Times Advocate, 1999-08-04, Page 5Wednesday, August 4, 1999
Irrigation, dry weather
By Kate Monk
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER -- Water levels
in area rivers and drains
have reached a critical
point for fish, wildlife and
farmers.
No water is flowing into
the Morrison reservoir
from the Ausable River
and municipal drains and
only a trickle is flowing
out of the dam through a
small gate.
Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority
water resources manager
Alec Scott said the water
levels compare to those of
1988.
Surface and ground
water supplies are declin-
ing because of below nor
bl
donors'
clinic this
Monday
mal amounts of precipita-
tion in '98 and '99 across
the Great Lakes water-
shed.
Locally, the removal of
significant amounts of
water for irrigation has
compounded the problem.
Scott said a farm irriga-
tion operation depleted
the water supply at the
Morgan gravel pit,
upstream .of Morrison
Dam. The irrigation was
taking place without a
permit and by the• time the
Ministry of the
.Environment arrived to
_ inspect the situation, the
EXETER — A bloo
donor clinic on Monday,
Aug. 9 at 5-9 p.m. at the
South Huron District
High School in Exeter will
give area residents. a..
chance to help others.'''
There is always a, need
for blood for patients
who require transfusions
,for surgery, newborns
needing a complete
transfusion and cancer
patients who rely on
!blood and blood products
on a daily basis through-
out their treatments.
But the weeks following
long weekends have an
especially high demand.
"There is even a
greater need at this time
because we are recover-
ing from the long week-
end and it takes a couple
of weeks to replenish our
blood supply for the 32
hospitals in the the
Southwestern Ontario
area," said Canadian
Blood Services (CBS)
organizer/recruiter
Suzanne Barron.
She said the South
Huron community has
been very supportive in
the past. CBS is counting
on the area again and,
wants people to encour-
age family, friends and
neighbours to ,donate
blood.
Large .atnounts of blood
are needed for several
medical procedures.
Open ;heart surgery
may require six to 10
units of red cells and one
to four units of plasma.
Liver transplants may
need 20 units of red cells,
20 units of plasma and
.10 units of platelets.
Cancer patients who
needa bone. marrow
transplant require one to
two units of red cells
daily for eight to 10
weeks and six to eight
units of platelets daily for
four to six weeks.
Donors should bring
identification. Please wait
three days after a dental
visit before -donating
blood.
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Exeter Tirn.s-Advocate
plete rivers and ponds
pipes had been removed.
The pit is an especially
important source of water
for the Ausable River in
the summer.
The rain gauge at the
Centralia Research Farm
has recorded below nor-
mal rainfall amounts since
April. During July, only
45.4 mm of rain was
recgrded up until July 29,
compared to 77 mm in a
normal year.
Huron is one of several
counties affected by a
provincial moratorium on
new water taking permits.
In May, Environment
Minister Norm Sterling
asked MOE staff to curtail
issuing permits to take
water. •
But Bruce -Grey MPP Bill
Murdoch told Grey County
council a moratorium on
commercial water taking
permits requires a legisla-
tion change which had not
been done because the
provincial legislature
adjourned for the election
and has not reconvened.
The moratorium does
not affect existing water
taking permits.
5
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
The Council •of the Village of Grand Bend is
seeking your input on how to regrade the
spoil bank in the old river bed along
Alberta Street in Grand Bend.
Meeting to be held
Monday, August 16, 1999
at 7:00 p.m.
in the Grand Bend Council Chambers.
Ausable Bayfield Conservation
Authority representative will be in
attendance.
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