WATER OPTIONS FOR WEST MONTROSE AND CONESTOGO

Last Friday's Waterloo Region Record carried this story "Water supply options considered for Conestogo and West Montrose". According to this story West Montrose has both quantity and quality problems whereas Conestogo not only does not, but actually has excess capacity. Therefore the original plan was to build a pipeline from Conestogo to West Montrose but now two additional plans are on the drawing board both of which entail Waterloo water coming north to Conestogo and West Montrose. It seems more than a little strange to me that these new plans include replacing the two Conestogo water systems when we've been told that they have both acceptable quality and quantity.

The alleged problems in West Montrose apparently are due to shallow wells which can "clog quickly". Also allegedly they aren't supplying as much water as the Region hoped. Really? These four wells are river infiltration wells and literally are replenished twenty-four seven by the Grand River . The volumes of Grand River water are controlled by the upriver Belwood (Shand) Dam and are very stable throughout even the low rainfall summer months. There is a water problem in West Montrose and it is long overdue to be remedied. Next Tuesday (6 pm.) I will be discussing these issues in Woolwich Council Chambers.