng The

W W F Pr obl em

s

Phase 3

Eval uat i on of Candi dat e O pt i ons

v

G ener al Appr oach

Revi ew Avai l abl e Syst em I nf or m

at i on

W W F Pr obl em

Def i ni t i on

W W F M

anagem ent

Exper i ence ( Local El sewher e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fi gur e 2

SLIDE 17

" zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

Sci ent i f i c C
m

m uni t y Di al ogue :

As di scussed i n Sect i on 3 . 2 .

"

Speci al I nt er est and G

ener al Publ i c Di scussi on :

As di scussed i n Sect i on 3 . 3 .

June 9, 1994 10 : 0 2ann "

Publ i c At t i t ude Sur veys :
Tel ephone sur veys can el i ci t r esponse f r omt he publ i c on wat er qual i t y i ssues and

C SO cont r ol

pl ans and can est abl i sh t he nat ur e and degr ee of

t hei r concer ns . Publ i c at t i t ude sur veys can pr ovi de usef ul

i nf or m at i on w

hi ch can be i ncor por at ed

i n subsequent

r epor t s and i n com

m uni cat i ng t o t he publ i c

i n t er m

s of f eedback .

"

O

pen H

uses
The st udy t eam has under t aken num

er ous O pen H

uses on var i ous pr oj ect s wi t h

var yi ng degr ees of success .

The O pen Houses t hat have been hel d wi t h r egar d

t o si t e speci f i c pr oj ect s have gener al l y been wel l - at t ended by t he l ocal l y af f ect ed publ i cs .

O pen Houses,

whi ch have deal t wi t h r egi onal

i ssues or st udi es, such as t he r i ver qual i t y or wat er suppl y st udi es, have been at t ended by up t o 200 peopl e, however , t her e w

as

not an i ndi cat i on t hat a br oad cr oss- sect i on of t he publ i c at t ended t he O

pen House,

i n

spi t e

f

subst ant i al adver t i si ng .

O f t hese 200

at t endees, about

100 m i ght be consi der ed t he gener al

publ i c . W hi l e t hese 100 ci t i zens seem

ed t o be ver y i nt er est ed i n t he subj ect ,

i t

i s debat abl e whet her

t he hi gh cost

f

t he

O pen H

uses

br ought

com m ensur at e

r et ur ns

i n

t er m s

f

com m uni cat i ng t he nat ur e of

t he st udy and t he i ssues i nvol ved .

"

Publ i c I nf or m

at i on M eet i ngs :

These Tow

n

Hal l

m eet i ngs can pr ovi de

a

m

r e

f or m al f or m at f or pr esent i ng i nf or m at i on

r

seeki ng f eedback . Agai n, t he

di f f i cul t y

i s

bt ai ni ng

suf f i ci ent i nt er est

i n a r egi onal

t opi c so as t o r each a br oad sect or of t he publ i c .

"

Pr ogr ess Repor t s :
W

e have pr epar ed " r eader f r i endl y"

pam phl et s pr ovi di ng a sum

m ar y of t he m

aj or

f i ndi ngs of t he r epor t s,

m

st

r ecent l y f or t he R

ed and Assi ni boi ne Ri ver

Q ual i t y

Publ i c Com

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 18 June 9, 1994 10 : 02am

and t he wat er suppl y st udi es . These have been pr i m

ar i l y f or use or di st r i but i on t o t he Counci l l or s of t he Ci t y

f

W i nni peg and t o t he publ i c on r equest .

O n t hese

st udi es and si m i l ar st udi es f or si m

i l ar cl i ent s, t hese pr ogr ess r epor t s have pr ovi ded

ver y usef ul i nf or m at i on

t o t he i nt er est ed publ i cs and speci al i nt er est

gr oups .

These r epor t s ar e how ever

cost l y t o pr epar e .

I n t he pr evi ous st udi es not ed, a

speci al i st

com m uni cat i ons consul t ant

w as used

t o assi st i n

assur i ng t hat t he

com m uni cat i on w

as

i n l aym

an t er m s .zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

"

N ew sl et t er s :

These newsl et t er s can be

i n t he f or m of

a pr ogr ess r epor t , but ar e usual l y l ess cost l y t o pr epar e and not as expensi ve t o pr oduce as t he above r epor t f or m at

.

t he ci t y- wi de di st r i but i on

f t hese docum

ent s can be cost l y,

e . g . , 50 . 10/ docum

ent

.

