Author: Councillor Goller

The following response is provided on behalf of both the City of Guelph Waterworks Division and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health. Please contact either agency as outlined below if you require additional information. Some communities with unique water quality characteristics, including London, are finding elevated levels of lead in water samples taken from customers’ taps.

Early this year, the City of London found high levels of lead at the taps in a number of older homes. The City of London reported these results to the MOE. The MOE responded by sending letters to municipalities suggesting that municipalities uncertain about lead levels in homes undertake tests at the tap in older […]

The following Resolution was passed by a large majority of the membership of the Guelph Field Naturalists at their Annual General Meeting on May 10, 2007. We are sending it to you for information, and to let you know where we stand. This Resolution has been sent to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, the […]

Water: The BIGGER Picture Drowning In Facts & Innuendo Water is one those issues that causes a lot of alarm, probably because if you run out you die. Here in Guelph, people have been talking alarmingly about water mainly because Nestle Canada Inc. has applied to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment to renew its […]

Re: Proposed PTTW renewal made by Nestle Canada EBR registry number (010-0224) Dear PTTW Coordinator: I would like to state my opposition to the requested renewal of Nestle’s Permit to Take Water at Aberfoyle, Ontario. I completely disagree with the extremely limited parameters upon which the Ministry of the Environment appears to be poised to […]

Not everyone will like political stand (May 9, 2007) You may be wondering why Guelph city council is taking such an interest in Nestlé’s water-taking permit when the water isn’t even coming out of the same watershed we take our drinking water from. It is a step by a council that has an appetite for […]

Many of you have expressed concern about the use and safety of compact florescent light-bulbs (CFL). The following attachment may answer some of your frequently asked questions (FAQs). Information on CFL’s