ARE LANXESS CANADA SINCERELY CONSIDERING ACTUALLY PRPOERLY REMEDIATING THE ELMIRA AQUIFERS?

 

Now come on! Quit laughing and quivering with mirth. Just because they and their corporate predecessors along with their regulator (MECP) have spent the last 35 years lying to the public about the Elmira Water Crisis is no reason to be skeptical. Maybe they're experiencing a Come To Jesus moment. Maybe they're on drugs. Hell maybe they've actually grown a conscience or something else bizarre has happened. Who knows?

Now of course there is still the problem of AFTER the Elmira Aquifers are clean to drinking water standards they are still directly connected to the upstream mess called Uniroyal/Lanxess Canada. Sure, sure there has been on-site hydraulic pump & treat since 1992 of the Municipal Aquifers and  since 1997 of the shallow Upper Aquifer. One of the serious problems is that while still lying  about it they have reduced their on-site pumping dramatically thus allowing off-site leakage despite their denials.  Imagine the day after Lanxess either goes belly up or retreats to the U.S. or Germany. Who's going to pay for the electricity to keep the pumps going? Who's going to maintain the motors, pumps and treatment facilities? The Elmira Aquifers will unfortunately end up right back where they were in the 70s, 80s and 90s.

Promises from the company are nothing but wind. Do the cleanup of both the aquifers and the Creek properly and then come talk to me.  After 35 years of irresponsible lying and deceit we the public do not owe you one inch of leeway or confidence.