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REGIONAL DISTRICT OF NORTH OKANAGAN

Kalamalka Lake Ad Hoc Committee Tuesday, July 27, 2010

3:00 pm

REGULAR AGENDA A. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

RECOMMENDATION 1 That the Agenda of the July 27, 2010, regular meeting of the Kalamalka Lake Ad Hoc Committee be approved as presented.

B. ADOPTION OF MINUTES

1. Kalamalka Lake Ad Hoc Committee – Regular – June 29, 2010

RECOMMENDATION 2 That the minutes of the June 29, 2010 regular meeting of the Kalamalka Lake Ad Hoc Committee be adopted as circulated.

C. TERMS OF REFERENCE

1. Amendments to Existing Terms of Reference

2. Review of Voting Structure and Process D. NEW & UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. Society Registration

RECOMMENDATION 3 Page 3 That the letter from Valerie Adam, Ministry of Citizen Services, Province of BC

confirming the incorporation of the “Society for the Protection of Kalamalka Lake be received for information.

2. Reports/Reference Materials Page 4 a. July 20, 2010 email from Randy Schellenberg Page 6 b. photos of MacKay Reservoir (as referenced in above email) Page 8 c. September 2008 Caro certificate of analysis (as referenced in above email) Page 13 d. June 21, 2010 District of Coldstream Technical Advisory Committee – Sewage Treatment at Silver Star and Impact on Coldstream Creek Page 15 e. July 1, 2010 Memorandum – District of Coldstream – 2011 SHIM Project

Reports Distributed via email prior to meeting: a. 2007 Silverhawk Annual Report b. 2008 Silverhawk Annual Report c. 1994 Guiton Report d. Undated Silver Star presentation to District of Coldstream

E. ADJOURNMENT

REGIONAL DISTRICT OF NORTH OKANAGAN

MINUTES of a REGULAR meeting of the KALAMALKA LAKE AD HOC COMMITTEE held in the Board Room at the Regional District Office on Wednesday,

June 29, 2010

Members: Director M. Macnabb Electoral Area “C” (Chair) Director M. Gavinchuk Electoral Area “B”

Director R. Fairbairn Electoral Area “D” Louise Christie Society for the Protection of Kal Lake Aaron Deans Society for the Protection of Kal Lake

Staff: G. Betts Administrator C. Malden Executive Assistant (taking minutes)

Also Present: Flo Ryan Society for the Protection of Kal Lake

CALL MEETING TO ORDER The Administrator called the meeting to order at 3:08 p.m.

ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR The Administrator (Corporate Officer) called for nominations for the position of Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee. Director Fairbairn nominated Director Macnabb. Director Macnabb was declared elected, by acclamation, as Chair of the Kalamalka Lake Ad Hoc Committee. The Administrator (Corporate Officer) called for nominations for the position of Vice Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee. Director Fairbairn nominated Director Gavinchuk. Director Gavinchuk was declared elected, by acclamation, as Vice Chair of the Kalamalka Lake Ad Hoc Committee.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Moved and Seconded by Directors Fairbairn and Gavinchuk That the Agenda of the June 29, 2010, regular meeting of the Kalamalka Lake Ad Hoc Committee be approved as presented.

TERMS OF REFERENCE The committee reviewed the Terms of Reference and discussion ensued regarding the following:

Validation of the societies as registered entities – Society for the Protection of Kal Lake (SPrKL) to provide registration to Chair Macnabb for distribution at next meeting

Appropriate process for media interaction The term and mandate of the committee

Kal Lake Ad Hoc Committee Meeting Date: July 27, 2010 Regular Agenda - Item - B1.

Kal Lake Ad Hoc 10/07/27 - Page 1

Kalamalka Lake Ad Hoc Committee – Regular - 2 - June 29 , 2010

NEW & UNFINISHED BUSINESS Letter from Citizen’s Coalition to Save Silver Star Provincial Park The Citizen’s Coalition to Save Silver Star Provincial Park (CCSSSPP) declined to take part in the committee, and instead suggested that they act in an advisory or consultative role to the committee. Moved and Seconded by Directors Fairbairn and Gavinchuk That the undated letter from the Citizen’s Coalition to Save Silver Star Provincial Park be received for information

CARRIED Chair Macnabb agreed to contact Randy Schellenberg of CCSSSPP regarding participation on the committee, and inquire as to whether there are any other societies supporting the same issues which may complement the committees’ goals. It was acknowledged by the committee that the amended Terms of Reference would require Board endorsement. The committee discussed several issues of concern regarding Kalamalka Lake which were identified during the SPrKL and CCSSSPP presentations at the April 7, 2010 Board of Directors meeting. It was determined that of the issues identified, the committee would begin by examining the scientific and technical basis of the proposed connection between Kalamalka Lake water quality and potential Silver Star effluent contamination. With respect to this issue, it was determined that the function of the committee was to review the multiple studies currently being conducted, gather data including copies of the Silver Hawk and CCSSSRR lab analysis for comparison, discuss the feasibility of conducting isotope and other testing, and recommend courses of action to the Board of Directors. It was acknowledged; however, that staff resources would be limited to providing existing public reports, or if required, providing direction on the acquisition of information from other sources. Moved by Louise Christie Seconded by Aaron Deans That, as its first and highest priority, the Kalamalka Lake Ad Hoc Committee explore the scientific and technical basis of the proposed connection between Kalamalka Lake water quality and potential Silver Star Effluent Contamination.