For ever y househol der di st r i but i on,

t hi s r epr esent s about

$25, 000 .

"

M

ai l er s/ Bi l l St uf f er s :

These docum

ent s, w hi ch can be pr epar ed f or post al

di st r i but i on t o al l househol ds

i n t he Ci t y of W

i nni peg, have been used r ecent l y t o sum m ar i ze t he Phase 2 W at er Suppl y st udy .

A ver y good

r esponse w

as

bt ai ned,

i . e . ,

about 5, 000 peopl e r esponded

t o t he m

ai l - back quest i onnai r e and a subst ant i al

num ber asked f or

addi t i onal i nf or m at i on . Agai n,

a speci al i st

consul t ant w

as used t o assi st

i n t he

pr epar at i on of t he m ai l er

. I t w

as al so cost l y t o pr epar e and t o di st r i but e,

vi a t he post al

syst em ,

t o each of t he househol der s .

The cost

f

di st r i but i on al one w

as

about $25, 000 .

Bi l l

st uf f er s can be used t o pr ovi de a m

essage di r ect l y t o t he ut i l i t y cust om

er s, how ever t hese

bi l l

st uf f er s

have

t o

be conci se and al so

suf f er

f r om t he di sadvant age t hat t he bi l l i ng syst em i s based on a quar t er l y i nt er val , w

hi ch m eans

t hat

1 / 3 of t he cust om

er s r ecei ve t hei r

bi l l

i n m

nt h one,

1/ 3 i n m

nt h t wo, and t he

r em ai ni ng t hi r d i n m

nt h t hr ee . As wel l ,

bi l l st uf f er s r equi r e t hat t he m

essage has

t o be di st i l l ed t o a ver y conci se docum

ent

.

A f ur t her

di f f i cul t y

i s t hat m

any

apar t m ent s and condom i ni um s do not r ecei ve a wat er / sewer

bi l l ( per haps 1 / 3 of t he

cust om er s) and w

ul d not r ecei ve t he m

essage .

Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 19

4 . 3 . 1

Phase

1

10-

4 . 3

PR

O PO SED C O M M U N I C ATI O N PR O G R AM

June 9, 1994 11 : 00am

N ew spaper I nf or m

at i on Adver t i sem ent s :

Pr om

i nent space i n t he l ocal paper s can pr ovi de i m por t ant exposur e t o a publ i c m essage .

A r ecent

l ocal

exam pl e w

as

t he

2

/ 3- page i nf or m at i on

ar t i cl e on t he

Assi ni boi ne Ri ver di ver si on, w

hi ch w as not i ced by a l ar ge segm ent of t he W i nni peg

popul at i on .

These adver t i sem

ent s cost about

$10, 000 ( 2 paper s, w eekend) and

pr of essi onal f ees f or a publ i c r el at i ons f i r m.

A " t ear - of f " quest i onnai r e r esul t ed i n

sever al

hundr ed r et ur ns wi t h com

m ent s .

Thi s t echni que coul d be used t o pr ovi de publ i c pr ogr ess r epor t s or

i n pl ace of a newsl et t er

.zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

"

Educat i on Event s :
I nf or m

at i on di spl ays can be ef f ect i ve i n pr ovi di ng publ i c educat i on, especi al l y

i f

r el at ed t o a t hem

e,

e . g . , Envi r onm ent

W eek,

Ear t h Day, et c .

M edi a Bi l l boar ds

( T. V. , Radi o) can assi st

i n dr awi ng at t ent i on t o t he event

.

"

Dat abase :

A com

put er i zed dat abase i s an ef f ect i ve m et hod t o t r ack publ i c cont act s,

speci f i c i nf or m at i on, t r ends, et c . t hr oughout t he st udy .

A com

bi nat i on of t he above m et hods has been used i n t he pr oposed pr ogr am def i ned bel ow. The pr oposed com m uni cat i on pr ogr am i s di scussed i n accor dance wi t h t he f our phases of t he st udy and i s show

n i n Fi gur ' 3 .

Phase 1

i s i nt ended t o devel op t he pot ent i al com

m uni cat i on f r am ew

r k and i t s pr i or i t i es .

