Tuesday, March 9, 2021

LAST GALT WELL & THREE HESPELER WELLS

G9 is located near the southern end of Cambridge close to Allen-Bradley as well as Long Mfg. I do not know if those two companies are still operating but my memory tells me that they have left behind a legacy (not a good one) for decades. While overall the water from this well is typical with high sodium and iffy but below criteria Nitrate levels it's unusual problem is Trichloroethylene (TCE). TCE is both a DNAPL (dense non-aqueous phase liquid) and a former common solvent and degreaser used in industrial operations. I will admit that my memory is a little fuzzy regarding details of who contributed more or less than the other or even if our gloriously corrupt MOE/MECP actually held them to account or not. The last published sampling was in August 2018 and TCE was at 1.44 parts per billion with a criteria of 5 ppb. Of course we hope that it hasn't risen but the inadequate regularity of sampling certainly doesn't guarantee that. ........................................................................................................................ Oh and by the way this well (G9) was off-line fro 24 weeks in 2020 with no explanation given. Could TCE levels have been too high but the Region chose not to tell the public? This report also does not advise us as to the results of HAA and THM sampling plus Method Detection Limits (MDL) are far too high for too many solvents and herbicides again with Glyphosate (Roundup) through the roof with a MDL of 25 ppb. .............................................................................................................. Hespeler well supply H3 consists of two wells namely H3 and H3A. Only one well operates at a time hence H3A was offline for 17 weeks and H3 was offline for 43 weeks in 2020. Both chlorine levels and sodium had high spikes and all the solvent and herbicide concentration results are from 2018. That is really not good in my opinion albeit not unusual. There are no results included for Haloacetic Acids (HAA) nor for Trihalomethanes (THMs). Again MDLs are far too high including Glyphosate at 25 ppb. .......................................................................................................... Well system H4 and H5 are similar to all the other Cambridge wells to date with the notable exception of very low sodium levels in well H5. Very high MDLs in solvents and herbicides tested (thank goodness in 2020) and ridiculous Glyphosate MDL continue. HAAs and THM results are also not listed in these reports which is unfortunate. Again it may be possible to find them elsewhere but why have them marked as "Show latest annual average" and then not do it???

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