Hungry Horse news., 1952-10-24
Installing Sewage
system at Wuferton
by Mrs. Bessie Armand

WATERTON PARK j. H
Mitchell, chief of the engineering
and architectural division of the
Department of Resources and Dew
elopment spent few days in
Waterton Lakes national park this
week inspecting progress on the
$4,000 installation of the winter
water and sewage disposal system
project being carried out by his
division. Engineer in charge of the
project is w. G. Robinson of Banff.
Fairly satisfactory progress is
being made on the water and sew
age disposal system project, but
work is being slowed considerably
by the shortage of laborers. A
large amount of machinery, includ-
ing three back-hoes, power shovels
with special types of booms for
digging bitches, are being used to
compensate for the shortage of
manpoWer.
However, it is expected that if
the present good weather holds
out the project will be substanti-
ally completed before freeze-up.
Laying of the winter water mains,
about 21a miles of pipe, has been
completed. Only about Is or 20
of the $50 to ITS houses in Water
ton park toWnsite have been con-
nected to the winter water mains.
The remaining houses will have
their services connected when time
permits. 1t is the intention of the
engineers to connect all of the
winter residences to the winter
water mains before freeze-up, if
at all possible. Many of the winter
residents of Waterton Lakes nat
ional park have for years packed
their water during the winter
from Cameron creek, the lake, or
the nearest available source. Some
of the residents have, over the
years, installed pumping systems
and pressure tanks for their win
ter use. To those who must pack
their water a great distance the
winter water installation will be
a special boon.
About one quarter of the one
and one half miles of sewer pipe
has been laid. The footings for
the septic tank located near lower
Cameron creek bridge in the camp
grounds have been poured, and it
is expected that the walls will be
pounred on October IA. Two pun
ping stations will be needed to
pump the sewage into the septic
tank. One pumping station will be
located just down from the Koo-
tenai Brown monument opposite
the R. c. M. P. barracks, while
the second one will pump the sew
age directly into the septic tank.
Difficulty is being Encountered in
these concrete pump
ing stations as there is at present
about ten feet of water surround
ng them. Water pumps are being
Used to drain the excavations.
AS well as the septic tank for
he sewage disposal system re-
ention tank and chlorinating plant
must be built. When the sewage
las passed through this system it
will have been purified, and will
Train into Cameron creek.
Because of delay in the supply
ng of pumps for the pumping sta
ions the engineers do not expect
hat the sewer system will be op-
,ration until next spring.
Parks branch workers under the
of park engineer w. j. =
Kerr are insulating the winter wa
er main leading from the intake
am located about quarter of a
nile above Cameron falls to the
house.
G. R. Armand, park mechanic,
this week from three
ay trip to Jasper National park.
Gr. Armand brought from Jasper
truck and hydraulic scraper to
e used by the Parks department
4 Waterton Lakes national park. 4
The cabin located on the North
'ork of the Belly river to be used g
y Waterton and Glacier national r
ark rangers patroling the area