The m ai n act i vi t i es of Phase

1 com

pr i se t he f ol l owi ng : Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 20

Ci t y of W

i nni oeg

Pr oj ect

M an . Com

m i t t ee

W +O Advi sor y Com

m i t t ee

Sci ent i f i c C

m

m ur i t v

St akehol der s/ Speci al / I nt er est s G ener al Publ i c Repor t s

C SO VI ANAG

E E

PUBLI C, C

O M M U N I C ATI O N PR

O G R AM

- - -

Phase 1

j

Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4

N ew s Rel ease

Publ i c Event Newsl et t er / Adver t

. 1

At t i t ude Sur vey

Educat i onal Event s Dat abase

Pr ogr ess Repor t

Pr cj gr ess Repor t

N

2

1

3

4
1
2
3
4
1i

2

3
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4

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95
96
97

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Fi gur e 3

SLIDE 21

4 . 3. 2

Phase 2

June 9, 1994 10 : 0 1emzyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

"

N

ew Rel ease :

Thi s new

s r el ease w as com bi ned wi t h t he openi ng of t he W

EW PC C on M

ay

19,

1994 . A copy of t he new s r el ease i s at t ached .

Thi s r esul t ed i n a new

s ar t i cl e i n

t he l ocal paper s whi ch i s at t ached .

The new

s r el ease i ndi cat es t hat t her e wi l l

be

an addi t i onal new s r el ease i n Phase 2 . The l at t er

r el ease i s i nt ended t o pr ovi de gui dance on t he det ai l s of t he publ i c com

m uni cat i on st r at egy .

Est abl i sh st r uct ur e f or Advi sor y Com

m i t t ee,

sci ent i f i c col l abor at i on, st akehol der / publ i c consul t at i on :

A st r uct ur e

has been devel oped and pr esent ed t o M ani t oba Envi r onm ent

f or di scussi on .

"

Di scussi on wi t h sel ect ed sci ent i f i c i nt er est s :
Thi s di al ogue wi l l
ccur

i n Phase

1

and

i s i nt ended par t i cul ar l y

t o canvass t he ext ent

f

i nt er est

i n aquat i c heal t h i ssues such as di ssol ved oxygen,

sedi m ent s,

t oxi c chem i cal s, et c . , and t hus pr ovi de di r ect i on as t o t he ext ent

f wat er

qual i t y

m

del l i ng or ot her t echni cal

assessm ent s t hat m i ght

be r equi r ed .

R evi ew pr ogr am wi t h t echni cal speci al i st s at Phase

1 w

r kshop :
The com

m uni cat i on pr ogr am di scussed i n t hi s t echni cal m

em

r andum i s i nt ended

t o be r evi ewed wi t h t he t echni cal speci al i st s at t he Phase

1 w

r kshop .

The f ol l owi ng act i vi t i es ar e pr oposed f or Phase 2 :

N ew s Rel ease :

Thi s new

s r el ease shoul d pr ovi de i nf or m

at i on on t he m

et hods t hat ar e pl anned f or

al l owi ng t he publ i c and user s gr oups t o par t i ci pat e i n t hi s st udy .

"

D at abase :

A dat abase wi l l

be devel oped t o r ecor d al l com m uni cat i on act i vi t i es, r esponses, et c . Thi s wi l l be m ai nt ai ned t hr oughout t he st udy . Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 22

M AY- 17- 1994

16 : 05

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i nni peg hub begua a duw- yem r st udy t o m

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pAzes our r i vr xm as f m ner xl oue t

whi c* oot t r i bat t gr eat l y t o t he

qual i t y of l i f e of oar r m i dcnt s, ° gays Ccnm ci t l or Ter r y Dugui d, chur n of t l ac ci t y' s com

m i t bco

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meas:t t - at f f r act t vel y done t o em

si ar c w

n can pr ovi de t l =bi gl ar Ft qual i t y r i v=f i or W hm i peggmt o use and enj oy"

Cum bi axd sew

mser ve about 200- aquar eAi l or ncr =of cent r al W i r m i mand nm

he up &boat 40

par cent &

t i c ci t y' s cent s wast ewaccr col I cct i oa sygem ' Xhcy com nca U about 7{ t om

f l ow

. oudet s El nng Vt m

f peg' s r i ver s t m

d W

eam

q. O

ver f l ows v

f r om20 t o : 3t 1 t i cks per year

dudng r ai n and spr i ag m nol l - when JaTbe wat er vol um es cxr ~ sewer pi pe and w

w U w ao:

#ncaUnsuat pl zt nt cW

aci t y. Excess vol um e f l ows di r ect l y i nky t hexi vm

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l i ans~f -

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sur c

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m e t he m

st cost - cf f wt i ve cour se of act i on, " says Dugui d.

