<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Grand River Watershed 2011 Part 2</font></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Kelly Munkittrick Scientific Director of the Canadian Water Network introduced the keynote speaker Monique Dub</font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; font-size: 13px; "><span>é</span></span></div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica,
sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span"><b>Monique Dub</b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; "><b>é</b> - Environmental Risk Management Research Lead to reduce environmental impact of tar sands, Winner of the National Geographic Environmental Scientist of the Year, Former Canadian Research Chair in Alberta </span></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br></font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Watershed Cumulative Effects Assessment (CEA) provides an integrated picture of a watershed's past, present and future using data on water
quality, quantity, biology, historical changes and trends. We want to understand why changes happen. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px; ">Relational analysis 1/ how to do we manage 2/ what we do is not what we need. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">We work to understand response stress relationships. We need to know accumulated state, predicted state based on alternative scenarios, triggers and thresholds and adaption management. If we screw up we need to know how to fix it. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">In the Grand River Watershed, 79% of areas are rural, 18% natural areas and 3% build up. The fact is the fish are changing sex in the Grand River indicating that this is unsustainable. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Integrated monitoring for municipal response indicators require spacial data, land use/land cover point and non point discharge info, triggers and thresholds, consistent terminology and a regulatory with a big stick to help sustain it over the long haul. We need solutions beyond political: Institutional with a big
stick. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">We need River Ecosystem Assessments that record changes past to now, change assessment and alternative trajectories and data centralized regarding the state of the watershed, relational analysis, trajectory assessments. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px; ">Problem is we have fragmented monitoring that is not integrated and changes in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px; ">consistency</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px; "> of monitoring. To address this we created a program called THREATS: The Healthy River
Ecosystem Assessment System. </span></font><a href="http://www.threatscanada.ca/">http://www.threatscanada.ca/</a></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 33px; "> The system allows people to register as users and provides a licence key for research and development. It records hot spots/ hot moments for Report Cards. Shows what trends are normal and what's not. We need to standardize things for consistencies. It's basically a water weather station or watershed "banking system". Allows one to view the data on the health of their watershed using defendable solid data. </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 33px; ">When you suffer, you act. When it comes to the Tar Sands, when the crisis
hits, we'll be ready. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 33px; ">Currently there is no champion for the </span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Cumulative Effects Assessment. The Government should be that champion. THREATS is part of the Canadian River Institute. `</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Lori Minshall planner with GRCA</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="line-height: 33px;">80% of people live in 5 cities in the Grand River Watershed</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">70% of the lands are farmed</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">70% of the watershed relies on groundwater, 27% river water</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">29 waste plants</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">7 Multi Purpose reservoirs for flood and flow </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height:
33px;">control</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px; ">39 Municipalities</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">46% planned growth with some communities expanding 65%. We've been on the same growth trend since 1948</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">We can grow if we plan it right. The GRCA has a 75 year history of successful collaboration. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">We're working on the Watershed Master Plan with a goal of preparedness for Growth and
climate change</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Our goal is to provide a sustainable water supply, reduce flood damage potential and adapt to climate change. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">The partners we're working with include the municipalities, First Nations, the Provincial and Federal Government. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">The Board's water objectives will be focused on what communities have said, knowledge of needs, uses, valued for water and river. The policy will underpin and provide guidance to water management plan and action going forward.
