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"The question coming to council is - is a pipeline considered economically feasible?" said Burns. "I'm not agreeable with a pipeline at all," said McGrath, adding that little municipalities cannot afford hooking up to a pipeline. "We have to look at the economical treatment of little wells. We're not going to pipe water to Brussels - what's it going to take to get it there?" he said. "We want to be careful about getting the water rates to such a level that nobody wants to live here or bring an industry here," said Steffler. Seaforth Coun. Lou Maloney asked how safe lake water would be. "What happens if someone dumps poison into the lake? With all this al-Qaida stuff going on, you never know what's going to happen these days," he said. Bums said the Welsh Street well has been proven to have good quality water at a rate of 4,500 cubic metres per day, which is 50 per cent more that the well is presently equipped to pump out. But, because the well is a GUDI well (groundwater under direct influence of surface water), a filtration plant would be necessary at Welsh Street and the costs have risen from $1.7 million to $3 million. No matter which alternative is chosen, Burns said the operating costs will increase by $60,000 a year. Local councillorswanted to know if other alternatives existed from the pipeline or the Welsh Street well upgrade. Because Welsh Street is a GUDI well, it will be subject to wellhead protection measures that are being studied throughout Huron County and using Welsh Street's well could affect farms to the north of Seaforth. "It's quite possible there could be land restrictions but with a filtration plant, the types of restrictions aren't known," said Burns. McGrath asked what council would need to do to get permission from the Medical Officer of Health and the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) to continue using the Chalk Street well, which was closed two years ago because of unacceptable levels of radionucleides (the radioactive elements radon gas, uranium and radium) in the water. While there are radionucleides in the water, both wells - unlike Welsh Street's - do not have cracks and are not under the influence of surface water and would not need a filtration plant. While Huron County's health unit has given Huron East permission to use Chalk Street for two-week periods, Burns said it might be difficult to convince both the Medical Officer of Health and the public that the water is safe to use full-time. "I would be pessimistic that you could get permission," said Burns. "Does the word cancer come into it? Nobody's taking any chances these days," said American Water Services representative John Wilson. But,•both McGrath and Steffler argued that the only reason the water quality is unacceptable is because of changed MOE standards. "Centennial was a well to dream for as far as quantity goes but that was before we had to test for radionucleides," said Huron East's Public Works Coordinator John Forrest. "The allowable levels (of radionucleides) have continually dropped as they get more information about what these things do to you healthwise," said Burns. -Regardless, Burns was instructed to return to Huron East with cost estimates involved in using the wells on Chalk and Centennial Streets. As well, councillors asked that any other well locations in the municipality also be explored, such as wells located near the Seaforth water tower. Councillors will meet with Burns again on Monday, Dec. 20. Quoted 'We want to be careful about getting the water rates to such a level that nobody wants to live here or bring an industry here,'— Seaforth Conn. Joe Steffier Hensall risks losing provincial grant by delaying water decision By Petr Chlhacek Lakeshore Advance Staff Bluewater council made no decision on Hensall water supply at its meeting Dec. 6, risking the possibility of losing a $700,000 grant from the province. Steve Burns from BM Ross and Associates, who presented the council and Hensall residents with the issue, said the King Street well "has a long history" of having high nitrates and the water supply must be upgraded. Burns said if the council does not choose a way for the system to be upgraded as soon as possible, the provincial government might give its OSTAR grant to other municipalities. According to Burns, there are three alternatives. The first proposes nitrate treatment and replacement of the York Street well. It would require a new treatment building and new pumphouses. It would cost $2.3 million and $93,000 a year to operate. The second solution is to drill up to four wells to dilute nitrate. The proposal would require a hydrogeologic investigation, roof on reservoir and a new facility. The price tag is $2.1 million, plus $67,000 a year in operation costs. The third proposal is to hook up to the Lake Huron Primary Water Supply System (LHPWSS). To supply Hensall, larger pipe to Exeter, main to Hensall and more storage in Hensall would be required. It would cost $6.2 million and $41,200 a year, but there is a possibility of getting a 50 per cent subsidy from the federal government. However, Burns said the subsidy "may not happen" and if the council waits for the government's decision on the subsidy too long. h might lose the $700,000 promised by OSTAR. When asked last spring, 57 residents voted for the pipeline solution with the 50 per cent subsidy, while nine voted for the solution without the subsidy Six people voted for treating existing supplies for nitrates, and 11 voted for drilling new wells for dilution. Hay West Coun. Bill MacDougall put forward the motion to wait with the decision until January. All were in favour. Huron County is one of major corn -producing. areas in the province From Page 1 market for most local corn producers right now is feed for livestock since Huron is a "huge livestock county." "Huron has quite a few corn producers — we're one of the major corn - producing areas and this is another use for corn," said the Huron County representative of the Ontario Corn Producer's Association Larry Lynn. Representing Huron's 1,483 MEE 'It's a matter of coming up with a proposed piece of land that meets the criteria,'— Carol Leeming corn producers, Lynn said that ethanol plants in Ontario would be beneficial. " W e certainly consider it Rob's Gym would like to take this opportunity to thank Seaforth & surrounding communities for their patronage and support! 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But, very few if any local farmers sell corn to ethanol plants now because the closest one is in Chatham and the transportation costs are prohibitive to take it that far," said Lynn in a Oct. 20 story in the Huron Expositor. He added that the Ontario Corn Producers are worried about legislation creating a required amount of ethanol in Ontario gasoline might just cause more imports from the U.S. and Brazil. "By getting our proposal in there we're looking to have consideration for Huron County," said Leeming. The deadline for Huron County's proposal is due to the CFRA by Jan. 7 with a decision, Ler&ng said, to be made by ear ring. "We're on a good learning curve as far as what's involved with ethanol. Next steps we'll just wait to hear back on the process and see if they're interested in considering Huron County as a potential site," said Leeming. "We'd need to talk about it further at that time if we were successful."