" W e' ve j ust car apl ct cd a m aj or 15 year , $200i ni l l i c; ' ncxpat si au and t t pgt ak pr ogr 4un t o oar

ent i ce wnst owat nr f r cat m

=t sysi m n t hat pi ' m

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y and socor dar y U

u=xm t t o a) I sewage

gcr cr awd dr r i m g dt y wet xt l =, m

ut i ng t hat f r omcom

ht at xi sewer ar eas . 3ni s new i nni i

t i ve i s t t w

l ogi czal swp - d
i ui r g t he best wdy t o l w

l c t hat por t i un qFwast ewat er t hat we C = n" yC' M

' I czp3ut e daf t wet W

eadNF. "

The new M

t ui y f uM

Mnor obj eef vv of t he ei t y' ; ! cvf l i c. -i : l pi an, PLah W

i r i ~ - . Towar At 2010, t o p=r e a cxAnbM

ed sewer over f l ownum

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f oyBaJovvs on t he

r i was . TJbc pr oj eo[ i s seemt o f ur t her PL= W bvupeg' s vi si on of cr eat i ng a Abr snt 2nd heal t hy ci t y_ Posa4r - br and t ax Tr ansm Wm

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t t or qua?i t y have ct si or am

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bi nd bar t he ci t y, wi l l be

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yual dy.

7be pm

j cct wi l l pr ovi de sever al oppcxt t m

i t i es f er publ i c i nvol wt nm

t f or d i n#snt . " D cl a& of t he st udy ar c Just 14m g ar gaur i m

d by t he cm wl t ant s~ and t he f ast appor um i 0cr , f or publ i c ccnm 4t ut l c mwi l l b annor m +. xd . - i hm

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t r c4t uenl was a cxznm

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em

and di r ect ed t o t

ci t y' s wast ewat er r w

xr er aper . H

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t o g~veut t he pl =t ~

f r omovet kxadi ng or f l oodi ng dur i ng heavy r ai nst or m

s or spr i ng t haw, over f l ows w

er e i m i aj k4

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n aver age, l eu t han Eveper ecm t of W m ui pcg' s wai gwwat m ent ot s t hexi vcr sl m t r eam d wi t h r unof f , " O ur cuacnt pr ogr amof w

am C ~ bvat m

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SLIDE 24

Ci t y cast s eye on sew

age

° Pl an t o cl eanup W

i nni peg r i ver s needed by 1997

By Dan Let t

Ci t y Hal l Repor t er

i f .-.

H

E CI TY I S under t aki ng

a t hr ee- year st udy

t o f i nd t he

m

st

cost - ef f ect i ve

w ay

f

st oppi ng r aw sewage f r omf l owi ng

i nt o

W i nni peg' s r i ver s dur i ng

i n- , . . t ense r ai n st or m

s .

The st udy was announced yest er -

day at t he ci t y' s unvei l i ng of a new

$45- m i l l i on

wast ewat er t r eat m ent

pl ant f or

Char l eswood and

St .

Jam es. Ed Shar p, pr oj ect co- or di nat or f or

t he ci t y' s sewage t r eat m ent

f aci l i - t i es, sai d t he ci t y m

ust com e up wi t h

vi abl e opt i ons f or cont r ol l i ng sewage over f l owby 1997, when t he pr o- vi nci al Cl ean Envi r onm

ent C

m

m i s .

si on wi l l r equi r e t he ci t y t o set and adher e t o st andar ds f or t he r el ease

f ef f l uent i nt o t he r i ver syst em

.

The ci t y has j ust com

pl et ed a 15-

year , $200- m i l l i on wast ewat er t r eat -

m ent pr ogr amt hat has seen t he con-

st r uct i on

f

t hr ee st at e- of - t hear t t r eat m ent pl ant s

.

But 40 per cent of t he ci t y

i s now

ser ved by an agi ng com

bi ned sewer syst em , wher e sewage and st or m

, wat er f l ow t oget her

t o one of

t he wast ewat er t r eat m ent pl ant s .

