via therecord.com Nestlé won’t reveal how many employees were laid off at its water bottling plant south of Guelph, saying only that it’s faced “unprecedented cost increases” this year. An unspecified number of people who work at the Nestlé facility…
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via CBC.ca The provincial government is seeking public feedback on whether it should extend a moratorium on new—or expanding any existing—permits for bottled water companies to take groundwater. A moratorium put in place in Dec. 2016 by the previous Liberal…
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Wellington Water Watchers is launching a lawn sign and volunteer recruiting campaign aiming to “Say NO to Nestlé”. More information about the campaign can be found by CLICKING HERE. Here is a sample of their campaign signage:
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Public meeting to be held Thursday March 22nd at the Puslinch Community Centre to discuss. A notice was posted on Friday March 16 on the township website indicating that there will be a public meeting to discuss this issue. According…
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This week we attended a meeting, ‘Growing the Greenbelt’. The Ontario government has plans to greatly increase the Greenbelt boundaries and is going through the consultative process. The biggest driving force for the Greenbelt update is the protection of water….
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by Mike Robinson. Puslinch Township is undertaking a feasibility study for municipal water and sewage servicing within key portions of the township. The area being studied includes the communities of Aberfoyle and Morriston and a swath of rural land in…
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Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott is continuing to highlight the importance of protecting our groundwater. On June 1, Mr. Arnott rose in Question Period to challenge the Minister to ensure the long-term sustainability of Ontario’s water supply. “New regulations governing…
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by Mike Robinson. Puslinch councillors continue to raise concerns with the method by which the province is dealing with water issues and water bottling. The item first came up at the March 1 council session as part of council’s ongoing…
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The Ontario Government is proposing to raise the fees it charges to water bottling companies for the use of groundwater. Ontario currently charges $3.71 for every million litres of water drawn for all water-taking permits. The Government is proposing to…
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Residents in Wellington County can apply for grants to properly decommission old wells and upgrade wells that are still in use. Funds are provided by Wellington County through the Wellington Rural Water Quality Program (RWQP). The Grand River Conservation Authority…
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Council for the Township of Puslinch at its meeting to be held on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 will consider a Feasibility Study to assess the viability of implementing municipal water and sewage services within key areas of the Township. The…
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The City of Guelph has signed an agreement to provide Nestlé Waters Canada with access to analysis from its science-based groundwater flow model through a consultant. The model was developed by the City with the Grand River Conservation Authority and…
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The Lake Erie Source Protection Region is looking for members of the general public to take part on the Community Liaison Group (CLG) for the Guelph-Guelph/Eramosa Water Quantity Policy Development Study. The study area includes the City of Guelph, as…
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by Mike Robinson. Puslinch councillors have good reason to be concerned and to be prepared as both Cambridge and Guelph plan to increase city water supplies in the future. On July 19, hydrogeologist Stan Denhoed told councillors the cumulative impact…
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Wellington County officials are expressing concern about possible impacts of a major technical study into protecting Guelph’s drinking water supply. The townships of Puslinch and Guelph/Eramosa and the Town of Erin “all have considerable area and employment land contained within”…
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by Mike Robinson ABERFOYLE – Puslinch councillor John Sepulis recently questioned a monitoring report update from a gravel company – considering the well was frozen. On Feb. 1, council reviewed a Jan. 13 report from Dufferin Aggregates regarding its Mill…
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by Mike Robinson. Puslinch councillors are not impressed with a the timing of a Bottled Water Technical Guidance document posted to Ontario Environmental Registry. The issue arose at the Dec. 21 council session just weeks after council sent the province…
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