"ROUTINE" WATER SYSTEM MAINTENANCE IN ELMIRA/ST. JACOBS

Yesterday's Elmira Independent carrys this story "Routine system maintenance may affect local drinking water". We are advised that there will be watermain flushing "...to support the above maintenance work." In the Public Notice also in the Independent there is no indication of what the maintenance actually is. In however the above article written by Chuck Kuepfer, mention is made of rehabilitation of the water tank on Howard Ave. in Elmira. Any further maintenance is left to our imaginations. We are also advised that there could be low water pressure and or discoloured water. The Region does not advise drinking discoloured water. Apparently taste and odour are also concerns during this "maintenance" period running from October 15 until December 3, 2012.

This is where the rubber meets the road. Is there any reason to have doubts about the veracity of the Region of Waterloo in water matters? The unequivocal answer is yes. Is this based on long term deception by them and knowledge that the Region suffers from fictitious disorder syndrome? Again the answer is yes. Is it possible that this work on the Howard St. water tower, located exactly and directly beside observation well OW57-32R and off-site pumping well W4 is exactly what it is claimed to be? Absolutely.

It is a bit of a coincidence however that at the present time CPAC are pounding at the M.O.E/Chemtura gates regarding DNAPL found in well OW57-32R in 1998. It is indeed coincidental that Chemtura's consultants are writing absolutely ridiculous and desperate reports (Aug. 29/12 & Sept. 26/12) trying to overturn both their findings and others around this issue and the ramifications for the Elmira cleanup. Coincidences do occur. It's just unfortunate that our various governments can not be trusted to tell us the truth. Really, how do we know when they are being straightforward and when it's just more of the same?