.

W hen i nt ense st or m

s dum

p r ai n

wat er

i nt o t he com

bi ned sewer s, a . m i xt ur e of r ai n and sewage i s of t en

r el eased

i nt o t he r i ver s t hr ough' -

ver f l owpi pes .

O f t he r oughl y 342 m

i l l i on l i t r es of

sewage pr oduced each day

i n t he ci t y, an aver age of 6. 8 m i l l i on l i t r es ar e r el eased i nt o t he r i ver .

The best

sol ut i on i s r epl acem

ent

f t he com

bi ned sewer s wi t h a sepa-

r at ed syst em t hat has t wi ce t he ca- paci t y, Shar p sai d .

But

i t woul d cost m

r e t han $1 bi l -

l i on, he sai d .

H e sai d consul t ant s wi l l ' exam

i ne a

``

num ber

f cheaper ,

t hough st i l l ex-

.

pensi ve, opt i ons .

The ci t y coul d i nvest i gat e sm al l er t r eat m ent

devi ces f or each . over - f l ow pi pe,

r

a syst em of under - gr ound st or age f aci l i t i es t o hol d t he excess st or m wat er

unt i l t he t r eat -

m ent

pl ant s coul d handl e t he vol - ' `

um e, Shar p sai d .

SLIDE 25

12-

June 9, 1994 1 : 36pm

Di scussi on wi t h advi sor y com m i t t ee :

Thi s di scussi on shoul d t ake pl ace ear l y i n Phase 2 and r epor t on t he r esul t s of t he

Phase

1 act i vi t i es and t he Phase 2 W

r kpl an .

Di scussi on wi t h sci ent i st s/ speci al i nt er est gr oups :

Thi s di al ogue i s expect ed t o t ake pl ace, as di scussed i n Sect i on`
i n a ser i es of

m eet i ngs wi t h i ndi vi dual s or gr oups of i ndi vi dual s wi t h ei t her

a sci ent i f i c i nt er est

r

a speci al i nt er est ei t her envi r onm ent al

r

user - speci f i c . zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA "

Publ i c at t i t ude sur vey :
The pr oposal

i ndi cat ed t hat

a publ i c at t i t ude sur vey shoul d be done i n Phase 2 t o

est abl i sh basel i ne dat a on publ i c i nt er est , opi ni ons, et c .

I t i s now consi der ed t hat

t he publ i c at t i t ude sur vey done

i n

1990, r egar di ng t he r i ver

qual i t y st udy,

i s

suf f i ci ent l y cur r ent t hat a r epeat sur vey need not

be done at

t hi s t i m

e .

"

Publ i c educat i on/ Publ i c m

eet i ngs :

I t

i s consi der ed

t hat

a r out i ne O

pen H

use i nf or m

at i on m eet i ng

wi l l

not

l i kel y

at t r act l ar ge num

ber s of t he publ i c .

Ther ef or e,

i t i s pr oposed t hat a publ i c f or um

be hel d at t he For ks ar ea

( i . e . , t he f ocus of t he R

ed and Assi ni boi ne r i ver s and a

st r ong publ i c at t r act i on, whi ch woul d i nvi t e m

r e publ i c i nt er act i on)

.

I deal l y, t hi s

w

ul d pr ovi de t he oppor t uni t y f or t he use of a r i ver qual i t y t hem

e . An i nf or m

at i on di spl ay w

ul d be m

anned by i nf or m

ed m

em ber s of t he st udy t eam and Ci t y st af f

t o answ

er quest i ons and pr ovi de publ i c educat i on t o t he vi si t or s .

Q uest i onnai r es

w

ul d be pr ovi ded t o el i ci t f eedback on i ssues, concer ns,

at t i t udes, et c .

I t i s al so

hoped

t hat

such

a f or um woul d

hei ght en i nt er est f r om t he m edi a and hence el evat e t he

pr of i l e of

t he st udy .

The t i m

i ng of

such an event

at t he For ks

i s

ant i ci pat ed t o be l at e sum

m er

r ear l y f al l

.

Such an event w

ul d t ake t he pl ace
f

a

m

r e

convent i onal

O pen H

use .

