This is the kind of “crap” (excuse the pun) you will see on websites who are backed by the aggregate industry ( source: http://www.theholestory.ca/page.php?id=30 )
"Do pits and quarries have an impact on groundwater?
Aggregate mining in many cases actually cleans the water in an aquifer. There are no chemicals used in aggregate processing.
I know of one case where septic systems from an adjacent village had contaminated all the wells in the village. That same groundwater, once it passed through the gravel pit with all its wetlands and water plants, had all the pollutant nitrates and phosphates naturally removed. A new municipal well drilled downstream from the pit provided some of the cleanest water in the region"
REALLY? Then why don't they name the village where the open pit mine cleansed their water so people can actually verify this for themselves.
I am surprised they don't make the claim that open pit mining can make the blind see and the lame walk....
Region of Peel upgraded their wells on HIghway 10, RIGHT between the James Dick and Lafarge Pits, both operations are WELL below the water table,and both are serveral hundred acres in size. Dont think anyone has died and gone blind from drinking the water! If there was a quality issue peel would have shut that well down years ago......
ReplyDeleteI do Know a place where the water was polluted by farming.....it ended up costing Ontarian's millions and it still costing them today.....every here of Walkerton?
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell does Peel Region upgrading their wells located between two quarries have to do with wells being contaminated by septic then the aggregate industry claiming they cleaned them by their below the water table mining operations?
ReplyDeleteAnd Walkerton-those people died not because agricultural contamination entered the system. There were provisions in place to deal with that, it is called chlorination. Instead two drunked municipal employees had AMPLE warning that the wells were contaminated, but chose not to act, but rather cover it up because they were hired by a municipality and had no qualifications for the job. That is what caused all of those problems and DEATHS.
"Do pits and quarries have an impact on groundwater? I think that it says above!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell if a REGIONAL well can be located beside two hugh pits BELOW THE WATER TABLE..........they must not have any water concerns, which maybe lends some truth to the what they claim on there web site.
And as far as Walkerton, so you are saying polluting water by farming is OK, cause we have chlorine, but gravel companies well...........
ya i think that region of peel well helps supply water to hundreds of thousands of people living in Brampton and Missauaga. and yes it is RIGHT BESIDE two very large below water pit operations. You wanted a Towns name.....look at that example.....i bet this post gets spammed out......LOL if a REgion is willing to upgrade a facility to take more water out of the ground right beside a nasty pit......maybe they arent so nasty....
ReplyDeleteHey did anyone attend Council yesterday and if they did, can you let us know if any of our elected officials explained what the "unforseen logistical cirumstances" were as to why Melancthon didn't have their peer review team in place in order to provide relevant and meaningful comments within the 45 day time period?
ReplyDeleteDear " do pits have an impact on groundwater?"....
ReplyDelete"Amount of residual ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO) explosive that immunologist, Unitarian and antiquarry activist Neil denHollander calculates could be released by quarry blasting into the air, water and soil each day, in tonnes · 1 ".....
this information is taken from the Highland submission. Are you OK with that, would you like to drink the water that contains these toxins? I most certainly am not.