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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, July 8, 1987-5 Scoop water teams at Kirby school Kirby Public School's scoop water teams were all set to go at play day. The teams were made up of students from Kindergarten through to Grade 6. Some PCBs in some to contract well water pumps An estimated 4,000 domestic water well pumps of the 460,000 in use in Ontario likely contain PCB- contaminated oil which could leak and pollute the water, according to a report released today. A Ministry of the Environment investigation found two abandoned wells polluted with PCBs by leaking submersible pumps. Levels as high as 0.6 parts per billion (ppb) were found in the well water. The interim Ontario drinking water objective for PCBs is three ppb; US EPA's guideline is one ppb. Subsequently, the ministry launched an investigation investigation of discarded submersible pumps, and found that the motor oil in some pumps had PCB levels as high as one per cent. "We have initiated a program designed to help, homeowners determine determine what type of pump they have in their well and whether it is leaking leaking oil containing PCBs into their water supply," said Environment Minister Jigi Bradley. The local ministry office will mail, on request, an information kit that will help the homeowper identify identify the type of pump used in the well and give information on how to determine if the pump is leaking. The kit contains a questionnaire to be completed and returned to the ministry for further investigation to ' determine if the pump's motor could contain PCBs. Submersible pumps withioil-filled motors manufactured between 1964 and 1980 are suspected of containing containing PCBs. Submersible pumps with water-filled motors and pumps located outside of the well are not a risk. Domestic submersible water well pumps manufactured between 1964 and 1980 with oil-filled motors that could contain PCBs include: F.E. Myers (before 77/78), Peabody Barnes, Pumptron, Red Jacket, REDA, Sta-Rite (U.S.), Standard, Tait. Four submersible pumps, Aeromotor, ' Berkeley, Sears and Webtrol used two different types of motors in the pumps-the water- filled PCB-free Franklin Electric motors and oil-filled that' could contain PCBs. Homeowners with submersible pumps should verify the make of the motor installed in ' e pump. • Thirteen submersible pumps used only water-filled Franklin Electric motors that do not contain PCBs: Beàtty, Goulds, Grundfos, GSW, Home Hardware, Jacuzzi, Layne & Bowleri McDougall, Monarch, Pioneer, pumps & Softeners, Sta- Rite (GSW), Southern. F.E. Myers pumps manufactured after 1977-78 used PCB-free F.E. Myers motors. All brand information was obtained obtained from the manufacturer's. Oil leaking from pumps with oil- filled motors could result in a petroleum-like taste and odour in drinking water, or a film of oil on water and fixtures. However, petroleum-like taste and odours may also be caused by other water ; problems such as iron bacteria. Any suspected oil leak from a submersible pump with an oil-filled motor will be investigated by an environmental environmental officer from the nearest ministry district office. The officer will check the well arid, if necessary take a water sample 1 for PCB analysis. Additionally, the ministry will pay fo'r drinking water while the investigation is underway : and for up to six weeks after PCB contamination has been confirmed and the test results have been explained explained to the well owner, r •. Any pump containing PCB- contaminated oil that has been removed from a water well should be transferred to an approved PCB storage site in accordance with provincial provincial regulations. Ministry staff will make arrangements for the transfer. They, are reviewing PCB storage sites within the province .to ensure that the discarded pumps are stored in accordance with provincial provincial regulations. The ministry recommends replacement wherd*it has been confirmed confirmed that a submersible pump has an oil-filled motor manufactured prior to 1980. The ministry's findings are similar to those of two state agencies, agencies, in the U.S. Canadian government government agencies and pump manufacturers manufacturers have been informed of Ontario's Ontario's findings. All Medical .Officers of Health (MOH) have been advised of the situation. The ministry recommends recommends that questions relating to the health «effects of PCBs should be out garbage collection in Bowmanville The question of garbage collection collection for Bowmanville has been decided. Garbage pick-up will be contracted out to a private firm at a cost to the Town of $376,297. If the Town staff had continued to provide collection for Bowmanville Bowmanville it would have cost $450,000, including including the purchase of two side loading, one-man packers. Jobs will be lost when a collection company takes over, but abiding by the Collective Agreement the. employees will be reallocated to other Public Work activities. The company to be contracted is under contract with the Town for collection and disposal services here in Orono and Newcastle, and has provided good service. Councillor Hamre expressed some concern over where the garbage garbage will be taken. "1 don't want to see this garbage taken to the private contractor for this area his lot is full!" she said. Hamre was assured by staff that the garbage would be taken to a Darlington site for disposal. Poil boundary realignment The poll boundary re-alignment project is all set to go and Town staff hope to have the final polling divisions decided by the end of ■ 1987. Back in February of this yegr the need for polling station realignment, realignment, to maintain the-350 elector elector limit per subdivision, was made apparent. A student hired by the Town will spend the summer determining the new boundaries. In August, the expected time of completion, the new poll alignment will be reviewed by the Regional Assessment Office and any-minor adjustments made, bringing, the entire entire process to completion by the i end of the year. referred to the local MOH. The report titled "Investigation of PCBs in Domestic < Submersible Water Well Pumps" is available on request,. Durham East Agri - News {By John Finlay Durham East Soil & Crop To Hold Farm Tour A tour to local area farms will be held on July 10th, sponsored by the Durham East Soil & Crop Improvement Improvement Association. The following farms will be visited: Gordon Barrie & Sons, Don Welsh, John Benschop, Tom Pleasance and John Vaneyk, all of Bowmanville. Farm visits will include a fertility ' plot, rod row plots for " spring wheat, oats and barley, lupine beans and tibor oats. The tour starts at 10:00 a.m. on the farm of Gordon Barrie. A total of 42 Durham East Soil & Crop members will be participating on a five-day bus tour of the Montreal/Quebec Montreal/Quebec City area. Farm visits will include pork, dairy, vegetable and fruit farms, and tours of Andres Andres Wines, Diagnostic Laboratory, nutrition Research Centre and Artificial Artificial Insemination Unit. No Bull - A.I. for Beef By Jack Chambers Cows can be relatively simple. Many of you would like to use some of the good unit bulls on at least part of your cows but don't because accurate heat detection just takes up too much time,' Synchronization Synchronization is perhaps the answer to your problem. What- this amounts to is injecting a, group of cows with Estrumate so that they will all cycle roughly at . the same time, and càn be bred about 3 days after treatment. It isn't magic-it doesn't work on cows within 3 or 4 days of cycling--but it cuts down drastically on the amount of time needed for heat detection, and gives good results for people who are serious about making it work. The cost of Estrumate is between $8 and $9 per cow, which can be partly covered by a discount Eastern Breeders will give for breeding 5 cows or more at the same time. - George Bell at Eastern Breeders, Belleville has been working with some beef producers on synchronization, synchronization, and I'm sure will be glad to give' you the benefit of his experience. For more information on how to make synchronization work, call George at 613-968-6415. 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