NO APOLOGIES: JUST QUIETLY REVERSE POSITIONS AND HOPE NO ONE NOTICES

 

I am of course referring to recent events in which Lanxess, via third parties of course, have reversed positions on both off-site DNAPLS and other sources to the Elmira Aquifers contamination.  It is now in writing that besides Uniroyal Chemical and Nutrite/Yara as polluters of the Elmira Municipal Aquifers; Varnicolor Chemical can now be added to the list of miscreants. Four or five different chlorinated solvents (DNAPLS initially) released at the ground surface through spills, sloppiness and sometimes intent made their way through aquitards and shallow aquifers downwards and into the Municipal Upper Aquifer. This is as per the Minutes of that idiot Allan Deal's (GHD)  public presentation last September and includes 1,1 dichloroethene, 1,2 dichloroethene, trichloroethene, vinyl chloride and dichloroethane. 

Then there is the decades old lies about DNAPL presence at observation well OW57-32R in which DNAPL was both inadvertently drawn to surface from 33 metres below ground where it sat on top of the Municipal Aquitard (MAT) and initially identified as DNAPL. That was walked back in following statements and reports as Uniroyal/Chemtura realized their error (strategic versus factual). This location was beside the Howard St. water tower and in fact pumping well W4 was also located right there for the express purpose of pumping high concentrations of dissolved chlorobenzene from the sub-surface. In fact W4 pumped more chlorobenzene from that one location than all the other off-site pumping wells together. This location likely did not have as much DNAPL as say near the on-site wells OW88 -8 &  -19 or pumping well PW4 hence it may be possible that decades of pumping at W4 significantly reduced the DNAPL presence.  Again ironically it was the idiot Allan Deal who showed us this with his chart and later Minutes of his presentation.. 

Well of course in the ensuing months and a very few TRAC meetings no TRAC members have brought up these astounding developments because they generally don't know crap about the history of the site they are allegedly observing/monitoring. Susan Bryant may not have forgotten but she sure as hell doesn't want to remind anyone of her decades long stance as a DNAPL DENIER along with the rest of the guilty parties. Off-site DNAPLS including chlorobenzene are now admitted (tentatively at least) by Jesse Wrighte (Arcadis)  near First St., Union St. and Howard Ave..  As well  Varnicolor Chemical had both DNAPLS and LNAPLS in their groundwater along with the DNAPLS at W4, OW57-32 and area (water tower). 

Multiple additional sources to the destruction of our drinking water aquifers plus off-site DNAPLS making a difficult job much harder, perhaps impossible. These belated revelations are because of the coverup and corruption of the polluters, the Ont. Min. of Environment and of local politicians (councillors).