MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS AFTER THE K-W RECORD CALLED FOR ACTION WE ARE STILL WAITING

The Waterloo Region Record published their own Editorial on May 8, 2012 titled "Make Elmira's water safe again". They indicated that two respected scientists and an engineer have indicated that the 2028 mandated cleanup deadline will not happen. These include bot CPAC members as well as Dr. Gail Krantzberg of McMaster University. The Record Editorial also states that Woolwich Township have lost faith in the 1991 (sweetheart) deal between Uniroyal Chemical and the Ontario Ministry of Environment (MOE) and the Township have broken ranks with both the company and the MOE. In hindsight the Township council were led by the disgraced former mayor Todd Cowan however time has proven their environmental stance to be accurate. .............................................................................................................. Now in 2020 it is admitted by all parties including the guilty ones that a complete cleanup of the Elmira Aquifers by 2028 to below drinking water standards will not occur. Currently Lanxess and the MOE are doing what they do best which is to blow smoke, misdirect and stretch the truth. They are opening a discussion to determine if other alternatives to a proper and complete remediation of the Elmira Aquifers would be acceptable. Keep in mind this is after three decades of resisting more aggressive, costly and effective remediation methods suggested by informed citizen stakeholders. Yes these include Source Removal both on and off the Uniroyal/Lanxess property. They are still being resisted and refused to this day and instead more than thirty years after destroying our local water supply the company (Lanxess) are offerring us excuses while trying to determine how flexible ( & uninformed) younger generations in Elmira will be to their blandishments. ................................................................................................. Funny how when public anger was at its peak in 1990 to 1995, neither Uniroyal Chemical nor their ostensible and alleged regulator (MOE/MECP) were saying anything other than a complete cleanup of the Elmira Aquifers as well as the Canagagigue Creek would be unacceptable to them. They lied then and they are lying now.