We want to have a healthy resilient system.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">We will examine water supply, hydrological function, biodiversity and ecosystem integrity, culture and recreation and river services such as storm water management and waste water. The River is an amenity for communities where it passes. Are these objectives enough? Have a say by filling out our survey in THE GRAND or online from the link on our website in October. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Audience Question: Will the function of aggregates or protection of water to protect geological structural integrity be explored? </span></font></div><div><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Lori: We will study the water for aggregate washing to make sure volumes are there to use for that function. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Audience Question: What is deemed a healthy watershed?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Lori: Right now there is no defined agreement on what is a healthy system. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Audience Question: Are indicator species helpful?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Monique: Indicator species are good if you understand them and use that info. We are using it. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Kelly: Cumulative Effects Assessments currently is insufficient. What we do in research is not done in practice.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Monique: We can quantify it but we're close to creating the system to do it. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">__________________________________</span></font></div><div><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">James Etienne, Senior Water Resources Engineer GRCA</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">We can't manage what we can't measure so to address this we've got the Watershed Management Plan to assess our water budget, and use. It will examine current water taking permits, water quality demands.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Currently there are 715 water taking permits from 1200 sources, 20% of these permits are municipal involving 60.83 of the water consumed and just over 50% of permits given are for agricultural use. </span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; font-size: 13px; ">The Watershed management plan has a 25-50 year time frame and will assess growth, ecological issues and limits including infrastructure capacity, regulation and climate change. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; font-size: small; ">Water supply and Demand management workshop took place on Sept, 15th and featured a variety of municipal water management and demand management experts. Solutions are not a one size fits all. Themes looked at barriers. </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Regulation and Implementation will address emerging laws and regulation requirements for water management including improved building codes. Sociological economics will
be conservation oriented to help change people's behavior around water use. Currently water is under priced. We need more clarity in billing. Promote the water-energy nexus and develop a smart meter for water. We need "champions" to promote the message. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">______________________________________</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Thomas Schmidt: Commissioner of transportation and environmental services, Region of Waterloo.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">The Region has a current population of 550,000 which is half
the populace of the watershed. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">75% of the region uses groundwater </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">It was projected that we would run out in 1993 but conservation efforts changed this prediction.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Water conservation was worked into the plan to reduce overall demand. All infrastructure is designed to meet the Max Weekly needs. Population increased but there was a decline in overall water use at the daily/weekly level. Industry changes made an impact. RIM uses less water than Schneiders. Toyota
dropped their water use 2/3rds or more. Good industries are making the shift to use less. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">10% of water was saved by way of outdoor water restrictions with high voluntary compliance. Front loading washers, toilets, aerators and water conservation programs helped. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">We can still go to 170L per capita but demands will increase with population. Water reuse increases health risks so more work is needed in this area. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Planning for pipeline is possible but it might
not happen. Decommissioning wells has it's risks of flood and impacts to community. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">In regards to waste water there is more work to do which is why the Region is spending 400 million on waste water treatment. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Before I retire I believe the quality of effluent released will be better than the Grand River's current water quality. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">The Region is the largest user. We're using it sustainably and it will lower future impacts with better effluent
quality. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">__________________________________________</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Kirk Stinchcombe Principal of Econnics, a Victoria based consulting firm specializing in water use efficiency.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Let's assume we're overusing the water. It's difficult to change behavior. Residential use, amenities, community worth, emergency use. recreational use all affected. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="line-height: 33px; ">We need to educate kids but with limited budgets it doesn't really change sustainable </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">behavior. For example, we all drove here in cars, basically because there was no alternative options to get here. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">1990's gave rebates for low flow toilets, showers, washing machines and it worked! That's pretty much maxed now so what's next? </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">3rd generation tools include: Leakage management, community based social marketing, access to resources, source substitution such as rain water/grey water.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Currently 60% of people in Guelph don't water their lawns anymore so we shouldn't be telling them to water their lawn 1 inch a week. We need to focus efforts on specific audiences to reduce use. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Pricing is too low. Increased prices reduce the use so use it!. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">____________________________________________</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Tony Maas Freshwater Director of the World Wildlife Fund
Canada</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">There are limits to growth. Delivering within it gives great results to both people and community</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Postel Graph: In the center is a circle with the term Human water footprint. Out of this is a larger circle with the term Ecological Water Requirements. The sustainable boundary encompasses all. It represents the max before things begin to unravel.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">He cites Peter Victor's Statements:<span> </span></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,
Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">"Humanity has gone beyond the 'safe operating space' of the planet with respect to climate change, nitrogen loadings and biodiversity loss, and threatens to do so with six other major global environmental issues."</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">We need to know what Ecological requirements are required for healthy sustainability. A good report to review is Brial Richter's report "How much water does a river need"</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="line-height: 18px;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">www.eflownet.org/downloads/documents/<b>Richter</b>&al1997.pdf</span><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#009933" face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">The Brisbane Declaration was designed to protect the Environmental needs from River Flows. The GRCA are a signatory. </span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;"> </span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; font-size: small; "><a href="http://www.eflownet.org/viewinfo.cfm?linkcategoryid=4&linkid=64&siteid=1&FuseAction=display">http://www.eflownet.org/viewinfo.cfm?linkcategoryid=4&linkid=64&siteid=1&FuseAction=display</a></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">When it comes to Human vs. Nature needs, we really need to get beyond this. To harmonize allows us to benefit from the river to maintain recreational uses, fisheries etc. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The Brooklings Institute produced a report that shows the economic benefits of restoring the Great Lakes</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2007/0904gleiecosystem_austin.aspx">http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2007/0904gleiecosystem_austin.aspx</a><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">In the end it boils down to a value of judgement of what we want our world to look like. The Instream Flow Council can help </font><a href="http://www.instreamflowcouncil.org/">http://www.instreamflowcouncil.org/</a></div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">In
