Yesterday's Waterloo Region Record carried the following story titled "Chemical spill likely the cause of Puslinch's stinky water: report". Based on this latest report from Harden Environmental Services it seems as if the Ministry of Transport (MTO) have misled the public regarding a "rotten vegetable odour" in the wells of local citizens last summer. The MTO had earlier stated that that a chemical spill was unlikely and that it couldn't penetrate the bedrock due to the ground thickness (overburden) above the Bedrock Aquifer. The Harden Report disagrees and suggests that there is indeed a potential migration pathway for surface contaminants to be drawn toward the nearby pumping wells.
There were a number of sulpher compounds found in some water samples.as per the Harden Report. A local property owner (Susan Fielding) was very disappointed and shocked by the dishonesty of the MTO in not informing local residents promptly and truthfully about the chemical spill. This folks is democracy in action when practiced by bureaucrats and politicians with low ethics and standards.
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