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THE NEW TANNER4THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2010 Water harvesting concept studied for Acton water supplyIncreasing the amount tres, including one at the water capacity to proceed of water taken from the Acton arena/community with their plans and not sit Prospect Park wells is a centre last Wednesday. on their water and waste-key component of four Halton Hills is the only water allocations.of the six concepts being municipality in Halton Between the Prospect studied to ensure there is that gets its water from Park well field and the enough water to handle wells. In Acton, there Fourth Line well field, the provincially mandated are two wells at Prospect we believe that there is growth that will occur in Park, a single well on sufficient capacity there Acton by 2031. the Fourth Line, and two that were able to confirm The Sustainable Halton wells at the Davidson well the long term sustainable Wa and confirm theres ter and Wastewater field. Combined, they are yieldsMasno long term ecological ter Plan as it relates licenced by the province impact or impact to local to Acton also includes to produce 6,082 cubic concepresidents wells, Simpson ts to increase the metres of water daily for PRAY TOGETHER: The annual Praise in the Park ceremony welcomed all Acton amounsaid.t of water at the use in Acton from June to congregations to pray together on Sunday afternoon. The service was relocated FouHe said other scenarios rth Line well field, September, and approxi-from the Rotary Band Shell in Prospect Park due to inclement weather. All were consinclude taking the Pros-truction of a new well mately half that amount united at the Bethel Christian Reformed Church. Denise Paulsen photofiepect Park or Fourth Line ld, connecting to Lake from October to May.Onwell fields and adding tario through a pipe David Simpson, Hal-tion would be to draw on harvesting, then you infil-to the South Halton waste-yield from a new well field from Georgetown, con-tons acting manager of some of the supply from trate it into your aquifer water treatment system.necwhich they are looking at ting to the Wellington water planning said he was Wellington County, but if and so you sort of recharge Following the pubic Counin the general area north ty system that gets its thrilled with the turnout you take water from Lake it for the pumping season input from the informa-water from Lake Erie and at the Acton meeting as it of Acton to determine Erie you have to give the and extract it through tion centres, staff will if there are sustainable implementing an aquifer showed that people are in-same amount of sew-your regular production, review the comments and yields.recharge program.volved and aware of the age effluent back to Lake Simpson said, adding the begin short-listing some BySimpson said the con- 2031, Halton Hills proposals to increase the Erie, Simpson said, add-concept is probably a little of the strategies and doing cept of connecting to a is expected to grow to amount of water available ing they need to do more ahead of where the Min-more in-depth reviews of 90pipe from Georgetown ,200 people and have for development and the work on those concepts.istry of Environment is at the concepts. That will be 42using Lake Ontario water ,500 jobs, and this improve the wastewater He said the final con-this point, but still war-done this summer and into Regwould not be allowed be-ion-wide Water and treatment system.cept to ensure security and rants study.the early fall with the in-Wascause it is contrary to the tewater Master Plan Currently, a lack of long-term sustainability Concepts for Acton tent of coming back to the sGreenbelt legislation that tudy is examining ways water in Acton forced is a quite new artificial wastewater servicing public for a second round affects Acton.to ensure there is enough council to place a mora-aquifer recharge program include expanding the of public information cen-wateThe other possibility r and wastewater cap-torium on all residential where water from the treatment capacity in Ac-tres in November.acwould be to pump ground ity to handle the growth. development and insti-spring thaw is collected ton, reducing inflow and From the short list Awater from Georgetown ll of the options were tute a use it or lose it and allowed to infiltrate infiltration, sending flows wed propose a prelimin-outlinedonce it gets Lake Ontario at the first round system, forcing develop-into the aquifer.to the Georgetown waste-ary preferred water system of public water. Another considera-information cen-ers with water and waste It is sort of like water water treatment system or strategy, Simpson said.Village Beauty BoutiqueHair Care and Spa ServicesFoils with Andrew$10 offTo book an appointment with Andrew, who looks forward to seeing old & new clientele,Call 519-856-0803Village Beauty BoutiqueHair Care and Spa Services155 Main St. S. Rockwood, ON N0B 2K0