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Home My WebLink AboutGoderich Signal Star, 2017-01-18, Page 11New video offers ways to protect drinking water sources lit Local municipal Air staff takes part in production Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley A new local information video offers practical ways people can protect our water supply with positive actions at work and at home. The new video is the third one in a three-part series. The three- minute video features water treatment and utility operators from two local municipalities. The production shares positive actions for homeowners and businesses to protect drinking water sources. The production gives special focus on best practices for industrial and commercial operations. The new three-minute video is called "Ways to Pro- tect Drinking Water Sources at Work and Horne." It is pro- duced by the Ausable Bay- field Maitland Valley Source Protection Region in cooper- ation with local municipali- ties including the Municipal- ity of North Perth and the Municipality of Huron East. The video is available online at sourcewaterinfo.on.ca and on the Ausable Bayfield You - Tube channel at this link: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v-XXwIXq_vpbE The newest video received more than 60 views in its first Maitland Curling Report Chris Connor pecial to The Signal Star Road conditions limited the Monday/Tuesday league to just five games last week but Lee Cairncross and the Granite Bottoms were glad that they were able to get theirs in as they scored their first win of the season 9 - 4 over Ron Brown. Another team that is on a bit of a roll is Rhonda Hodges and Hurry Harrrd! who after going win- less pre -Christmas scored their second win of 2017, 10 - 4 over Joe George. After suf- fering their first loss of the season the week before Bob Corrigan and his team got back in the win column with a 9 - 5 win over Kate John- ston and the House Manag- ers. Grant Dawson and the RedBlacks finally had something resembling their Ateam and responded with a convincing 13 - 4 win over Judy McLean. In a game that see -sawed back and forth from start to finish even the last shot couldn't decide a winner as Greg Balina and Myles Murdock tied 7 - 7. In the Wednesday/Thurs- day League, Dep Jepma handed Mike Mason and the 'Bird Dogs' a 13 - 9 defeat and Kathy Hallam beat Donna Adams and the Lion Hearts 12 - 7. After three ends Laura Blackmore and the 'Outsliders' found them- selves down by six. They pecked away at the lead over the next four ends to reduce the deficit to two and were laying three more as skip Bob Corrigan prepared for the games final shot Alas Coni- gan made a beautiful draw to W -s°°°" `'`/-*`A, Happy lig I 114 Retirement' LAURIE THOMSON Please join us on Saturday January 21, 2017 Goderich Legion 1 p.m. — 5 p.m. Qui Waited. oak/ pleads week. "We appreciate the partici- pation of local municipalities in this video," said Geoff Cade, program supervisor with the Ausable Bayfield Maitland Val- ley Source Protection Region. "The municipal staff who took part in the video help to illus- trate the importance of keep- ing our drinking water safe and clean. They also show some of the best practices they are put- ting in place that local busi- nesses could consider in their own operations." The video offers ideas such as improved storage of chemi- cals; reducing the amount of chemicals on site and switch- ing to less hazardous products; proper disposal of hazardous the four -foot to stymie the 'Outsliders' comeback dreams. In the closest match of the night Agnes Logten- berg's 'Ice Bergs' hung on for a narrow - 8 win over Curtis McNeil and 'Hammer Down' MONDAY/TUESDAY STANDINGS Corrigan 7 -1 Culbert 6 -1 Glenn 6 -1 Monforton 5 - 2 Balina 5-2-1 George 5 - 3 McLean 5 - 3 Murdock 4 - 3 -1 Ginn 3 - 4 Natiuk 3-4 Milne 3-5 Brown 3 - 5 Connor2-6 Dawson 2-6 Cairncross 1- 7 Johnston 0 - 7 waste; inspection of home heating oil and septic systems; septic system pump -outs; decommissioning of old and unused wells by a licensed well technician; spills prevention kits and plans; best practices in the storage and application of pesticides, fertilizers, and nutrients; risk management; containment and reporting of spills if they do happen; self - containment and double - walled tanks for fuel; fuel pres- sure gauges; and protective bollards around fuel tanks. The video isn't the only information product available for local businesses. Practical ideas for industrial and com- mercial operations can be found in a fact sheet posted on the local source protection region website at this link: http://www.sourcewaterinfo. on.ca/portfolio/ industry -best -practices/ The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) approved source protection plans for the Maitland Valley and Ausable E CC) V Cr) OFFICE HOURS The office hours for the Goderich Signal Star are as follows Monday N 8 am - 5 p Tuesday - 8 am - 5 pm Wednesday N 8 am - 5 pm Thursday -8am-5pm Friday -Sam-4pm Goderich Signal -Star 120 Huckins Street.. Goderich. ON N7A 3X8 519-524-2614 www:ooderichsignalstar.com V V Wednesday, January 18, 2017 • Signal Star 11 Bayfield source protection areas on Jan. 19, 2015. The source protection plans took effect in April of 2015. "I'he locally developed plans include policies to address 21 activities that can pose a threat to munic- ipal drinking water sources in certain circumstances (for example, in certain locations and in certain quantities). . Source protection plan poli- cies address activities in four types of vulnerable areas: well- head protection areas (groundwater) around munici- pal wells; surface water intake protection zones; significant groundwater recharge areas; and highly vulnerable aquifers. People may find the maps of these areas by visiting source- waterinfo.on.ca. Threat activi- ties may be assessed as low, moderate or significant threats to municipal drinking water sources. In this region, signifi- cant threats to drinking water are only found in wellhead protection areas (WHPAs) A, B, and C. The policies in those relatively small vulnerable areas reduce risk by using tools ranging from education and outreach, to risk management plans, to restricted land uses, to prohibition of some activities. To find out if you are in a vulnerable area near a municipal well, use the inter- active map or read a fact sheet on one of the 25 munic- ipal well systems of the region at sourcewaterinfo. on.ca. You are invited to review the page on your com- munity's well, consult a detailed map of wellhead protection areas, and a fact sheet to let you know about the water source and treat- ment, explain the wellhead protection areas, and provide ways to protect these local drinking water sources. If you would like to learn if plan policies apply to you, or how you can protect local drink- ing rinking water sources, visit the website at sourcewaterinfo. on.ca or phone toll-free 1-888-286-2610 or email info@sourcewaterinfo.on.ca. Nigel Gilby *You have a right to be heard. 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