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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" data-setdir="false">I enjoyed your article Susan! Well done.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" data-setdir="false">This was from my notes of the 2006 Watershed Forum</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" data-setdir="false">Hon.Herb Grey, the co-chair of the International Joint<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Commission explained how this INDEPENDENT group made<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">up of both Canadian and US officials works to protect<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">the shared water resources of the Great Lakes. The<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Grand River itself isn't regarded as an issue under<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">their jurisdiction but the Grand's roll as a recharge<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">in relation to Lake Erie is. This is a serious tool we<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">can use to push for source water protection. If an<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">issue from here affects Erie, we can notify these<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">folks. We are encouraged to. He said Lake Erie's<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">greatest problem right now is the sediment entering<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Erie. They blamed Agriculture. Development was not<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">mentioned but it's an obvious oversight.<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">He said that in Waterloo Region we had 149 sewage<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">spills into the Grand River. That's 7 per month. 88<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">incidents came from Bypass meaning it was partially<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">treated at the Pumping Station. The rest were raw<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">sewage.<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">For more info about this group, visit here.<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ijc.org/en/home/main_accueil.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ijc.org/en/home/main_accueil.htm</a><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" data-setdir="false"><span><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"><br>I remember hearing Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller stating, if you want an example of Waste Recovery, just drink the water from Brantford.</td></tr></tbody></table></span><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" data-setdir="false">He also spoke of how the human body evolved it's digestive track with 20 ft of intestines to literally remove the water from our wastes and and yet the first thing we do when we we crap is to put it into the water of a toilet. If we simply let wastes be as nature designed, they will reduce to only 2% of it's mass over a 5 year period.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I have a question here for you too: are we considering Aggregates and development lands as a possible source of sewage wastes if the lots being used were agricultural lands where the sludge was distributed? Do we consider the potential exposure to old wells which were often capped with stones or wood and literally buried into many of these fields? It would seem we might want to use ground penetrating radar to find things like that before approvals are given to dump sludge or build new pits. <br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="" data-setdir="false">I know back in 2016 composting toilets are not legal in Ontario where sewer lines exist but I don't know if that is still the case today.</div><div dir="ltr" style="" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="" data-setdir="false">One of the big reasons why folks don't use composting toilets is because our water treatment and transportation are not designed for water reduction strategies. If we don't use similar water volumes in relation to current pipe designs and water use decreases, it means water stays in the pipes longer and the Chlorine can wear off creating water risks. It changes water pressure and water volumes so it's a far more complex water design issue to balance. Potable water is a revenue source for municipalities as well so there is pricing to think about too. </div><div dir="ltr" style="" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="" data-setdir="false">As for what to do with old poop I'm a big fan of reusing it to create aggregate materials to offset the need for quarry pits. In fact it's proven stronger because you can literally make the perfect size stone or brick to get the job done. </div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Lulu</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div>
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On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 12:37:47 p.m. EDT, Susan Koswan <susankoswan@execulink.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Hi GRENers,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Well, someone has to write about this! lol<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2021/06/23/we-need-to-embrace-eco-friendly-water-saving-ways-to-deal-with-our-waste.html?rf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2021/06/23/we-need-to-embrace-eco-friendly-water-saving-ways-to-deal-with-our-waste.html?rf</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Susan K<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">All mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:All@gren.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All@gren.ca</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca</a><br></div></div>
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