<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-size: 12pt; "><span>Hi folks</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Here's the views of Biologist & Lake Erie Fish expert Alan Marshall's view on the Lake Erie Fish Kills with issues specific to what's happening here at the local level. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,
helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>In a nutshell, it's fecal wastes from cattle, treatment plants, organic wastes. He wrote:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="color: rgb(85, 85, 68); font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(85, 85, 68); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="color: rgb(85, 85, 68); font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; ">The bottom line is very simple. Major fish kills are not caused by natural "lake inversions". They are caused by human
pollution. This started in the 60's and was responded to sucessfully at first. It's back and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment know full well it's caused by us. The question is whether the M.O.E. will continue to deceive or not. You can fool some of the people some of the time but.... .</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><a href="http://elmiraadvocate.blogspot.ca/2012/09/anthropogenic-human-causes-of-massive.html">http://elmiraadvocate.blogspot.ca/2012/09/anthropogenic-human-causes-of-massive.html</a><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;
"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Lulu</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ginny Quinn <ginny@kw.igs.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Louisette Lanteigne' <butterflybluelu@rogers.com>; 'gren' <all@gren.ca> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, September 8, 2012 12:26:06 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [All] Lake Erie massive fish and bird deaths due to lack of oxygen<br> </font> </div> <br><div
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--></style><div><div class="yiv1783369328WordSection1"><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Yes Lulu and we have to fight hard with the Region and back them up ...the developers are taking the Region to the OMB to try to get across the COUNTRYSIDE LINE which we must protect for our future groundwater needs there’s HIGH recharge areas there that we’ll need for community wells. Prof. Emil Frind has warned repeatedly that Lake Erie will probably not be an option for a pipeline to KW in 2035 as it is the shallowest and probably the most contaminated Lake of the 5. And with Global warming , there’s the probability of worsening. The developers have no regard for the next
generations...only to fatten their own pocketbooks. Ginny</span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; 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</span></div></div></div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"> </div><div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Hi folks</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,
sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">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. </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" 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></span></div></div><div><div
class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">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. </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
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></span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color: black; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">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="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "></span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" 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></span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">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; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">samples with occurrence and densities in concordance with the level of fecal contamination. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "></span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" 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></span></div></div></div><div><div
class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">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. </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">
</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">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.</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">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. </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Lulu</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1783369328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>