At the Port Colborne Council Meeting of June 10, 2019 we were treated to an interesting juxtaposition with an hour long presentation regarding the twenty year (20) long soil pollution spectacle (still unresolved) caused by metal contaminants in the soil followed by concern for a potential water aquifer pollution threat by landfilling of a stone quarry.
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Councilor Bodnar's call for a third party expert to assist in determining 'risk' is certainly in keeping with preventing an even more disastrous, expensive and long term contamination of water supply.
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The owner of the former stone quarry has the same right as any other property owner and that is to use their private property as they see fit as long as it doesn't adversely harm their neighbour.
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Not only is there a serious potential risk of harm to the property owner's neighbour but potential long-term and possibly irreversible harm to every Citizen relying on the water aquifer!
Possibly the most significant decision this Council will ever make
"We need to protect our groundwater/aquifers for not just us but for the future of our children and grandchildren. If contamination occurs because Port Colborne Quarries wants to fill Pit 1 that is 8 meters deep into our water table with unwanted construction site fill ( so called excess soil); there is a very real risk of contamination. Once our water become contaminated there is no fixing it. This highly vulnerable aquifer reaches many communities in south Niagara from at least Wainfleet to Fort Erie and beyond. Please help our effort - we need human help too !!!!!" -Cindy Cosby
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