How to keep your drinking water safe
Open houses to help landowners protect private and municipal drinking water
(Lindsay, November 12, 2009) We have good drinking water in the City of Kawartha Lakes and can do many things to help keep it safe.
Three open houses will be held across the City to provide information on what you can do to protect private and municipal drinking water.
“It takes a whole community to protect drinking water,” says Mark Majchrowski, Kawartha Conservation’s Director of Watershed Management.
“This is because water is constantly moving across the land and under the ground, from one property to the next.”
The water we get from private wells and municipal drinking water systems can be easily contaminated by countless sources such as poorly maintained septic systems, unused and cracked wells and accidental spills of gasoline and other hazardous materials.
At the open houses, there will be presentations on well and septic system maintenance, maps which show vulnerable areas around residential municipal drinking water systems, a groundwater model that shows how water moves through the ground to our wells and how they can become contaminated, and various displays and information that provide tips on how to keep your drinking water safe.
The open house will be held at three different locations to make them more accessible to landowners and residents throughout the City:
- Lindsay - Wednesday, November 25, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Lindsay Library, downstairs (190 Kent Street West)
- Bobcaygeon - Monday, November 30, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Bobcaygeon Municipal Building (123 East Street South)
- Little Britain - Tuesday, December 1, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Little Britain Community Centre (9 Arena Road)
For the communities of Norland and Kinmount, an additional open house will be held to present maps of vulnerable areas where activities could affect the supply and quality of water used for their municipal drinking water systems. This open house will take place on Monday, November 23 from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Haliburton County Council Office, 11 Newcastle Street in Minden.
“Those who attend the open house will come away with a better understanding of drinking water and some great information on how to protect it,” says Majchrowski.
For more information, contact Mark Majchrowski at 705.328.2271 ext. 215.
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Media Contact:
Brent Kulba, Communication Specialist, Kawartha Conservation, 705.328.2271 ext. 220, bkulba@kawarthaconservation.com
