Please consider this…

Please consider this proposal very carefully and deny it. It is the worst possible demand for water, as it requests the maximum rate per minute (litres): 5,500
maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
maximum volume per day (litres): 7,920,000
maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
earliest calendar date of taking (mm/dd): 01/01
latest calendar date of taking (mm/dd): 12/31
period of taking: 10 years
There are 3 categories of a Permit to Take Water:
Category 1: water takings are anticipated to have a lower risk of causing an unacceptable environmental impact/interference
Category 2: water takings are anticipated to having a higher potential of causing unacceptable environmental impact or interference
Category 3: water takings are anticipated to have the highest potential of causing unacceptable environmental impactor interference

Requesting 7,920,000 liters of water per DAY, for 10 years, 365 days of the year is an impossible amount of water and will drain the Saugeen River causing irreparable harm along the 160 km of this beautiful river. Wildlife, vegetation, and natural heritage features will be obliterated as the river is drained dry. This is to say nothing of the people who live in Hanover and along the river. Their way of life will be destroyed, just so some huge corporation can wash aggregates with river water and make more profits.

Please consider the environmental harm, loss of climate mitigation, and deaths of multiple ecosystems for everyone who lives in this rural area. Ontario does not NEED more gravel pits!

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