got a link to an email that was sent to the Sun Times. It addresses the water from Wiarton issue better than any I have heard yet. I don't know if this has been posted by anyone else yet but it bears enough fruit to share again if it has.
I will post the link and print it out as well. It really makes interesting reading. No wonder our little
willie is white. He has been drinking Wiarton water from the bay.

Is tap water really that pure?

Contaminants of all kinds have been dumped into the source of our drinking water

Editor:

On Monday evening at the Owen Sound city council meeting a councillor suggested we all get rid of our bottled water and drink tap water only.

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A big thank you to the mayor and all involved (including the posters here on sbp and the original source) for finally bringing what we have talked about for ages here.And may I state what I have said before..check the US and Canadian Gov't websites Chlorine Dioxide is a registered pesticide..how do YOU feel about being a guinea pig?
"South Bruce Peninsula Mayor Gwen Gilbert and Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound MP Larry Miller are promising to raise questions about an eight-year-old, University of Toronto drinking water experiment in Wiarton.

The mayor was reacting to a federal court ruling that National Sciences and Engineering Research Council officials did not have to order an investigation into questions about research involving chlorine dioxide in drinking water in Wiarton. Both she and Miller expect to work “to get some accountability,” Gilbert said.

Testing of the Grey-Bruce watersheds have come up with a passing grade for all watersheds in terms of water quality.There is a concern over the riparian zones(A riparian zone is the interface between land and a flowing surface water body) along the Sauble river, and plans are being made to remedy this by encouraging planting of trees and plants along the river banks to discourage erosion.Congratulations for the excellent water quality for our area, a very encouraging sign!
Lets endeavour to keep it that way :)

Thanks to Dick Waugh's editorial, of the Owen Sound Sun Times, for telling it like it is in Sauble Beach regarding sewer and water.

Water and sewers for Sauble?; Don't hold your breath!

Makes for interesting reading.

Sauble Water and Sewer. Addendum No 2 Revised
revised Jan 22/07
History:

In 1995 an Environmental Assessment was started to consider servicing options for Sauble Beach and Hepworth. This was 90% completed in 2001 and a 2001 Environmental Study Report recommended a regional water system supplied from Wiarton and a Sauble Beach wastewater treatment system.

Addendum No 1 in 2003 added Hepworth to the waste treatment system with a lift pump in Hepworth and a second lift at Clifford subdivision to push sewage to Sauble.

In the spring of 2006 the EA expired on a 5 year sunset clause without receiving funding and without completion of the final portion which was to locate and decide the best type of sewage treatment plant.

Good to know that somebody out there still cares about our national scientific integrity in general and our local community health in particular, even if it is only just a bunch of students ... The Canadian Federation of Students go to court today seeking to coerce the NSERC watchdogs into actually watching the 'research' that wound its way into our municipal tap water:

Many scientists do not put political spins on environmental issues. A small group of such experts recently expressed serious concerns regarding the availability of clean drinking water for the global population.
Approximately three questers of the earth's surface is covered with water, albeit the biggest bodies of water are salty. Only about three percent of all water is drinkable, and most of this is frozen in polar caps and glaciers. Only a tiny fraction (approximately 3 of 1000 liters or 0.3%) is actually useful drinking water.

My wife's family purchased an older cottage in Sauble (just down the road from their even older cottage, which they sold) about 5 years ago. She wasn't my wife at the time, so I wasn't around. The two of us are "the caretakers" and we keep the place up pretty well. This past year we installed a UV purification system for the water (water testing results came back negative for any contaminants and our water is now safe and drinkable). One thing that I've been meaning to get around to is checking out the septic system to see if it needs to be pumped, etc. The thing is, no one in her family knew where the access to the tank was. Luckily, we were up there all last week and the old owners happened to come by to check their old place out (lovely older couple).

I'm surprised that no one picked up from the council meeting minutes on the SBP website that they're suporting the Kincardine deep well disposal for radioactive waste. It would be one thing if this was an area of igneous precambrian shield but our bedrock is sedimentary limestone with fissures. On a timescale the 300 year window that they aim for storage sounds long but it's less than the period of european exploration and settlement of Ontario. I assume that jobs at the plant which support our bedroom community status are more important at this time.