Huron Expositor, 2000-09-06, Page 3News
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Municipalities asked
to take part in provincial
ground water monitoring.
By Susan Hundartmark
Expositor Staff
Municipalities within the
Ausahle-Bhvfield watershed.
are being asked to participate
in a province -wide program
•that will monitor ground
•water quality and quantity.
The.• . provincially-
• I anji uned •initiative. which
was..created in response to
low water levels during. the
past nvo years of drought:
will coincidentally also help
;to monitor water quality. an.-
str that's came-ta--th-e-
forefront this: year after the
Walkerton tragedy.
"This is not in response to
-Walkerton but it' tits in with
says Tom Prout. general
manager and secretary.-
treasurer
ecretary-treasurer of the Ausahle
Bayfield Conservation
_-Authority. ' •
E -coli in.the•-niunicipal
water in Walkerton caused
six people to die and 2.000 to
fall ill earlier this year.
While almost every- other
cOnser.vation. authority in
Ontario has already agreed to
participate in .the. provincial
ground water monitoring
network. Prout, says the
Ausahle Bay field Authority
will make its decision in
September atter getting input
from member municipalities.
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4•
" It's not a requirement that The province will pay the .
every municipality agree. it's
up to the board to make that monitoring equipment in
decision. And, this is existing welts orof drilling
something 'conservation wells `if necelsary. It will also
authorities -have been pay the costs cif -monitoring
recommending for years.".he the water for the first year a
says. .cost that's estimated at S6
He says Ontario has -never million. Hut conservation
monitored its grount water authorities will take ovgr she
levels and quality in the past. costs after the firstye t
Prout compares a ground - "Once the monis ring
water monitoring prograrh to .system .ip up -and running.
having a gas gauge on a car. it'll be up to the member
-Without one. you do a lot :mun'icipalities to maintain
cost . of installing the •
of speculating and .it." says Prout.
worrytngL�te says "This Prout says the'estimated
I could be an earl%l warning :cost of maintaining each well
system and could. help usaswell as• keeping land
solve problems with water sharing the necessary data
quantity and quality." with .the province is S 1.0001
For . example. if the per well. He sayslthe total
.program discovers low) levels cost for the Ausable Bayfield
of groundwater. conservation watershed translates into 20
measures such as watering to.30 cents a year per person
bans and low volume fixtures living in the area.
tnstatted houses --could be He says a -few of the
implemented. member municipalitiek hate
"It's a known fact thatagreed to participate but
watering.. bans, produce most haven't responded yet..
positive results. If we. knew
in March that water le%el>
are tow. we could start
watering bans then instead of.
in July.".he says.
He says the program will
also helpidentify
contaminated ground. water
and with what it's
contaminated.
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