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Nov 28, 2018 · ELMIRA — A pair of documentaries exploring the contamination of Elmira’s water supply are in limbo after the new owner of the chemical plant at the heart of the story refused to give final...
Nov 2, 2020 · Elmira has safe tap water, but it is not taken from the local aquifer. Experts say it will take many more years to rid the local groundwater of toxic chemicals.
Jul 11, 2024 · Bryant, who in November 1989 was then juggling raising a family while teaching English night classes at Renison University College at the University of Waterloo, had been concerned about the chemical plant before the contamination triggered what became known as the Elmira Water Crisis.
Nov 2, 2020 · NDMA or nitrosodimethylamine, a chemical known to cause cancer, liver and lung damage, and death in test animals, was detected in extremely high amounts in Elmira’s aquifer in November 1989. The town’s water was shut off and citizens subsisted on bottled. water until a pipeline to Waterloo’s aquifer was built.
When I came here from London in 1990, I was amazed at how Guelph tap water, bottled up in Nestle bottles, sold. I mean, bottled water is supposed to be for famines and emergencies! Then I tried the tap water and it all came so (un)clear.
May 5, 2023 · Contamination originated 30 years ago. Elmira, Ont. – The decontamination of the town’s aquifer is still a long way from meeting drinking water standards even though improvements are being made.
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In late 1989, 17 years after production stopped, Elmira was obliged to shut down its water supply because of the discovery of high levels of dangerous chemicals in the aquifer that flows under the town.
