Hazardous Waste Disposal at Tunney’s Pasture – May 5, Sept 15

As described in https://ottawa.ca/en/residents/garbage-and-recycling/hazardous-waste-and-special-items we have local waste depots twice this year, for disposing of paint, old electronics and other things too dangerous for regular garbage.

The depot runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Tunney’s Pasture. Dates this year are:
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Sunday, September 15, 2019

Some of the odder and more dangerous things I’ve brought and the chemical experts at the depot had fun looking over – old gardening chemicals with Malathion (still used for West Nile mosquitoes), DDT and Chlordane.

Please Reduce Sewer Usage in Champlain Park

Jeff Leiper’s office has suggested that reducing household discharge to the sanitary sewer system for the next few days could help reduce the risk of over-taxing the water system. Which means reducing usage by following cottage rules and cutting down on deep baths/long showers/etc:

If its yellow, let it mellow. If its brown, flush it down.

This is because river water is getting into the system. One of our residents writes:

Our concern was heightened this morning when a manhole cover at the corner of Pontiac and Patricia blew off from increased water pressure caused by the city blocking the sewer pipe yesterday on Pontiac behind the school. It’s still spouting a column of water and flooding the forest on the west side of Patricia and creeping towards Clearview. All they accomplished was pushing the problem 200m west.


Link to Full Size MP4 Video.

By the way, Dovercourt is making their showers available if you need them.

Sandbagging Complete

Thanks everyone for helping out, the sandbagging is complete in our neighbourhood, for now. If you want to join the roving bands of sandbaggers (a bunch of them showed up in an OC Transpo shuttle bus), check out the city web site or ask around (councillor Jeff Leiper’s staff would know).

Flood info page at: https://ottawa.ca/en/residents/emergency-services/emergency-preparedness/flood-information-0 There’s even a video there about making sandbag walls.

Sandbagging Complete – Site all cleaned up too!

Continue reading “Sandbagging Complete” →

Spring Cleanup Results

Andrea Murphy writes on Twitter:
Fruits of the @ChamplainPark spring cleanup today. Thanks to all who helped out. Strangest thing found in the woods was an old leather suitcase.

Actually, if you think about it, that’s likely a civil servant briefcase, possibly accidentally dropped by one of our neighbours from Tunney’s Pasture. It was “grossly mouldy” inside, so no worry about leaked documents.

[2019 Spring Cleanup Results, besides a hockey net, garbage, a leather briefcase was found]

2019 Membership Drive – Starts May 1

Wanted: Volunteers for our 2019 Membership drive!

We need new recruits for our Champlain Park membership drive. You could be one of them!

What do the volunteers do?

It’s easy and a great way to meet your neighbours. Here’s what’s involved:

What: Visit about 20 homes in Champlain Park

When: Starting May 1, 2019

How much do I collect? Only $15 per house (Cash or Cheque)

What is the money used for?

With these fees the community can run fun and important activities like:

  • Winter carnival
  • Sleigh rides
  • Theatre in the Park
  • Champlain Woods projects

How do I get involved?

To become a volunteer contact:

Jennie Hornosty
Email: champlainpark@gmail.com

For past and future posts about the membership drive:
https://champlainpark.org/category/community-news/membership/