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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hopefully NOW they’ll protect our recharge areas more as it’s true when Prof. Emil Frind said that Lake Erie will probably NOT be an option in 2035 for a pipe line....it certainly isn’t an option now !!!!! It’s the shallowest and most contaminated Lake of the 5.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The developers need to be stopped certainly at the COUNTRYSIDE LINE and it’s true that they are now taking the Region to the OMB. They have no values for the future generations except their own pocket books. Ginny<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> all-bounces@gren.ca [mailto:all-bounces@gren.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Louisette Lanteigne<br><b>Sent:</b> September-08-12 12:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> gren<br><b>Subject:</b> [All] Lake Erie massive fish and bird deaths due to lack of oxygen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi folks<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Currently Lake Erie is seeing the largest die off of near shore fish in recent history. The beaches are littered, and in some cases, covered with tens of thousands of rotting fish. Species found included carp, sheephead, yellow perch, Lake Erie catfish, suckerfish, smelt, whitefish and minnows. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2012/09/06/fish-kill-cause-could-have-huge-implications">http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2012/09/06/fish-kill-cause-could-have-huge-implications</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Thousands of rotten dead fish and some dead birds are along Lake Erie's shoreline right now, along 40 km of beach. The cause according to this news story published in the Toronto Star is: Nitrate issues: The lack of oxygen. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1253189--lack-of-oxygen-killed-lake-erie-fish-tests-show">http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1253189--lack-of-oxygen-killed-lake-erie-fish-tests-show</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>As a precaution, Chatham-Kent public utilities increased sampling of the water since the incident. The results show there's no need for additional treatment of the water and quality of drinking water hasn't been affected, according to Dr. David Colby, the Medical Officer of Health for Chatham-Kent.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.am980.ca/news/local/Story.aspx?ID=1770024"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>http://www.am980.ca/news/local/Story.aspx?ID=1770024</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Recently this research story came out noting the presence of a pathogen linked to human sewage at Beaches on the US section of Erie. The researchers found Arcobacter at all beeches they tested. 75.2% of 129 </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>samples with occurrence and densities in concordance with the level of fecal contamination. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://phys.org/news/2012-08-gi-pathogen-lake-linked-human.html">http://phys.org/news/2012-08-gi-pathogen-lake-linked-human.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In my view, I suspect that part of the reason we are having these issues is due to the fact we've had drought conditions most of this summer. Very little water has been circulating in tributaries. Very little groundwater has been available to dilute farm wastes and aquifer contaminates. With the recent heavy rains we had a high flush of manure dust and organic materials introduced into tributaries creating a spike in nitrate issues. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I'm wondering if the lack of rain over summer months may have gone beyond the design constraints of our sewage discharge processes resulting in the release of higher than normal concentrations of organic manner into the Grand. I have a hard time thinking we actually had enough flow to reasonably dilute the waste materials. The situation might pose serious health risks for private well system owners right now since there is less water to dilute point source contamination.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>When you factor in the amount of stress fish face in regards to the elevated temperatures we've been experiencing, it's no wonder they're dying off. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Lulu<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>