SUMMARY OF SUBMISSION ON…

SUMMARY OF SUBMISSION ON LAND USE COMPATIBILITY GUIDELINE
The draft guideline does not deal with issues created by pits and quarries that are within sourcewater protection zones. In particular the guidelines do not recognize the vulnerability to pollution that is created when below watertable operation of a pit or quarry breaches an aquitard overlying an aquifer supplying drinking water.
The Guidelines should specify that the depth of excavation permitted in a below watertable pit or quarry within a sourcewater protection zone must be limited to the upper surface of any aquitard present at the site.