The Texada goop / slime problem. Presentation to MOT and EMCON (May, 2008). The old "www.texadaslime.org" site no longer exists.
Who in the world, apart from Gabriola, has roads with the worst potholes? Any island in the Carribean that uses marl. And what is marl? A deposit composed principally of clay with calcium carbonate.
Still no sign of a report. (February 20, 2009) Message from TRAN (MOT) Re-167051, The report is being finalized. (December 22, 2008) Message from TRAN (MOT) Re-167051, Additional testing has been done on the
Texada quarry material, results available soon. (September 11, 2008).
Texada goop on Denman Island (June 7, 2008) Letter to Minister Kevin Falcon (May 8, 2008 – with a gracious reply August 11, 2008) Testing summary (March 18, 2008) “Final” report on Texada goop (February 18, 2008 – “final” was optimistic, four addenda added, the 3rd is important)
First addendum (February 20, 2008 – magnesium silicate scaling in car brakes) Second addendum (February 20, 2008 – effect of dust control chemicals on the problem) Third addendum (March 14, 2008 – “limestone” error corrected; Residents & Ratepayers’ acid extraction analysis) Fourth addendum (March 19, 2008 – Water extraction results added and compared; Islands Trust)
E-mails and response, President & General Manager, Emcon Services (February 18/19, 2008).
Mostly unpublished articles that may be of particular interest to Gabriolans.