WHAT A DOG'S BREAKFAST OF CONFUSED GROUNDWATER MONITORING RESULTS

You know in this day of computerization you would think that Lanxess and predecessors could have come up with a user friendly easy to see record of groundwater results for any individual well chosen. In fact I have zero doubts that they have such a thing for themselves, their consultants and their friends. Of course their friends do not include either nuetral citizens or citizens critical of the company and its cleanup efforts. That said I did receive several years back a copy of their E:Dat program. I found it underwhelming. .................................................................................................................. So I've spent several hours going over numerous Annual Monitoring Reports (AMR) specifically looking for groundwater results for many east side wells. Again the results were underwhelming. The long list of wells right on the Lanxess/Stroh property line are underrepresented although certainly the destruction of so many during the 1987 excavations of BAE-1 and RB-1 and RB-2 is a factor. There are no signs of any results for OW 25, OW 26, OW 27, OW 29, OW 30, OW 31, OW 33, OW 34 and OW 35 or OW 39. That is ridiculous. Other wells in that area such as OW 28 and OW 36-5R certainly have high contaminant concentrations such as NDMA, 2,4-Dichlorophenol, and 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol. Also well OW 37-5A has a history of high detections. Well 8-d again right on the property boundary, screened in the Municipal Upper Aquifer had an astounding concentration of NDMA of 2,500 parts per trillion (ppt) in 1994 with an Ontario drinking water standard (ODWS) of 9 ppt. The fact that this concentration is UPGRADIENT of the recognized flow of this aquifer from north-west to south-east is very concerning. Also well OW 38-5R as late as last year had NDMA concentrations just barely below the ODWS despite no new contaminants deposited in the waste pits since 1970 and excavations in 1987 and 1993. ................................................................................................. Other wells have concentrations of contaminants all over the place. Now this includes wells with Non Detects in the shallow aquifer but with high concentrations in deeper aquifers. It also includes wells that would appear to be downgradient (groundwater flow) from RPE-4 & 5 having very high concentrations of contaminants and others not. Same thing with wells that are downgradient from surface flow of the overflowing east side waste pits. Surprises included NDMA in the deep municipal aquifer at well OW 7-29 (N.E. corner of Lanxess) of 14,400 and 16,500 parts per trillion just last year. What the hell is that! Meanwhile a mere few feet away (east) on the Stroh property we had a "cleanup" in early 2019 that went all of 5.9 inches (15 cm.) deep. The deep municipal aquifer well (OW 7-29) meanwhile is 29 metres deep! Again there are both high and low results in these various wells south-west of the Stroh farm and property. I'm beginning to wonder if there are still more "anomolies" or better yet dumping secrets that we the public are still unaware of so many decades later.