BOTH TCE & DCE HAVE MIGRATED FROM IMICO (Beverley St.) TO SOME OF GUELPH'S DRINKING WATER WELLS

 

I was shocked not by the fact that volatile organic chemicals have flowed in the groundwater into some drinking wells in Guelph but that they would admit it in a technical document. The document is the June 12, 2020 Phase Two Environmental Site Assessment written by Jacobs (formerly CH2M HILL). Now that being said I have reread the relevant paragraphs and there appears to be some stickhandling going on (isn't there always!). Apparently Guelph's Membro, Park and Emma Wells have low levels of both TCE (trichloroethylene) and 1,2 DCE in them.  Now yes both these chemicals are beneath and throughout the IMICO property albeit in higher elevation Bedrock Aquifers than the Gasport Formation which is the primary source of municipal drinking water. However then we are advised that this Gasport Formation is hydraulically connected to a higher elevation Bedrock Aquifer called the Goat Island Formation which does have TCE and 1,2 DCE in it from the IMICO site.

SO... any chance our illustrious politicians, bureaucrats, "experts" and  hangers on would like to comment on vapour intrusion in the Kingsmill, Menzie, Audrey and Lawrence neighbourhood located between IMICO and the Eramosa River? I have seen a map showing soil vapours of chlorinated solvents including TCE, VC and PCE sometimes in excess of health criteria. The question of course is how many homes have these toxic vapours entering through basements and at what concentrations. Has this health threat been honestly investigated and the facts honestly disseminated to all the local residents?