WHY DOES THE REGION OF WATERLOO COVERUP POLLUTERS?

Terry Pender of the K-W Record has produced an excellent article regarding uptown Waterloo development. Here is the link to his front page story. Although the overall story is positive there are some ominous undertones. "unlike many other factory owners in this region, the owners of Canbar cleaned up the site to the satisfaction of the Ministry of the Environment." Well I'm sorry but the M.O.E.'s standards are inadequate. We've had Trichloroethylene in Waterloo's drinking water for twenty five years (or more) and it's still there. This directly affects Waterloo and Elmira/ St.Jacobs residents adversely. Later in the article we are advised "The water table in this area is continually pumped to prevent the toxic plume from spreading and the Region of Waterloo has never been able to pinpoint the source of the contamination." Please see my post for yesterday regarding the Region's claim that they don't know the source of TCE in the Middleton wellfield in Cambridge. Both of these claims by the Region are BS! Also talk about shutting the gate after the horse has bolted. The "toxic plume" has already spread hundreds of yards to the William St. wellfield in Waterloo. Sure glad you are allegedly containing it a quarter of a century too late.