I f

successf ul ,

t hi s

coul d be r epeat ed t hr oughout t he st udy . Even

i f

i nsi de space i s r ent ed at t he For ks, t hi s wi l l l i kel y

be l ess cost l y t han a convent i onal

O pen H

use .

The pavi l i on can be r ent ed ( hol ds about 150 peopl e)

f or about

5100/ day .

I t

i s

booked unt i l t he end of August , however ,

t her e i s st i l l st r ong publ i c t r af f i c i n t he For ks i n Sept em

ber . O pen space can be r ent ed at t he canopy ar ea ( at 5220/ day)

Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 26

13-

June 9, 1994 11 : 02am

but t her e i s l i t t l e shel t er f r om r ai n .

I t r ecei ves vi r t ual l y al l f oot t r af f i c at t he For ks .

A l ar ger t ent ar ea i s avai l abl e but

ut
f

t he nor m al

t r af f i c pat t er n .

The above i ndi cat es t her e ar e f easi bl e opt i ons t o host a publ i c educat i on event

at t he For ks,

w hi ch pr om i ses t o be m

r e ef f ect i ve t han an O

pen H

use .

N ew s i t em

/ t el evi si on :

Cover age of t he st udy wi l l be encour aged f r om t he m

edi a by pr ovi di ng i nf or m

at i on

n r equest

and by encour agi ng Counci l l or s t o pr ovi de i nf or m at i on t o i nt er est ed

r epor t er s .

Announcem ent s of speci al

event s,

such as t he For ks di spl ays,

wi l l

be r ecogni zed on m

edi a bi l l boar ds ( T. V. ,

r adi o)

.

Newsl et t er / Adver t i sem ent

:

A pr om

i nent adver t i sem ent announci ng t he st udy and

i t s

gener al pur pose

i s

pr oposed i n Phase 2, per haps j ust

pr i or t o t he For ks publ i c educat i on event

.

Pr ogr ess Repor t

t o W

r ks and O

per at i ons C

m

m i t t ee :

I t i s consi der ed t hat a Pr ogr ess Repor t

at t he end of Phase 2 shoul d be pr ovi ded t o W

r ks

and O per at i ons

C

m

m i t t ee . Thi s

wi l l

not

nl y

pr ovi de i m por t ant

f eedback t o t he com m i t t ee but

wi l l

al so i nvi t e m

edi a at t ent i on as t hese m eet i ngs

ar e t ypi cal l y cover ed by t he pr ess and t el evi si on . W hi l e t hi s r epor t w

as not al l owed f or

i n a pr oposal , t hi s sam

e r epor t coul d be used

t o pr ovi de i nf or m at i on t o t he Advi sor y C

m

m i t t ee and t hus be pr ovi ded nom

i nal

addi t i onal cost

.

The Pr ogr ess Repor t woul d pr ovi de a sum m ar y of t he st udy pr ocess,

t he f i ndi ngs, t he

key

i ssues,

t he docum ent at i on

f

t he consul t at i on pr ocess, and pr ovi de di r ect i on f or t he ongoi ng st udy .

Speci f i cal l y, t he Phase 2 Pr ogr ess Repor t w

ul d

be expect ed t o i ndi cat e t he r ange of avai l abl e opt i ons f or C

SO cont r ol and a br oad

i ndi cat i on of t he cost and benef i t s associ at ed wi t h t he r ange of opt i ons .

Al l of t hi s wi l l

be par t

f

a scr eeni ng

pr ocess t o i dent i f y t he opt i ons t hat ar e m

st

l i kel y

appl i cabl e t o t he Ci t y of W

i nni peg . Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 27

4 . 3 . 3

Phase 3

The act i vi t i es whi ch ar e pr oposed f or Phase 3 i ncl ude t he f ol l owi ng : zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

"

N

ew s Rel ease :

I f

appr opr i at e, a new

s

r el ease

whi ch w

ul d

essent i al l y i ncl ude t he

Phase

2 Pr ogr ess Repor t r esul t s w

ul d be used t o l aunch t he Phase 3 act i vi t i es .

Thi s new

s

r el ease woul d be i nt ended t o dr aw at t ent i on f r om t he m

edi a on t he r esul t s and t he

ngoi ng di r ect i on of t he st udy .

