MORE PHONY PUBLIC CONSULTATION - WEST MONTROSE & CONESTOGO WATER SUPPLY

Yesterday's Woolwich Observer carrys an ad for a public consultation meeting about the Environmental Assessment of the Conestoga Plains Water Supply System. It is my understanding that the completed EA of the West Montrose water supply was inherently bogus. This occurred by the usual methods of giving the public either inaccurate information or essential non information. Also subjective weighing of options was simply to promote the Region of Waterloo's already arrived at conclusion. Unfortunately as I recall West Montrose residents were advised that Conestogo had high quality water in abundance and hence they could hook into their supply via a new pipeline. Now we learn that Conestogo's quantity and quality really aren't that good don't you know; so golly gosh we're going to abandon the Conestogo wells in favour of hooking into the Region's Integrated Urban System via a pipeline to St. Jacobs. This IUS system is a blend of Grand River water and wells throughout Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge of various qualities. I suppose the good news is that this blending of many dozens of wells plus river water does tend to dilute the various industrial contaminants that are in the raw (& finished) water from wells throughout the region. The public meeting will be held at the Conestoga Golf & Country Club on Thursday November 20, 2014 from 5:30-7:30 pm..