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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...
The final product meets Ontario drinking water standards, and is then discharged into the Canagagigue Creek. But why can't they just use this as the drinking water? After all, the whole point of cleaning the aquifer is so you can get drinkable water from it.
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 · The impact on the town, as well as St. Jacobs, which also drew from Elmira’s wells, was huge as 9,000 people were warned by the Ministry of Environment that it was unsafe to drink from their taps. For months, until a pipeline from Waterloo was completed, the main source of potable water in these communities was from fire stations.
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.
Apr 12, 2022 · In 1989, there was a discovery of contaminants in the aquifer beneath the town of Elmira. The contaminant was linked to Uniroyal Chemical’s manufacturing plant and was identified as the carcinogen NDMA. It was in the town's only supply of drinking water.
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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.