regards to water taking, we need to consider the impacts on water because currently there are no provisions to protect rivers. <br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">____________________________________________</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Q and A</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Q: How will the Lake Erie pipeline impact the system and does that factor in? Isn't it conflicting with the message we must be sustainable?</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Tony: If we need one we're not sustainable</font></div><div><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Tom: There are many things that can happen. When or if it's even needed is not decided. </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; font-size: 13px; ">With conservation we have managed to offset the need for a new Lake Erie pipeline from 2030 to 2040. </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">James: We can't take our foot off the petal on pushing for conservation. Behavior changes must be maintained no matter what the outcome. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Kirk: It's
only one of several alternatives. The plan to build a pipeline in the 1970's was to provide water for the entire watershed. The intake was built but the pipe is not here.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Q; Can't we remove it from the plan to promote conservation?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Tom: The Water Efficiency Master Plan is designed to address the water conservation issues. The Watershed Master Plan must address the possibility of a pipeline among other options. Higher efficiency could mean higher costs
which is why we need to manage it so we don't proceed too fast. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px; ">James: It's part of what we do. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Q: What about projects like the Highland Quarry that are outside the watershed but could affect inside?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Tom: 4% of the water is being used for aggregates right now. </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; font-size: small; ">The groundwater model will need to be clarified before we can answer that. </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Q: What is the recommended water use per capita?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Kirk: 150L per person per day for the region is minimum of what we should be doing. There are always those who don't. They make up about 33% of the populace and their man excuse for not conserving is basically that they didn't get around to doing
it. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">__________________________________________</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Gord Miller: Summery of the Day</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">We've got a change in the forum. New Chair Jane Mitchell. No provincial politicians here this year.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">The quote: A river that binds: That catches the essence of the Grand</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">It is said "the Grand is a minor miracle". I agree.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Joe Farwell an engineer with the color and excitement of an engineer. He states the Grand is an "untapped" opportunity and he missed the pun. Speaking of Engineer it reminds me of a joke. An Engineer was jogging along a path when his friend, another engineer shows up riding a bike. The first engineer asked "Where did you get the bike?" The second one said, "A beautiful lady came on a bike, got off the bike and took off all her clothing and told me to take what I wanted. I took the bike." The first engineer said "Good choice. The clothing wouldn't have fit."</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Economists said ecosystem is the base of the economy. Nice to see after 40 years time they finally get it. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Scale of Economy and efficiency is good but with growth and population we'll outgrow the benefits of efficiency. </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; font-size: 13px; ">Efficiency isn't an objective up to actual scale. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; font-size: 13px; ">No growth can work and I'm glad to hear it!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; font-size: 13px; ">Federal Government
proposes brown growth and it sure looks like brown to me. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; font-size: 13px; ">We're not meeting our targets!</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Bob Gibson focused on reducing adverse effects not solving the problem. The rising water lifts all boats. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">79% cuts in consumption is required. We're excessive users of everything. Small compromises can secure early gains. We used less in 1956. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Being less bad is not
being good.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">John's speech: Sustainable is risk over resilience. If risks get to big all hell breaks loose. We need to tie into the idea of future generations. My grandchild is actually due to be born today so this message has a great deal of meaning for me. We've got to get into the mindset that it's not about you, it's about your grandkids and the kind of world we'll give them. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Steven worked for Ontario Power Generation and now he's feisty and unchained. He states for a healthy ecology it takes 8.5 hectares per capita and we're using 12 Grand River Watersheds. Do we have the wisdom and the obligation to act? Tell politicians what you
want!</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Murry's speech: The idea that brownfield is not productive is wrong. It's great for lawyers. Renewable and distributed energy is the key. That's what it's about. Mega power plants are the old way of thinking. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px; ">Like Bob said, when quality of life degrades things will change. There are openings for subversive changes. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Monique stated we need an institutional champion with a big stick. Monitoring systems are being shut down by Government right now but we need this
stuff! </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">The GRCA's Lori Minshall told us of the Survey being on site saying "It's kind of exciting". If she's getting excited over a survey it's time for some medication for Ms. Minshall. I use Scotch.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">James speech addresses the question: How much water is needed for municipalities? The Mayor of Guelph challenged the province and knocked down the numbers. It can be done. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Thomas Schmidt stated the best water conservation programs cost money yet the pipeline is still stuck in
there.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">I'm in the mindset of Tony. A Pipe is NOT sustainable.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;"> Kirk said education doesn't change behavior and that the efficiency horizon is approaching. We need new tools. New tools are available but we just need to use them. If we use them we can further improve. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Tony said 25% of River Basins no longer meet the sea. How much water does the Grand need? How do we resolve issues? </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Province demands more people but that would mean a pipeline to the lake. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">What kind of world do we want to leave behind?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">How much can the river give us?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">Gaia makes a great friend but a bad enemy. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;">End of Forum</span></font></div><div><font
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