REPORT TO AUTHORITIES
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British Columbia
Environmental Emergency Program
1 800 663 3456
Phone this number first.
They can direct you who to contact next. Ask for the Dangerous Goods Incident Report number (DGIR #) and provide it on following calls.
City of Burnaby
604 294 7200 (24 Hours)
or
604 294 7850
Supply the DGIR # to the City and send any photos to
climateactionandenergy@burnaby.ca.
City of Coquitlam
604 927 3500 (24 Hours)
If you suspect that the source of contamination is upstream of the Rathburn culvert, under North Road at Rathburn Drive, then you would phone the City of Coquitlam.
Send any photos to epw@coquitlam.ca
BEST PRACTICES: Concrete Truck Washout
Have you watched concrete truck drivers wash their trucks and chutes and wondered if they were doing it properly and what impact it was having on the environment? Check out this link to a YouTube video showing how a concrete truck should be washed out while at a construction site or on a roadway.
Concrete truck wash water is highly toxic and has a pH of 10.5 or higher and should never enter a catchbasin or a waterway. If you see concrete trucks that are not following these procedures by using a chute bucket attached to the chute or allowing concrete wash water to flow onto the roadway or into a catch basin please report to the appropriate authority.
REPORT TO SCEC
Stoney Creek is one of the most important salmon spawning streams in the Brunette River system. In 2021/2022 Stoney Creek was listed on The BC Endangered Urban Rivers List, published by the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC. If you witness discolouration of the water, dead or dying fish, or raw sewage on nearby streets, first contact authorities. It would help us if you also filled out the Stoney Creek Environment Committee’s Incident Report (below) so we can record these events.