How does it feel to be included in a list of 35 cities and towns in Ontario where city officials don't care about the health of their community? That is right otherwise Ontario's Chief Water Inspector would not have ordered each of those communities to test taps for lead.
These communities for better words never got the lead out. These communities disregarded the Ontario Water Inspector's order to test their water for lead about 4 weeks ago. The inspector now wants 20 samples from homes with lead service from each community within 2 weeks.
Welland was one of these communities including Toronto, Hamilton, Brockville, Cornwall, Peterborough, South Peel, Welland, and Whitby.
Why were the citizens of Welland kept in the dark? Why did Welland not act in accordance with the inspector's request?
The areas in the relevant communities will, in most cases involve homes built in pre-1950, homes I am sure are known to the city. In the event these homes are found to have lead levels above the provincial standard the residents should be given a warning.
When the water meter installation program started the installers must have come across situations where homes had lead pipe water service, was anything done to bring this to the attention of the home owner and the city? Not likely
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Hi Don,
Well another case of the problems in the City of Welland. Broke, unemployment, underemployment and apathy. A few more like this and the only place to go is up.
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