Now the groundwater tutorial ran from 4:15 pm. until 6 pm. and I believe that all who attended both benefited and enjoyed the experience. I was particularly pleased with the questions asked by the councillors (Schwindt, Grant and Cadeau) as they were clearly engaged and interested. Both Drs. Dan Holt and Sebastian Seibel-Achenbach of CPAC (Citizens Public Advisory Committee) also attended and contributed.
All attendees were given a large package which included colour maps of the Lanxess site, the town of Elmira, location of wells etc. Much of the package, which also included text from the K-W Record (May 15, 1991) and a letter from a professional hydrogeologist, may like a fine wine require time to be fully appreciated. Further text which I provided listed the pumping well systems such as the Upper Aquifer Containment System (UACS), the On-Site Containment System (PW4 & 5) and the Off-Site Containment & Treatments System consisting of wells W5A, W5B, W8, W9, W6A, W6B, W3R and E7/E9.
The Diagram showing the sub-surface cross-section of the various geological strata was particularly helpful as councillors could quickly see the interaction, location and connections between the various Aquifers (water saturated pore spaces) and Aquitards (tighter pore spaces and much less water flow). I offered future assistance as they had the time to examine some of the maps, diagrams and documents more carefully down the road.
why did Bonnie Bryant not attend?
ReplyDeleteI do not know. She, Sandy Shantz and Evan Burgess were all invited. Best case scenario is that Eric and Nathan are the official Council members on RAC and TAG hence they went. Kayla was a pleasant surprise in attending and Bonnie and Evan were less pleasant surprises.
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