{"id":1263,"date":"2013-02-13T19:22:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T00:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sobac.com\/~stopthestink\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2013-02-13T19:24:51","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T00:24:51","slug":"another-biosolids-facility-in-waterloo-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sobac.com\/~stopthestink\/2013\/02\/another-biosolids-facility-in-waterloo-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Another biosolids facility in Waterloo Region?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Waterloo<\/a>The Waterloo Chronicle<\/a> is running a series of articles on a biosolids facility in the Region of Waterloo. The latest article, entitled Not in my backyard<\/a> opens with the observation:<\/p>\n

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Ask a regional councillor from the city of Waterloo or Cambridge what their opinion is of the region\u2019s proposed biosolids heat-drying facility and you\u2019ll likely get the same answer.<\/p>\n

I love it \u2013 just don\u2019t put it in my city.<\/q>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Waterloo Chronicle quotes Woolwich Township Mayor (and Waterloo Regional Councillor) Todd Cowan:<\/p>\n

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[Cowan], who experienced a similar debate in his town, said NIMBYism is inherent in almost any major municipal project.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s a skate park or something like (the biosolids plant),<\/q> said councillor Todd Cowan, mayor of Woolwich Township. For years he has been fighting with the provincial government to relocate a biogas facility from near Elmira\u2019s downtown to a less residential area.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And we know how effective that’s been…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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