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Jan 6, 2021 · In 1989 it was detected at levels up to 4,400 times higher than today’s drinking water standard in the aquifer that supplied Elmira’s drinking water. Elmira now has its water piped in from Waterloo’s water supply system.
Nov 5, 2014 · It was 25 years ago this month that Elmira residents learned chemicals from Uniroyal Chemical Co., the town’s largest employer, had contaminated their once bountiful and pristine water supply.
Dec 18, 2021 · ELMIRA — The going is slow, but it’s going. Both Lanxess and the Technical Advisory Committee chair provided a year-end update on the cleanup of the Elmira aquifer and the Canagagigue creek ...
Nov 2, 2020 · ELMIRA — This month marks 31 years since the town’s residents were told they must not drink their own water. 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 ...
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.
May 5, 2023 · 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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Dec 28, 2023 · In 1989, contaminants were discovered in the aquifer under Elmira, the source of the town’s drinking water. The town now has water piped in from elsewhere in the region. Much of the contamination came from a chemical plant, Uniroyal Chemical at the time, which had haphazardly disposed of chemical waste on the property and in the creek.
