Dear Editor:
It was brought up at an all candidates meeting that there was only nine years of water left for Centre Wellington. Where did this figure originate? How much do we use?
The provincial Tier 3 Assessment identifies Centre Wellington at significant water quantity risk. There is a degree of uncertainty in the prediction.
Wells may become polluted, silt up, or just become less productive. This assessment does not include potential commercial water bottling from the Middlebrook well and the urban area of Fergus and Elora doubling in population by 2041 (Places to Grow Act 2016).
Municipal wells pumped 2,127,751 cubic metres of water in 2021, or 5,793m3 of water each day (just over filling 12 2,000-square-foot houses or 10.5 sportsplex swimming pools).
The town is exploring additional sources of water, but it remains a finite resource.
Chris Woode,
Fergus