Dear Editor:
RE: Consultation key, Feb. 4.
In regards to the letter from Erin Mayor Allan Alls last week, I feel some pertinent facts where left out. He neglected to mention outflow rates of the river to support outflow rates of the effluent (which is an obvious component for these abominations to get built), which is in my opinion, of a major concern, as a simple family of beavers can change these numbers from upstream overnight, which I have witnessed in astonishment after hiking daily and being in this environment these past seven decades.
I do not know what the apparent failures were at the sewage plants in Orangeville, Shelburne, Beeton, Tottenham and Bradford, but there is room for research, which you bet, I will do. I already know Bradford got fined. I can only hope we do not get fined or sued by our downstream neighbours with contaminating wells, aquifer and habitat.
I have spent all my recreational time in northern Ontario and I have learned from seasoned veterans of the north how fast beavers can change water flow. We have a beaver dam already, at the 10th line bridge just north of Bush St., on the west side of the bridge. It mysteriously got breached (opened in the middle), needless to say, flow has picked up and I do have pictures.
Wow, what a coincidence, with a flow meter at this location and one can only imagine it had the potential to pick up speed! False readings, in my opinion. I do not need a drone to see what I have seen up or down river, as I have hiked all of it right through Erin, Belfountain, Forks of the Credit, Inglewood thru to Cheltenham, plus I have done the tributaries right from Cedar Valley, Hillsburgh and surrounding area.
Alls neglected to mention new tech septic systems (that I am presently researching) as an option that can be built on smaller lots. Also, he neglected to mention the proposed 7.2 million litres of effluent into the pristine West Credit River, which has a very environmentally sensitive habitat.
Apparently, this effluent does not remove microplastics and medicinal ingredients. And in regards to his comments about downtown Erin businesses that have the expense of their tankage, I truly sympathize with them, but the reality is, I can only hope that these fine and well established businesses move out to the strip malls once the town is paved over so we can still support them there, as I do now.
I will fight this to my last breath … I stand by what I am saying and when I get up in the morning and look in the mirror, I still stand proud. I hope to see you all out on our day of protest, Feb. 20 from 9am to 12pm at this proposed disaster site.
Ken Cowling,
Erin