Taylor approves updates to wastewater treatment plant

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – The District of Taylor has made changes to the classification of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, bringing the property into compliance with the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC). 

During the December 2nd regular meeting of council, staff presented a report and request to Mayor Brent Taillefer and councillors for authorization to proceed with an exclusion application from the Agricultural Land Reserve. 

The exclusion would apply to the wastewater treatment plant and sewerage lagoons currently existing on ALR land. These properties were specified as Lot 1 and 2 Section 36 in Township 82 Range 18 West of the 6th Meridian Peace River District Plan. 

The council gave their approval for the application, and appointed Tyla Pennel, the district’s  Director of Corporate Services, to make the submission and act as primary contact on the district’s behalf in this matter. 

The current wastewater treatment plant system was built between 1972 and 1973, and as the ALC was established in the same timeframe, the properties were grandfathered in. When the most recent system was built in 2010, an application to the ALC was not made, and staff have concluded that the application should be made now, in 2024 and 2025, to bring the property into compliance. 

With authorization received from the council, staff will be placing signage advertising the upcoming changes, and coordinating a public hearing for residents to submit their comments on the proposed application.