Hoo Boy who am I kidding! Of course they can! Those buggers can could use a nearby forest fire to justify burning down a political opponents house to allegedly get rid of cockroaches. Logic and reason have been shown to be easily overcome with power, influence and brass. That is the shame of our so called democratic system. Those currently in power have way too much moral suasion and authority on their side. Our U.S. neighbour and President D. Trump is a prime example. Apparently ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement) agents have killed U.S. citizens both prior to Renee Good and since. The excuse is that not only are protesters whistles dangerous but citizens fleeing from these aggressive, hostile armed men barking orders, drawing guns and attempting to force drivers' doors open; are "weaponizing" their cars by driving away from these aggressors. Lying and bulls*it are the weapons of choice of politicians trying to wash citizens' blood from their hands.
Ten years or so ago Eric Hodgins, then a hydrogeologist with the Region of Waterloo, advised CPAC publicly that the Region had zero interest in the Elmira Aquifers as a water source. Without blatantly saying it; it appeared that the Region knew that the "cleanup" was going nowhere fast. Now a mere one or two years ago the Region have reversed positions. I don't believe that they have any more confidence in the Elmira cleanup as much as they have begun to realize how desperately they need at least some of this water in the Distribution System.
Knowing the Region's "management" strategies concerning water the most likely scenario is to pump the south wellfield (E7, E9) as an "Interceptor" well blocking the advance southward of NDMA, chlorobenzene, other solvents, dissolved dioxins, nitrates etc.. Then they might get away with pumping well E 10 located just past Deadman's Curve (Hwy # 85) at Scotch Line. Whether they would run it south to Waterloo or put it into the Elmira Distribution System is hard to say.
The Region prefer to play their games such as musical wells, timely shutdowns as contaminant plumes approach drinking wells, along with simple dilution of contaminated wells with lesser contaminated wells, in private. They really do not want citizens to know the extent of the local groundwater contamination at least until everything is set up for the big reveal being the proposed Lake Erie Pipeline. Folks poor governance has and will continue our degrading lifestyles and health for the immediate future.
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