Betty Boileau appealed a decision of the Environmental Health Officer to issue a permit for the construction of a conventional sewage disposal system to serve a two-bedroom home on a lot near Magna Bay on Shuswap Lake. Mrs. Boileau runs a commercial campground on her property, and was concerned that the permitted sewage disposal system on the adjacent property would contaminate her groundwater well. Mrs. Boileau sought an order cancelling the permit.
The Board found that the Permit Holder satisfied the setback requirement from Mrs. Boileau’s well and had sufficient depth of undisturbed soil between the ground surface and the ground water table to satisfy regulatory requirements. The Board also found that high lake levels will not adversely impact the absorption field. The Board concluded that the permitted system posed no real or significant risk of contamination to Mrs. Boileau’s domestic water well. The appeal was dismissed.