CARRIED

ADJOURNMENT It was determined that the last Tuesday of each month was a suitable date for everyone; therefore the next meeting of the Kalamalka Lake Ad Hoc committee will be July 27, 2010 at 3:00 pm. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:21 p.m.

Kal Lake Ad Hoc Committee Meeting Date: July 27, 2010 Regular Agenda - Item - B1.


Good Morning, Your email has been forwarded to me for reply. Please be advised the incorporation number for the “Society for the Protection of Kalamalka Lake is: S0053871.

Regards,

Valerie K.W. Adam

Manager Corporate Registry, BC Registry Services Ministry of Citizen Services, Province of British Columbia

Telephone: 250-356-8656 e-mail: [email protected]

Kal Lake Ad Hoc Committee Meeting Date: July 27, 2010 Regular Agenda - Item - D1.


From: Christy Malden Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 2:36 PM To: Christy Malden Subject: FW: More attachments for July 27th agenda Attachments: 5973.jpg; 5972.jpg; 2008 Annual report.pdf; 2007SilverhawkAnnualReport.pdf; Guiton Report ‐

Silver Star Sewage Treatment ‐ 1994.pdf; annual%20irrigation%20sept%2010%2008.pdf

From: Trina Koch [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 2:00 PM To: Christy Malden Subject: More attachments for July 27th agenda

From: Randy Schellenberg [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 12:58 PM To: Trina Koch Subject: Re: Most recent MoE report Hi Trina: I haven't seen that report, but I would be very interested to read it. I had heard that MoE would be requiring Silverhawk to add a denitrification component to their system; however, sewage treatment first requires nitrification (usually accompilished with nitrifying bacteria in the trickling filter and aerated lagoons), followed by denitrification (usually an anaerobic process). If the permit were amended to meet the stricter criteria, a new treatment plant would likely be required, which is good news! Ideally, it should be an MBR plant, which is capable of much better nutrient removal than 10 mg/l (typically 1-3 mg/l) I have attached test results for the spray irrigation water (annually sampled in September), which is pumped from the exfiltration lagoon. Ammonia levels are 21.2 mg/l and total nitrogen is 28.0 mg/l. This demonstrates that the effluent has not been nitrified, most likely due to the low winter temperatures in the lagoons. Keep in mind that most of this wastewater seeps out of the lagoon into the Coldstream Creek and Vance Creek drainages. As the effluent surfaces in the various seeps, most of the ammonia converts to nitrate. I have also attached the 2007 and 2008 Silverhawk annual reports, which have some valuable historical water quality data for Coldstream and Vance Creeks. Silverhawk is required to sample Coldstream Creek at two seeps below the lagoons (SW3 and SW4), and also at Noble Canyon, Coldstream Lumber, Coldstream Cemetary, and Kirkland Drive. Data dates back to Feb. 2000. You can see that fecal coliforms are low at Noble Canyon and very high from the Coldstream Cemetary (just below the large feedlot) on down. They don't sample at School Road, which likely would show a dramatic rise in nitrate, due to recharge from the Antwerp shallow aquifer. I have also attached a 1994 Guiton Report which requested amending the permit to allow higher TSS and BOD. Here's an excerpt:

For interest's sake, I have attached two photos from 1978 of MacKay reservoir, which suggests that the lagoon has no liner (if you zoom in to the middle of the reservoir, it looks like wastewater is flowing in near the flooded road) . If you look on Google Earth, you'll see that as the reservoir filled up to the dams, water ended up on both sides of the dam at the north end (water seeped under or around the dam). Eventually, the dam was partially removed and a smaller dam was built further north. Notice the large fault to the east of the reservoir, which likely acts as a conduit for wastewater flow to Bailey's pond (at the corner of Bailey and Commonage Roads) and the flooded ravine behind it. This same fault also feeds Bailey Spring, which emerges below the flooded ravine, forming an algae-lined, nutirent-rich creek flowing into Kal Lake just south of the boat launch at Kekuli Bay. As MacKay reservoir filled, the level of Rose's pond also rose dramatically, flooding Commonage Road twice, which required raising the roadbed each time. Davidson pond also rose dramatically, which is why the trees surrounding both ponds have drowned. Boltres creek receives groundwater from this drainage, which explains why it is so high in nutirents and why it runs year-round. I have several aerial and perspective photos from the 1960's which show the Rose's pond level significantly lower. If the fracture matrix in the bedrock beneath the Commonage could be explored, we might gain a better understanding of how the wastewater migrates from MacKay to Kal Lake and to Okanagan Avenue. It appears as if most of the wastewater migration is fracture

