<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi folks<br><br>The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing said the Minister of Environment may be open to discussion about a Waterloo Moraine Act. He has invited me to speak further on the matter with the MOE Minister Wilkinson. I used to go to church with the entire Wilkinson family for years in Trenton where I grew up. We sat behind his family in church so it will be nice to see him again. See letter in the attachment for details. <br><br>This election I've been working with the Liberal party and tonight I got a call. I'll be meeting Michael Ignatieff tomorrow with the rest of the KW liberal supporters. I'd like to ask him how much money the Liberal Party intends to allocate towards their proposed federal water protection act. <br><br>I've been reviewing the Highland
Quarry data and the Hydrogeology reports are absolutely outrageous.<br><br>I'm working on a draft response but in a nutshell I can tell you the following: They based their data on modflow models which is computer program to determine flow based on numbers from bore hole data. Since many of the surrounding land owners prohibited them from entering their property to test their wells, many of the bore hole readings used for Modflow were taken back in 1945. Without access to those wells they relied on the MOE info regarding the standard drinking water tests for residental wells as if that data could reasonably forcast the water quality impacts of this mega quarry. Modflow doesn't have much regard to geology or sediment type so all their projections on infiltration rates are pretty much fabricated on unsubstantiated claims. There is really no reasonable baseline data to work with in regards to this project. No spring thaw analysis, lack of 12 month creek
studies etc. Same old same old. <br><br>If I were going to the OMB against this, the professionals needed would include a geologist/sediment expert and hydrologist. They'd have a field day with this rubbish. Here's the EIS link if your curious:<br><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.highlandcompanies.ca/index.php/companies/melancthonquarry/technical_studies/">http://www.highlandcompanies.ca/index.php/companies/melancthonquarry/technical_studies/</a></span><br><br>Have a good one folks<br><br>Lulu :0)<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div></div>
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