The Ottawa Citizen                   LETTERS                                        October 6, 2003

City’s Munster sewage plan is a puzzle

Re: Costly pipe to Munster, Oct. 2

It has always puzzled me what is behind the City of Ottawa’s decision to avoid the less costly and more environmentally friendly solution of on-site sewage treatment in Munster.

The proposed pipeline will pass through the significant wetland of the Richmond Fen, as well as the residential parts of the village of Richmond. Construction will involve pumping raw sewage into the former sewage lagoons located in the Richmond Conservation Area.

The existing pipeline from Richmond to Ottawa has recently experienced breakages where it crosses the Jock River. In addition, the route of the pipeline will pass along parts of the Rideau Trail that cross the Richmond Conservation Area and other parts of the Jock River watershed, causing surface disruption and defacement of the landscape.

Ronald Maybury,
Stittsville