Mr. Jerry Grant:

The current model that has been favoured for some time is the 20 year design-build-operate model. It had considerable merit in combining the design and technology being offered, with the responsibility to operate it. Our view is that a 20 year period is probably too long. We would like to see break clauses more frequently because there are issues of flexibility and being able to deal with change during that 20 year period. Twenty years is a long time to plan for and build into a contract arrangement. However, the contracts have worked quite well.

We have no particular responsibility for septic tanks and sludge. It may be that we can provide a service to deal with the treatment of septic sludge transported to some of our sites where we have the capacity to deal with it. That is a service we could probably offer.