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Counties council looks into old wells issue GREGGCHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
off old and unused wells on private lands. Since 2004, the EOWRC has helped finance closure of more than a hundred old wells in the Prescott-Russell region alone but Boutz indicated that figure is a figurative drop in the bucket about the risk that old and un- used wells can present in both the counties and the rest of Eastern Ontario. “There are hundreds of thousands of wells out there,” she said. “There are prob- ably thousands of wells out there that we haven’t addressed.” The EOWRC’s well-decommissioning program provides farmers and other land- owners with funding aid to close off both old wells that have gone dry or working wells that are no longer needed. “We’ve seen everything from old stone dug wells to tile dug wells to drilled wells,” said Boutz. “If it’s a hole in the ground, we’ll cap it.” The two main problems, she noted, are convincing some landowners that an old well needs capping and then finding some of these wells. Too many old well sites may be unrecorded on property maps for vari- ous reasons. While some may be easy to spot aboveground, some may be boarded
up and hidden under brush or other growth and their existence may even be unknown to the present landowner. Those pose the greatest risk to both livestock and people as a person or animal may fall through the rotted boards into the well before they real- ize it is there. Landowners interested in getting help dealing with their old wells can contact Boutz through the SNC office, toll-free, at 1-877-984-2948, extension 251.
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L’ORIGNAL | Old wells proved a deep sub- ject for discussion recently at a counties council meeting Ray Beauregard, chairman for the East- ern Ontario Water Resources Committee (EOWRC), and Ronda Boutz, EOWRC com- munications director, presented the United Counties of Prescott-Russell council (UCPR) Feb. 13 with a summary of the past year’s work for the regional water protection group. What claimed most of the attention of the mayors was the funding aid the EOWRC has provided through other agencies like the South Nation Conservation Author- ity (SNC) to help with finding and closing Analyse d’eau de puits gratuite Le Bureau de santé de l’est de l’Ontario se propose pour analyser gratuitement l’eau de puits des résidents de l’est ontarien. Il s’agira de vérifier la présence de bactéries indicatrices (Ecoli et les coliformes totaux). Les résultats seront envoyés par la poste. Une analyse régulière de l’eau de puits est le seul moyen de garantir la qualité et la sécurité de l’eau. Les intéressés qu’à aller chercher et rapporter une bouteille d’échantillonnage au bureau du BSEO. Les résultats d’analyse permettront de corriger des problèmes précis et d’éviter une conta- mination potentielle. Un pont couvert pour Crysler Les citoyens de Crysler veulent con- struire un pont couvert permettant aux gens de Crysler de se balader d’un côté à l’autre de la rivière. Ce pont sera l’étape finale d’un projet ambitieux qui a commencé en 2010. Le projet com- plet comprend une piste récréative de 14 kilomètres. Déjà, six kilomètres ont été complétés. Une soirée a été organ- isée afin de recueillir des dons pour ce projet. Le Centre de santé de l’Estrie a remis un don de 2000$, et la Banque Scotia de Chesterville, qui a accepté d’égaler les dons recueillis, a donc don- né un autre 2000$.
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ONTARIO GOVERNMENT NOTICE NOTICE OF STUDY COMMENCEMENT Highway 417 at County Road 7 Underpass Rehabilitation Detail Design, W.P. 312-01-01
THE STUDY The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has retained McCormick Rankin (MRC) , to complete the detail design and Environmental Assessment Study for the rehabilitation of the Highway 417 underpass at County Road 7 near the Village of Casselman. There are several components associated with this project, including:
r Rehabilitation of the pavement on the existing County Road 7 structure and approach slabs; r Replacement of the parapet walls, expansion joints, and bearings; r Repairs to the bridge substructure; r Modifications to municipal traffic signals on County Road 7 to accommodate construction work; and r Development of a staging and traffic management plan to minimize impacts on traffic from the proposed work. THE PROCESS
This project is following the approved environmental planning process for Group ‘C’ undertakings under the MTO’s Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) for Provincial Transportation Facilities (2000), with the opportunity for public input throughout the project. The environmental assessment will be documented in an Environmental Screening Document (ESD). COMMENTS If you wish to obtain additional information or provide comments, please contact the Consultant Project Engineer or MTO Senior Project Manager listed below. Mr. Doug Raby, P.Eng. Mr. Mike de Lugt Consultant Project Engineer MTO Senior Project Manager McCormick Rankin Ministry of Transportation, Eastern Region 1145 Hunt Club Road, Suite 300 1355 John Counter Boulevard, Postal Bag 4000 Ottawa, ON K1V 0Y3 Kingston, ON K7L 5A3 tel: 613-736-7200 tel: 613-545-4747 toll-free: 1-877-998-9912 toll-free: 1-800-267-0295 fax: 613-736-8710 fax: 613-540-5106 e-mail: draby@mrc.ca e-mail: mike.delugt@ontario.ca Information will be collected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) . With the exception of personal information, all comments will be part of the public record. Des renseignements sont disponibles en français en composant 613-736-7200 poste 3537, Emily Sangster, Courriel : sangstere@mmm.ca.
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