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WARNING: MUNSTER SEWAGE WILL
POISON YOUR DRINKING WATER
Do you want (to continue to drink
clean water? That may change if the Regional Government (RMOC)
has its way. They plan to install a pipeline from Munster
through Richmond. This pipe will carry sewage from Munster! This
sewage will be pressurized. These pressurized pipes break
continually. When this happens your ware well will be poisoned
with sewage, especially if it is a shallow well. Many wells in
Richmond are shallow. The act of digging a trench for the
pipeline can contaminate your well with surface water.
Do you want to drive down your
street? That may become difficult. Your street can be torn up for
weeks while a pipe is installed. Munster streets won't be torn
up but yours will! The route through Richmond has not been
finalized yet. It could pass by your front door.
Do you want your taxes to
increase? They probably will if a sewage pipe goes through! This
pipeline will cost approximately 15 million dollars.
Do you care about the
environment? RMOC has decided to send the sewage pipe right
through the Richmond Fen - a provincially significant wetland.'
When the pipe breaks, and it will, it will contaminate the
largest fen in Eastern Ontario.
There are much
cheaper/environmentally friendlier ways to deal with Munster's
sewage. These treat the sewage at the Munster lagoon site.
Onsite treatment is many times cheaper to install, operate and
maintain than a pipeline to Richmond. As well, onsite treatment
returns clean water to the Jock River Watershed. This water will
help prevent the Jock River from drying up in the hot summer
months,
Members of the Friend of the Jock
River (FOJR) are fighting to have this pipeline stopped. The
FOJR is a non-profit volunteer organization working to improve
the health of the Jock River. FQJR and others have taken the
RMOC before the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing. We are
trying to show the OMB that the consulting report recommending a
sewage pipe is erroneous and full of inaccuracies. The report
has been “fixed”. We have solid evidence to prove our
case.
Want to have your say in this
matter? On Monday, April 3rd there will be a public
meeting at 7 p.m. at Goulbourn Township Headquarters (see map).
Come out and tell the OMB chairman what you think about this
proposed pipe. He will listen to you. You CAN make a difference
- exercise your democratic right before it is too late,
Don't allow the RMOC to risk your
health, raise your taxes, and endanger the environment.
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