There is a growing and very vocal number of residents living in the south end of Guelph advocating for a new recreational centre to be built as soon as possible. Currently, the City of Guelph has in it’s capital budget, construction of a new south end rec centre sometime in 2014. The projected cost of the rec centre […]
Category: Water
Wastewater pipeline
I attended the Wastewater Treatment Master Plan ‘public information centre’ on October 24th and was shocked to see that one of the proposed ‘feasible’ solutions to Guelph’s sewage capacity problem is a pipeline to the Great Lakes (either Lake Erie, Ontario or Huron). It was a long hard fight to get a mega-pipeline removed as […]
Street sweeping
This staff response follows up on a question as to why the City sweeps it’s streets: Street sweeping is something that contributes to the protection of the water quality of the river system. It really has little to do with ‘washing the road”. We do use water during this activity to keep dust down (which […]
Is science leading the way on Nestlé water decision?
The following editorial appeared in the July 11 edition of the Guelph Mercury: News that one provincial arm didn’t satisfy questions of another the last time Nestlé applied to renew its water-taking permit is worrisome. That was in 2005. Now, Nestlé is once again applying to renew its permit. Many of those involved in this […]
Council Voting Record May 7, 2007
Moved by Councillor Findlay Seconded by Councillor Burcher THAT Clause 1, Paragraph 2 of the Fifth Report of the Community Mayor Farbridge Development and Environmental Services Committee be amended to include as follows: “THAT the Nestle Permit to Take Water be renewed for a two year period only, at the current rates.” A recorded vote […]
Council Voting Record April 23, 2007
Moved by Councillor Findlay Seconded by Councillor Salisbury THAT Guelph City Council receives the Community Energy Plan from the CEP Consortium; AND THAT Guelph City Council endorse the Vision, the Goals and the directions provided in the Community Energy Plan as the basis for community energy planning in Guelph;
Background information on lead in Guelph’s water
The presence of lead in municipal drinking water is regulated by the MOE. Provincial regulation requires annual lead testing in the water distribution system and sets a health-related drinking water standard of less than 10 micrograms per litre (ug/L), which is equivalent to 10 parts per billion (ppb). Drinking water standards are established by the MOE […]
City of Guelph expands lead-testing.
Test results from four homes with lead services show elevated lead levels. Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health reassures residents Guelph has high quality drinking water. The City of Guelph has now received the results of water tests from taps in 20 homes with lead services, along with those from a number of tests performed on water in […]
Pipe to Lake Erie off the books
The following article appeared in the May 25, 2007 edition of the Guelph Tribune: The new council has overturned the position taken by the last one on the need to keep alive the option of a future water pipeline to Lake Erie. The previous council voted last Oct. 2 to approve in principle a new […]
Concern about lead in Guelph’s water
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.