How is it possible especially when the majority of elevation contour lines have been provided by Conestoga Rovers and Associates? The rest have come from the Region of Waterloo, GRCA and the Ministry of Environment. Furthermore to date I have seen zero contradictions between any of the sources. Perhaps if Uniroyal Chemical had not perched their uncovered pits and ponds right at the highest elevations between the two properties then so much liquid toxins could not have moved eastwards onto the neighbouring Stroh Farm.
Contour lines do not lie. They are the elevation of the ground's surface above sea level. Despite this Luis Almeida and Lanxess have decided to go all in. I expected reticence on their part. Their history as well as that of their corporate predecessors has generally been abysmal when discussing transparency and honest discussion. What I find now is a corporate decision that can not be justified either in the short or long term. Their refusal to admit that their liquid wastes flowed more than a few metres onto the Stroh property is shockingly self-serving and shockingly glaringly bad.
I have recently reexamined those elevation contour lines. Yes some of the older maps are done in feet above sea level versus more recent ones done in metres above sea level (i.e. masl). Does Lanxess and GHD believe that TRAC members aren't smart enough to be able to convert feet to metres or do they think that TRAC members are too lazy or just don't care? This is what I have to observe carefully now. Why is only one TRAC member (Sebastian) pushing this while all the others appear to ignore it? Have many TRAC members been given their marching orders either from Lanxess or Woolwich Township and they don't want to rock the boat? Or is it just too much work as volunteers to look up these maps and see for yourselves?
This alleged Stroh "investigation" is equal in quality to others that the polluter and corporate successors have done over the decades.
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