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<h1 style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="western"><font><font size="4">2010 Fall Report of the Commissioner
of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Chapter 2</font> available:<font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><<a style="font-weight:normal" href="http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_201012_02_e_34425.html#hd3c">http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_201012_02_e_34425.html#hd3c</a><span style="font-weight:normal">></span></font></h1>
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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4">Water quality in Canada from 2005-2007 was rated as:</font></p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><li><font size="4">“fair,”
“marginal,” or “poor” at <b>61 percent of monitoring sites;</b>
and <br></font></li><li><font size="4">“excellent” or “good” at <b>39 percent of sites</b>.</font></li></ul>
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<h4>Exhibit 2.5—The Fresh Water Quality Monitoring program is not
monitoring on most federal lands</h4>
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<p style="border:medium none;padding:0cm"><font>Federal lands</font></p>
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<p style="border:medium none;padding:0cm"><font>Number of federal lands</font></p>
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<p style="border:medium none;padding:0cm"><font>Number monitored by
the Fresh Water Quality Monitoring program</font><sup>4</sup></p>
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<p style="border:medium none;padding:0cm">First Nations reserves</p>
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<p style="border:medium none;padding:0cm" align="RIGHT"><font color="#ff0000"><b>3,000<sup>1</sup></b></font></p>
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<p style="border:medium none;padding:0cm" align="RIGHT"><font color="#ff0000"><b>12
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<p style="border:medium none;padding:0cm">National Parks</p>
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<p style="border:medium none;padding:0cm" align="RIGHT">42<sup>2</sup></p>
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<p style="border:medium none;padding:0cm" align="RIGHT">31
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<p style="border:medium none;padding:0cm">National Wildlife Areas</p>
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<p style="border:medium none;padding:0cm" align="RIGHT">54<sup>3</sup></p>
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<p style="border:medium none;padding:0cm" align="RIGHT">2
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.5cm;border:medium none;padding:0cm">Source:</p>
<p style="border:medium none;padding:0cm"><sup>1</sup> Indian and
Northern Affairs Canada<br><sup>2</sup> Parks Canada<br><sup>3</sup>
<em>Wildlife Area Regulations<br></em><sup>4</sup> Environment
Canada, Fresh Water Quality Monitoring program</p>
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Carole<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/1/24 Susan Bryant <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shbryant@uwaterloo.ca">shbryant@uwaterloo.ca</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(181,196,223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color;padding:3pt 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Susan Bryant [mailto:<a href="mailto:shbryant@mailservices.uwaterloo.ca" target="_blank">shbryant@mailservices.uwaterloo.ca</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:28 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Louisette Lanteigne'<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pipeline] High rate of unsafe water for private wells<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Hi Lulu-<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">My two cents---it’s always better to FIX the water quality problems in private wells rather than treat the water! I’ve visited over 300 private wells in Waterloo Region with my Well Aware job, and most water quality problems here are the result of older wells that need upgrades because they leak (easy to fix, often, with simply a new well cap in 2/3 cases!), land-use practices that create contaminants on the owner’s own land---which should also certainly be, and usually can be, corrected, or problems caused by filtration devices that are not properly maintained. Remember that reverse osmosis wastes an awful lot of water in its backwashing process---and that it doesn’t address bacteria problems such as e-coli and coliform. You’d need to add UV treatment to kill bacteria.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">E-coli in wells can also be a useful early-warning sign of septic issues that should be addressed, and positive coliform tests don’t always mean that the bacteria in the well is harmful. It just means there’s a leak somewhere that should be fixed. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Public health in Ontario recommends bacteria testing 3 times a year, and it’s free. I’ve noticed that people who treat their water often don’t maintain their wells or worry about land-use issues---and that’s a big problem, because they can then contaminate the aquifer.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Treatment is a good option only when there’s no other option.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Cheers,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Susan <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(181,196,223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:pipeline-bounces@gren.ca" target="_blank">pipeline-bounces@gren.ca</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:pipeline-bounces@gren.ca" target="_blank">pipeline-bounces@gren.ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Louisette Lanteigne<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 15, 2012 4:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pipeline@gren.ca" target="_blank">pipeline@gren.ca</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Pipeline] High rate of unsafe water for private wells<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hi folks<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">New study from the US shows 40% of private wells don't meet safety standards for drinking water. Makes me wonder if we should push to encourage local or provincial policy to implement the mandatory use of reverse osmosis for folks in private wells. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://articles.dailyamerican.com/2012-01-14/news/30628917_1_water-wells-drinking-water-coliform-bacteria" target="_blank">http://articles.dailyamerican.com/2012-01-14/news/30628917_1_water-wells-drinking-water-coliform-bacteria</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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