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Page THE HERALD Wednesday April 18 Underground water needs must be investigated In last week Queen Park Report I discussed some of the things that I would like to see hap pen with the Niagara Escarpment lands This week I would like to talk about something which af fecta not only the Escarpment but also the whole of Ontario water We swim in it and we sail on it We turn on a tap and get a glass of it to drink Unfortunately we don often think very much about it In an area like North all the water we use for municipal systems comes from wells Those outside the core of our municipalities use private wells Without ample clean ground water Milton and Halton Hills can not survive Municipal growth and the below average rainfall of the last few years have illustrated very clearly that our supplies of ground water are not infinite If we are going to sustain our well and stream based water economy we are going to have to do a better job of managing the resource There is the argument that if we need more water and sewage capacity it would be best to build a big pipe from Lake Ontario Or as has been suggested from Lake Huron where the water quality is better It is possible that this may be the solution in the long term However regardless of what are taken to solve our long term problems we still have the immediate shortages to solve The first step in solving any pnv blem Is to find out its size The reality is that we don know how much ground water is used in north The municipalities know what they are taking for their needs but the amount removed for systems is not gathered together in any one place Quarry owners pump for gravel washing and to keep their operations dry Homeowners in the country use their wells for their families needs Business and industries not linked to the municipal systems use more or less depending on their type of operation Until we know the ex tent of our needs we can begin to find a solution The reed for water must be com pared to the supply Although we can be sure of the exact size of our underground supplies it is possible to make some calculations about how quickly that supply is recharged and whether the water table Is remaining relatively stable or changing Obviously these calculations won t be perfect but they would provide some basis for STEVEN C FOSTER BA BARRISTER SOLICITOR 37 MAIN ST SOUTH GEORGETOWN 8734961 f 8734962 KATIE KITTY UTTER NO MORE MESS NO MORE LINERS NO MORE CHANGING DIRTY UTTER BOXES LASTS 10 TIMES LONGER MOORE PARK PLAZA MAIN STREET NORTH GEORGETOWN 8732666 100 OFF THIS COUPON IN TO PET CENTRE AND RECEIVE OFF THE REGULAR PRICE OF ANY SIZE JUG OF KATIE KITTY LITTER OFFER GOOD ONLY WHILE QUANTITY LASTS ONE COUPON PER CUSTOMER VALID UNTIL JUNE 1990 1 PET CENTRES BRINGING PETS AND PEOPLE TOGETHER the future decisions that are going to have to be made In some ways this is the easy part of the solution The difficult part is going to be the allocation of supply If that becomes necessary If it becomes essential to say no who gets the bad news f Perhaps the question becomes a little easier if we reverse it and ask who gets the first place in line I think that it is essential that people and agriculture should be guaranteed the first right to our water supplies If we are forced to restrict our industrial growth to dry industries until the supply of water is guaranteed then that is what will have to be done Water must be viewed as a social resource The ability to remove it from the ground should not imply any ownership or special rights This report has only addressed the problems associated with the quantity of water that is available Next week I would like to discuss an even more significant problem How do we maintain the quality of the water that we do have donation Dave Dunlop watches as his brother left Barry hands a 272 che que 6 the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital foundation recently Accepting the cheque was Mark Rochon executive director at the hospital who said the money raised by 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