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1. www.therecord.com › news › waterloo-regionElmira cleanup is slow, but it’s going - The Record

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   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 ...

2. www.therecord.com › opinion › columnistsLessons of Elmira's water crisis painful, costly - The Record

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   Nov 5, 2014 · 2 min read. 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...

3. www.therecord.com › news › waterloo-regionElmira water cleanup won’t meet 2028 deadline - The Record

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   Jul 25, 2016 · Chemtura Canada will not meet its 2028 deadline to clean up Elmira’s groundwater after almost 20 years.

4. kitchener.ctvnews.ca › deadline-for-cleaning-upDeadline for cleaning up Elmira’s water won’t be met: Chemtura

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   Jul 14, 2016 · Chemtura says its computer model now shows something a concerned citizens’ group has long claimed – that it won’t meet its target date for cleaning up Elmira’s drinking water.

5. www.pressreader.com › canada › the-woolwich-observerThe “what’s next?” phase of cleaning up Elmira’s aquifer

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   Dec 28, 2023 · Staff have carried on treating water from the aquifer, but the province’s deadline will not be met. Now, Lanxess and the Ministry of the Environmen­t are asking for public input on the scope and content of a new control order.

6. www.groundwatercanada.com › decontamination-ofDecontamination of Elmira's aquifer still has a long way to ...

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   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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   When will Elmira's Water Supply be cleaned?

   • It will probably be another 30 or 35 years before the once treasured water supply will be made available to Elmira residents. Legally, the company is committed to having the town’s water supply cleaned and ready for use in 2028, but most people close to the issue don’t believe that will happen.

   Lessons of Elmira’s water crisis painful, costly - The Record

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   What happened to Elmira's Water Supply?

   • 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. The town found itself in the midst of a crisis that would see friend pitted against friend.

   Lessons of Elmira’s water crisis painful, costly - The Record

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   Did Waterloo contaminate Elmira's Water?

   • Residents had been told contamination at the site posed no immediate threat to the town’s water. A pipeline, built to bring water from Waterloo to Elmira, still operates today, and will for probably another 30 or 35 years. There’s no doubt that the chemical plant provided jobs and stimulated the local economy, but it also took a terrible toll.

   Lessons of Elmira’s water crisis painful, costly - The Record

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   What happened to contaminated soil in Elmira?

   • In 1999, the last of 1,400 trucks carrying 46,000 tonnes of contaminated soil that had been stored at the site left Elmira en route to a cavernous pit at the Clean Harbours facility near Sarnia.

   Lessons of Elmira’s water crisis painful, costly - The Record

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   Why do people not eat tomatoes grown in Elmira?

   • It was common knowledge that people shouldn’t eat tomatoes grown in town because they had a chemical taste. In the 1940s, Elmira was known as the weedless town after the community had been drenched in the new herbicide DDT.

   Lessons of Elmira’s water crisis painful, costly - The Record

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8. www.pressreader.com › canada › the-woolwich-observerThe discovery of contaminan­ts in Elmira’s water still ...

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   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.