Niagara Escarpment important…

Niagara Escarpment important recharge area in Melancthon / Mulmur Townships #ProtectOurWater #FoodAndWaterFirst #GrowTheGreenbelt

Protecting Water for Future Generations: Growing the Greenbelt in the Outer Ring

The Melancthon / Mulmur area west of the Niagara Escarpment World Biosphere lands includes specialty crop agricultural food lands, natural dolostone recharge and groundwater reservoir areas above about 455 m asl. West of the groundwater divide between Lake Erie and Georgian Bay, the Guelph Amabel Aquifer flows in the subsurface in the Grand River watershed to the southwest towards Lake Erie contributing drinking water to urban centres, rural communities and individual farms and residences. The groundwater divide is dynamic and shifts under aquifer stresses.

The Melancthon / Mulmur area Aquifers also feeds the extensive Niagara Escarpment springs and headwater tributaries of the Nottawasaga River and further downstream contributes recharge to the geographically extensive Alliston Aquifer which provides drinking water to many residents of east Dufferin and central Simcoe Counties. The recharge and headwater source hydrological function of the Melancthon/ Mulmur area dolostone aquifers is similar to that of the Oak Ridges Moraine.

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