Since my Tuesday afternoon e-mail cancelling the Wednesday morning (10:30 am.) meeting with Record reporter Terry Pender I have heard nothing from him or any other Record reps. I have a wee suspicion that his (to me) very difficult planned trip to Elmira wasn't going to happen anyways. I repeat that that is no more than a suspicion. He had advised me that he and his bicycle would be making the trip to Elmira from K-W via bus. Yes at my age and mobility I found that astounding almost to the point of weird. That said if he was serious then kudos to him. My complaint about the current lack of a correction or reasonable clarification of the source of the disputed statement is still with the National Newsmedia Council as well as with Mr. Pender and the Record. Frankly I am shocked at the resistance to a very simple correction or clarification and no the provided by Mr. Pender anonymous close relative of a woman with cancer who worked at Uniroyal Chemical doesn't cut it. In fact I seriously wonder if this is as simple as conflating cancer problems at the former Strange St. Kitchener Uniroyal tire factory which issues are well known and public.
The April 2025 Progress Report has been issued and pumping problems continue. Essentially the criteria for on-site pumping in the Municipal Aquifer(s) has been 4.7 litres per second for many, many years. Last month they pumped 3.84 litres per second while pumping about 59 litres per second off-site in the Elmira Municipal Aquifers. There has always been a tug of war we have been advised between the on and off-site pumping wells. Too much off-site pumping can overwhelm the much smaller volume being pumped on-site which can cause on-site hydraulic containment to fail hence allowing more highly contaminated groundwater to leak off-site and further contaminate the Elmira Aquifers. I believe that this has been going on for some time now although Lanxess have just introduced a new pumping well (PW6) to replace the old and long failing PW5.
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