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Good
Stewardship
of the
Environment
Protect the waterways.
Effluent meets or exceeds
Provincial standards.
Continues to meet Provincial
standards. New digester
construction at the WWTP to meet
demand.
Enhancement of fish habitat.
Fish habitat improvement projects
completed in Knox Creek and
Dunville Creek. 2012 DFO
approvals also require 3kms of
habitat enhancement at Street
Creek, Elk Creek, Big Ditch and
Stewart Creek in the spring of 2013.
Protect water course
riparian areas.
Consider scientifically determined
stream setbacks in all new
development applications.
Continued to protect riparian areas
by maintaining RAR standards and
enforcing Development Permit Area
#11 rules. 2 km of streamside
plantings along Salwein Creek
undertaken after the completion of
2012 ditching program.
Encourage recycling.
Diversion rate for recycling items
increased to 40% by 2012, 41% by
2013 and 42% by 2014.
Recycling rate 38% in 2012.
Increasing education on
requirements of recycling programs.
An organics (food scrap) diversion
program will be investigated.
Protect the air shed.
Work with the Province to assess
agricultural air quality impacts.
Best practices for nutrient
management are addressed in the
2012 Agricultural Area Plan.
Explore economically viable methane
extraction opportunities. Install a gas
extraction system at the Bailey Landfill.
A biogas boiler has been installed
at the WWTP to utilize the methane.
A gas extraction system will be
installed at the Bailey Landfill in
2013.
Reduced reliance on automobiles.
Budget increase in 2013 will
provide for local fleet expansion
from 7 to 9 buses to extend the
length of our service day and
routes. In 2014 a provision has
been included to provide a transit
connection to Abbotsford.
Protect the Air Shed by fostering a
community to become more energy
efficient.
Energy Integration Study completed
for the Chilliwack Landing area.
Minimize burning.
Burning reduction measures
included in community air quality,
energy and greenhouse gas action
plan. One of the objectives in the
2012 Agricultural Area Plan is to
reduce the extent of open burning
on Chilliwack farms.
Minimize energy
consumption in municipal
facilities.
Reduction in energy consumption.
Civic facilities have been equipped
with energy efficient systems to
reduce consumption. Additional
energy efficiency measures were
identified in the Corporate Air
Quality, Energy and Greenhouse
Gas Action Plan and the Chilliwack
Landing Energy Integration Study
completed in 2012.
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