"

Newsl et t er / Adver t i sem ent

:

A sum

m ar y of t he Phase 2 r esul t s i n a " r eader - f r i endl y"

newsl et t er

i s pr oposed f or

adver t i sem ent

i n t he l ocal

paper s ear l y i n Phase 3 . Thi s newsl et t er w

ul d al so

have a t ear - of f

quest i onnai r e t o al l ow peopl e t o pr ovi de opi ni ons and t o r equest addi t i onal i nf or m at i on .

"

Advi sor y Com

m i t t ee m eet i ngs :

These woul d cont i nue on a quar t er l y basi s as descr i bed i n S

"

Sci ent i f i c/ Speci al

I nt er est

G r oup m eet i ngs :

These woul d be conduct ed at t he st ar t of

Phase 3 and w

ul d pr ovi de t he r esul t s
f

Phase 2 and el i ci t di r ect i on f or t he ongoi ng act i vi t i es i n Phase 3 .

14-

June 9, 1994 10: 02am

Publ i c Educat i on/ I nf or m at i on m

eet i ngs :

I t woul d be i nt ended t hat t he C

SO st udy w

ul d pr ovi de i nf or m

at i on di spl ays ( e . g . , boot hs, et c . )

at publ i c event s such as Ear t h D

ay . As

appr opr i at e,

i t w

ul d be

usef ul f or

t hese event s t o f ocus

n t he

r i ver

l ocat i ons

such as t he For ks t o m axi m i ze exposur e of t he publ i c t o t he C

SO st udy,

as di scussed i n Phase 2 .

"

I nvi t ed Tour s :
I n t he event t hat a pi l ot t r eat m

ent w

r ks w

er e put

i n pl ace, m

em ber s of t he publ i c

r m

edi a coul d be i nvi t ed t o t our t hese f aci l i t i es wi t h t he i nt ent

f obt ai ni ng m

edi a

Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 28

4 . 3. 4

Phase 4
15-

June 9, 1994 10 : 02am

cover age of t hese f aci l i t i es and t he r el at i ng C

SO st udy . N ew s r el ease i nf or m

at i on

woul d be pr ovi ded t o t he m edi a t o f aci l i t at e cover age . zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

"

Pr ogr ess Repor t

t o W

r ks and O

per at i ons :

I t i s i nt ended t hat a Pr ogr ess Repor t

be pr ovi ded t o W

r ks and O

per at i ons at t he com pl et i on of Phase 3 . Thi s r epor t woul d have t he dual pur pose of

pr ovi di ng i m por t ant i nf or m at i on t o t he deci si on- m aker s wi t hi n t he Ci t y,

t hus pr ovi di ng an

ppor t uni t y t o di scuss t he di r ect i on
f

t he st udy .

The i nt ent

i s al so t o obt ai n

m edi a cover age . The sam

e

i nf or m at i on

w

ul d

be pr ovi ded t o t he Advi sor y C

m

m i t t ee .

Thi s Pr ogr ess Repor t woul d be expect ed t o have t he r esul t s of t he eval uat i on of candi dat e opt i ons and pr ovi de an i ndi cat i on of t he shor t - and l ong- t er m C

SO cont r ol

pl an wi t hi n

a

l i m i t ed

r ange

f
pt i ons,

i . e . ,

a shor t

l i st

f

pot ent i al pl ans .

Phase 4 wi l l

i ncl ude t he f ol l owi ng act i vi t i es :

"

N

ew R

el ease/ N ew s Conf er ence :

Thi s event w
ul d begi n Phase 4 and woul d i ndi cat e t he r esul t s of t he pr i or phase

and w

ul d pr ovi de t he br oad f r am

ew

r k of

pot ent i al C

SO cont r ol

pl ans i n t er m s

f cost s and pot ent i al

benef i t s . Thi s i s expect ed t o be not ew

r t hy and w
ul d r ai se

t he publ i c aw

ar eness of

t he hi gh expendi t ur es i nvol ved

i n C

SO cont r ol

and t he

pot ent i al

i m pact s on t hei r user - pay ut i l i t y char ges . Advi sor y C

m

m i t t ee m eet i ngs :

These woul d cont i nue on a quar t er l y basi s t hr oughout Phase 4 . The i ni t i al m

eet i ng woul d consi st

f

a pr esent at i on

f

t he Pr ogr ess Repor t gi ven t o W

r ks and

O per at i ons at t he end of Phase 3 .

