The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks has directly provided the following update: Currently, most of Aberfoyle Creek and Mill Creek are free of ice, but shorelines remain partially frozen. Visual observations and surface water sampling continues. Localized areas of…
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John McNie remembers Mill Creek the way it used to be — a place where summer days could be whiled away swimming, rafting and fishing for trout in its cold, clean waters. Today, McNie and his neighbours are worried about…
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PDATE FROM THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION AND PARKS – FUEL SPILL – FEBRUARY 28, 2019 The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks has directly provided the following update: Hydrocarbon impacted water is present in Aberfoyle Creek and Mill…
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UPDATE FROM THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION AND PARKS – FUEL SPILL – FEBRUARY 15, 2019 Point of Loss (area adjacent to 401 up to Aberfoyle Creek) The Ministry of Transportation has approved the closure of both eastbound and…
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via CBC.ca A Guelph water protection group will speak out about the impact of Nestlé’s activities in the region, at a community summit on water taking in Vittel, France later this month. Susan Glasauer is an environmental sciences professor at…
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UPDATE FROM THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION AND PARKS – FUEL SPILL – JANUARY 24, 2019 The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks has directly provided the following update: The majority of roadside work is suspended pending receipt of…
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CTV News has put up an excellent video about the cleanup of the jet fuel spill in kitchener and I’d encourage everyone to watch it. It does a good job of giving us some information, viewpoints and images that I…
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I have just confirmed that some jet fuel from the spill on the 401 Sunday night has ended up in Mill Creek. Crews are on scene vacuuming visible fuel and ocean booms are in place in an attempt to stop…
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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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via ctvnews.ca Clean-up efforts continue after the massive fuel spill on Highway 401 near Cambridge nearly two months ago. On Jan. 13, a tanker carrying about 50,000 litres of jet fuel flipped between Townline Road and Highway 6 South, spilling…
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UPDATE FROM THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION AND PARKS – FUEL SPILL – FEBRUARY 21, 2019 The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks has directly provided the following update: Based on assessments made to date, sheen and hydrocarbon impacted…
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via theRecord.com A month after a truck crashed and dumped a tanker load of jet fuel into Mill Creek, the environmental toll from the spill appears to be growing higher and higher. John Johnston, a Puslinch Township landowner, worries the…
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JANUARY 31, 2019 The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks has directly provided the following update: Temporary barriers will be installed on the shoulder of the eastbound 401 this evening to allow safe work to continue at the Point of…
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The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks has directly provided the following update: Vacuum trucks remain at key bridge access locations along Mill Creek (primarily at Concession 2) to skim visibly impacted surface water where possible. The consultant’s crews also…
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Click the image below to view video of cleanup effort. There is a growing public outcry over the handling of the spill from the 401 accident last Sunday from a tanker carrying over 50,000 litres of Jet Fuel. Since that…
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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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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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