More rumours from #SiteC: The Shaman property that Hydro specifically purchased because supposedly it had the perfect material (clay) to build the impermeable core of the dam & the river diversion coffer dams? Well, apparently the material is too sandy & not suitable.. #bcpoli
Locals shaking heads, saying it's hard to believe anyone could screw up that badly; that is what test holes are drilled for. Meanwhile, the expensive conveyor belt specifically built to move that material to the dam has only run a little bit to their knowledge... #bcpoli
I find that locals are usually the best sources. They're the ones who are most likely to hear what's really going on at this rushed & incompetent megaproject. And they're the ones who loudly warned BC Hydro & the BC govt from the *beginning* that this was no place to build a dam.
..I just got more info about the Shaman property BC Hydro bought to mine clay for #SiteC, clay that now turns out to be inappropriate for the dam & cofferdams. Hydro (ie we) paid ~$10m for that property. And the $$$ conveyor built from that land to #SiteC is fraught w problems.
If you're building earthfill dams you need impervious clay to pack inside the dam (we shouldn't be building an earthfill dam on mud at all but that's another topic). They'll need good clay to build the river diversion cofferdams too. Clay is sandy. Conveyor belt is not operating.
I kind of miss that guy who, whenever I relay rumour & intel about goings-on at #SiteC, jumps in to say "you're spreading rumours!" Yes, bud, that was right there in my intro.
What happened to that guy?
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