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"While it’s possible that the prescribed activities may interfere with the water supply for other users and may include discharge to the natural environment..."
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My name is Warren Lusk P.Geo. and I am currently the Director and President of Lusk Geo Inc. specializing in groundwater, water well and geothermal issues and education.
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Very supportive of the initiative to allow short term water taking activities such as well development, pump tests and road construction to be processed under the EASR system and also the requirement to involve QP's .
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1) I believe that the TSS and Turbidity for discharge should be the fixed value you are proposing of 25 mg/L and 8 NTU respectively, in the case were there there is no local sewer use by-law rather than a blanket limit.
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How would you be able to determine what is storm related water and what is groundwater when dewatering from an open pit? is it just a calculation made by a QP and then deducted from the total amount of water taken?
Pump tests related to permits to take water for commercial bottling should not be included in the exemptions listed for low risk short-term water taking activities.
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November 19, 2020
Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
135 St. Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto, ON
Email: juwairia.obaid@ontario.ca
Attn: Juwairia Obaid, P.Eng., MASC
Senior Program Advisor
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The City of Guelph appreciates the opportunity to comment on the proposed regulatory changes under the Environmental Protection Act and Ontario Water Resources Act to streamline permissions for certain low risk short-term water taking activities.
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Please see the attached document for Conservation Ontario's comments on the "“Proposed amendments to regulations made under the Environmental Protection Act and Ontario Water Resources Act to make modifications to Environmental Activity and Sector Registry requirements and exemptions for low risk sh
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Construction Dewatering
Supported Changes
• Stantec supports the proposed changes to allow up to 400,000 L/day for each pit based on its dewatering area of influence.
• Stantec supports not including storm water in the 400,000 L/day EASR limit
Potential Challenges
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1) I believe that the TSS…
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Hello, How would you be able…
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