Is there an answer? Certainly. Admit we do not have that ability in our planning; hire professionals to evaluate the entire affected area and show all water and environmental constraints that need to be applied.
If we consider crisis as a time requiring urgent action, then a recent hydrogeologic study conducted in Oliver Paipoonge proves we are indeed in a time of planning crisis.
Most troubling is the study's assessment of total aquifer capacity along its boundary with the proposed Macmillan/Bloedel subdivision. Using the study's own calculations the adjacent 24 lots would require 25 per cent more water than the aquifer is capable of sustaining. The aquifer will therefore drop. There is a reason some Municipalities in Ontario forbid industrial subdivision without municipal water; frequently disastrous, questionable at best.
The other half of the “water budget” is drainage. In order not to pollute their wells the study recommends that all drainage and runoff be directed to the southeast corner of the area, potentially contaminating existing wells along the south end of Pennock, Rosslyn Road and even the village. No regard has been made for this.
In June of 2022 over 50 people made a deputation to Council on concerns over water, drainage, types of industry and the absence of any comprehensive site planning. What was the response? They were attacked in writing by our planning department as misleading and alarmist. Council refused to listen or act.
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