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Potential for budget cuts reducing our water safety

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Budget axe threatens water-quality testing

Funding may dry up for a long-running water-testing program that tracks pollution in Niagara's streams, rivers and wells.

Every year, the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority tests for metals, bacteria, nutrients and chemicals at 68 surface water sites and 13 groundwater wells across the region and in parts of Hamilton.

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Most of Niagara's watersheds have "poor or impaired" water quality, according to the 2009 annual report, due in large part to agricultural runoff, leaking septic beds and dirty stormwater from our cities.

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Goulbourne noted Niagara's "agricultural geography" creates a higher risk of water contamination due to fertilizers or pesticides.

The full article, posted in the St Catharines Standard on Wednesday, June 9, 2010, can be viewed here >>

Seems highly unlikely, one would hope, but this could potentially be the thin edge of the wedge regarding vigilance on our water quality and health repercussions in Niagara. We will certainly be keeping tabs on this issue.