"

Sci ent i f i c/ Speci al I nt er est G

r oup m eet i ngs :

These m

eet i ngs wi t h i ndi vi dual s and gr oups w

ul d cont i nue on sel ect ed t echni cal

i ssues and user i nt er est s as def i ned by t he publ i cs . Publ i c C

m

m uni cat i on

SLIDE 29

16-

June 9, 1994 1 : 37pm

Publ i c Event / I nf or m

at i on m eet i ngs :

Dependi ng on t he success of t he publ i c event

di spl ays hel d at t he For ks or

t her

sui t abl e venues, anot her publ i c educat i on event w

ul d be hel d i n Phase 4 .

At

t he

m

m

ent ,

t hi s i s m

r e

l i kel y t o consi st

f

a publ i c f or um at t he For ks ar ea as

pposed t o a

convent i onal

O pen H

use .

I nf or m at i on

w

ul d

be pr ovi ded wi t h

r esul t s of t he st udi es t o dat e wi t h t he i nt ent

f encour agi ng publ i c r esponse wi t h

quest i onnai r es, et c . Publ i c At t i t ude Sur vey :

I t m

ay

be usef ul

i n Phase 4 t o conduct a

publ i c opi ni on sur vey t o pr ovi de

an

i ndi cat i on of publ i c at t i t ude t owar ds C

SO pl an al t er nat i ves,

t he cost s, t he t r ade-

f f s,

et c .

W i t h t he publ i c havi ng

r ecei ved i nf or m at i on t hr ough Phases

1

t o 3,

Phase 4 w

ul d pr ovi de an oppor t uni t y t o updat e publ i c at t i t udes gi ven t hat new

i nf or m at i on had been m

ade avai l abl e t o t he publ i c .

Newsl et t er / Adver t i sem ent s :

Dependi ng on t he success of t he new

spaper adver t i sem ent s,

a newsl et t er w

ul d

be done at t he st ar t

f Phase 4,

gi vi ng t he r esul t s of

Phase 3 .

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Pr esent at i on of dr af t r epor t

t o W

r ks and O

per at i on :

I t wi l l be appr opr i at e t o pr ovi de a pr esent at i on at t he end of Phase 4 t o t he W
r ks

and O per at i ons C

m

m i t t ee .

Thi s wi l l pr ovi de i m por t ant i nf or m at i on t o t he pol i cy

m aker s and wi l l

al so gai n publ i c at t ent i on t hr ough t he m

edi a on t hese i m

por t ant

C SO i ssues and t he r ecom

m ended cont r ol

pl an . Thi s sam

e sum m ar y pr esent at i on

w

ul d al so be pr ovi ded t o t he Advi sor y C
m

m i t t ee . Pr ogr am f or cont i nui ng publ i c consul t at i on and i nf or m

at i on :

Af t er com

pl et i on of t he r epor t

n t he C

SO m

anagem ent

st udy, t he r epor t

wi l l

be pr ovi ded t o M ani t oba Envi r onm ent and ul t i m at el y t o t he

C EC

f or t hei r

w

n

pr epar at i on of publ i c hear i ngs wi t hi n si x m

nt hs of

com pl et i on of

t he r epor t .

I t

wi l l be i m

por t ant

f or t he Ci t y t o have an ongoi ng publ i c consul t at i on pr ogr amaf t er

t he r epor t i s r el eased so t hat t he publ i c wi l l be i nf or m ed, equi pped and encour aged Publ i c C

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t o at t end t he C

EC hear i ngs and

expr ess

t hei r

pi ni ons
n t he pr oposed C

SO

cont r ol

pr ogr am.

A sum m ar y of t he conf i gur at i on of t he publ i c com

m uni cat i on t asks and pr oduct s t hr oughout

t he var i ous phases of t he st udy

i s show

n i n

u

' . The act i vi t i es ar e i t er at i ve and i nt ended

t o pr ovi de pr ogr essi ve di scl osur e t o i nt er est ed par t i es and t he publ i c . Publ i c consul t at i on i s cost l y

and t i m e- consum i ng and t hese f act or s m ust

al so be consi der ed once t he

ver al l

st r at egy i s def i ned . Repr esent at i ve cost s wi l l be pr esent ed at t he w

r kshop .

Thi s pr ogr am i s pr el i m i nar y and i nt ended f or di scussi on .

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m uni cat i on