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controlled, with many of the ponds and streams in the Commonage being hydrologically connected. Regarding the ad hoc committee, I told Mike MacNabb that the Citizen's Coalition would be most effective by presenting information to the committe rather than being official members. Iwould be happy to make a presentation or submit reports to the committee. Please let me know how I can help! Kindest Regards, Randy Schellenberg

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Kal Lake Ad Hoc Committee Meeting Date: July 27, 2010 Regular Agenda - Item - D2a.


Kal Lake Ad Hoc Committee Meeting Date: July 27, 2010 Regular Agenda - Item - D2b.


CARO Analytical Services employs methods which are based on those found in “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water

and Wastewater”, 21st Edition, 2005, published by the American Public Health Association (APHA); US EPA protocols found in

“Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, SW846”, 3rd Edition; and protocols published by the

British Columbia Ministry of Environment (BCMOE).

Methods not described in these publications are conducted according to procedures accepted by appropriate regulatory agencies,

and/or are done in accordance with recognized professional standards using accepted testing methodologies and quality control

efforts except where otherwise agreed to by the client.

The results in this report apply to the samples analyzed in accordance with the chain of custody document. This analytical report

must be reproduced in its entirity. CARO is not responsible for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from error or

omission in the conduct of testing. Liability is limited to the cost of analysis. Samples will be disposed of 30 days after the test

report has been issued unless otherwise agreed to in writing.

• All solids results are reported on a dry weight basis unless otherwise noted

• Units: mg/kg = milligrams per kilogram, equivalent to parts per million (ppm)

mg/L = milligrams per litre, equivalent to parts per million (ppm)

ug/L = micrograms per litre, equivalent to parts per billion (ppb)

ug/g = micrograms per gram, equivalent to parts per million (ppm)

• "RDL" Reported detection limit

• "<" Less than reported detection limit

Please call the lab if you need more information.

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General Comments:

Final Review Per:

REPORTED

RECEIVED / TEMP

COC #(s)

WORK ORDER #

PROJECT NAME

102 - 3677 Highway 97N Kelowna, BC Canada V1X 5C3

Tel: (250) 765-9646 Fax: (250) 765-3893 Web: www.caro.ca

CARO Analytical Services

19-Sep-08

11-Sep-08 08:50 / 8 °C

Jennifer Shanko, AScT

Coordinator, Operations/Admin

K8I0393

CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS

CLIENT Silverhawk Utilities

2024-12th Avenue NW

Calgary AB

T2N 1J7

TEL (250) 558-9877

FAX (250) 558-9877

ATTENTION Jim Huffman

No Req

Irrigation - Annual

Kal Lake Ad Hoc Committee Meeting Date: July 27, 2010 Regular Agenda - Item - D2c.


SAMPLE DATA

CLIENT

PROJECT NAME

Silverhawk Utilities

Irrigation - Annual

WORK ORDER #

REPORTED

K8I0393

19-Sep-08

Analyte RDL Units AnalyzedResult

Phase 1 Irrigation (K8I0393-01) Matrix: Water Sampled: 10-Sep-08

Notes

General Parameters

mg/LBOD, 5-day 10 12-Sep-08< 10

uS/cmConductivity (EC) 5 16-Sep-08821

mg/LHardness, Total (Total as CaCO3) 2.07 16-Sep-08167

"Nitrogen, Ammonia as N 0.50 11-Sep-0821.2

"Nitrogen, Nitrate+Nitrite as N 0.02 11-Sep-080.34

"Nitrogen, Nitrate as N 0.01 "0.34

"Nitrogen, Nitrite as N 0.01 "< 0.01

"Nitrogen, Total Kjeldahl 1.00 12-Sep-0828.0

pH UnitspH 0.1 12-Sep-087.9

mg/LPhosphorus, Total 0.20 12-Sep-085.48

"Phosphate, Ortho as P 0.010 11-Sep-083.30

N/ASodium Adsorption Ratio 0.1 19-Sep-083.0

mg/LSolids, Total Suspended 1 16-Sep-0832

"Sulfate 5.0 12-Sep-0846.5

Microbiological Parameters

MPN/100mLColiforms, Fecal 3.0 11-Sep-08< 3.0

Total Recoverable Metals by ICPMS

mg/LAluminum 0.050 16-Sep-080.387

"Antimony 0.0030 "< 0.0030

"Arsenic 0.0050 "< 0.0050

"Barium 0.005 "0.033

"Beryllium 0.0020 "< 0.0020

"Bismuth 0.0005 "< 0.0005

"Boron 0.020 "0.109

"Cadmium 0.00010 "0.00018

"Calcium 0.5 "52.0

"Chromium 0.015 "< 0.015

"Cobalt 0.0005 "0.0018

"Copper 0.0030 "0.0101

"Iron 0.20 "1.70

"Lead 0.0010 "< 0.0010

"Lithium 0.0020 "0.0032

"Magnesium 0.20 "9.01

"Manganese 0.0050 "0.273

"Mercury 0.00030 "< 0.00030

"Molybdenum 0.0010 "0.0023

"Nickel 0.005 "0.006

"Phosphorus 0.20 "4.76

"Potassium 0.20 "11.7

"Selenium 0.0050 "< 0.0050

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SAMPLE DATA

CLIENT

PROJECT NAME


Irrigation - Annual

WORK ORDER #

REPORTED

K8I0393

19-Sep-08



Notes

Total Recoverable Metals by ICPMS, Continued

mg/LSilicon 1.0 "4.4

"Silver 0.00040 "< 0.00040

"Sodium 0.20 "87.8

"Strontium 0.005 "0.973

"Tellurium 0.0030 "< 0.0030

"Thallium 0.0005 "< 0.0005

"Thorium 0.0030 "< 0.0030

"Tin 0.0020 "< 0.0020

"Titanium 0.10 "< 0.10

"Uranium 0.0005 "0.0006

"Vanadium 0.010 "< 0.010

"Zinc 0.010 "0.018

"Zirconium 0.005 "< 0.005




SAMPLE DATA

CLIENT

PROJECT NAME


Irrigation - Annual

WORK ORDER #

REPORTED

K8I0393

19-Sep-08



Notes

General Parameters

mg/LBOD, 5-day 10 12-Sep-08< 10

uS/cmConductivity (EC) 5 16-Sep-08896

mg/LHardness, Total (Total as CaCO3) 2.07 16-Sep-08165

"Nitrogen, Ammonia as N 0.50 11-Sep-0815.4

"Nitrogen, Nitrate+Nitrite as N 0.02 11-Sep-080.70

"Nitrogen, Nitrate as N 0.01 "0.70

"Nitrogen, Nitrite as N 0.01 "< 0.01

"Nitrogen, Total Kjeldahl 1.00 12-Sep-0826.1

pH UnitspH 0.1 12-Sep-087.7

mg/LPhosphorus, Total 0.20 12-Sep-085.41

"Phosphate, Ortho as P 0.010 11-Sep-083.24

N/ASodium Adsorption Ratio 0.1 19-Sep-083.5

mg/LSolids, Total Suspended 1 16-Sep-0836

"Sulfate 5.0 12-Sep-0848.0

Microbiological Parameters

MPN/100mLColiforms, Fecal 3.0 11-Sep-08< 3.0

Total Recoverable Metals by ICPMS

mg/LAluminum 0.050 16-Sep-080.456

"Antimony 0.0030 "< 0.0030

"Arsenic 0.0050 "< 0.0050

"Barium 0.005 "0.033

"Beryllium 0.0020 "< 0.0020

"Bismuth 0.0005 "< 0.0005

"Boron 0.020 "0.109

"Cadmium 0.00010 "0.00018

"Calcium 0.5 "50.9

"Chromium 0.015 "< 0.015

"Cobalt 0.0005 "0.0019

"Copper 0.0030 "0.0099

"Iron 0.20 "1.77

"Lead 0.0010 "< 0.0010

"Lithium 0.0020 "0.0033

"Magnesium 0.20 "9.08

"Manganese 0.0050 "0.272

"Mercury 0.00030 "< 0.00030

"Molybdenum 0.0010 "0.0023

"Nickel 0.005 "0.006

"Phosphorus 0.20 "4.65

"Potassium 0.20 "11.6

"Selenium 0.0050 "< 0.0050




SAMPLE DATA

CLIENT

PROJECT NAME


Irrigation - Annual

WORK ORDER #

REPORTED

K8I0393

19-Sep-08



Notes

Total Recoverable Metals by ICPMS, Continued

mg/LSilicon 1.0 "4.9

"Silver 0.00040 "< 0.00040

"Sodium 0.20 "103

"Strontium 0.005 "0.954

"Tellurium 0.0030 "< 0.0030

"Thallium 0.0005 "< 0.0005

"Thorium 0.0030 "< 0.0030

"Tin 0.0020 "< 0.0020

"Titanium 0.10 "< 0.10

"Uranium 0.0005 "0.0006

"Vanadium 0.010 "< 0.010

"Zinc 0.010 "0.016

"Zirconium 0.005 "< 0.005




Kal Lake Ad Hoc Committee Meeting Date: July 27, 2010 Regular Agenda - Item - D2d.


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