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io economist sunsuntribune environment saturday sept 3 2005 staff photosjoerd witteveen bethesda road resident bryan emery left and whitchurchstoufrville councillor clyde smith dis cuss lowered water during a tour of troubled spots thursday at mr emerys property day waste collection schedule reminder monday september 5 2005 is labour day there will be no garbage blue box green bin or yard material collected on this day area collection services will take place one day later for the remainder of the week this means if your regular collection day is your materials will be collected on monday area 3 4 tuesday september 6 tuesday area 5 6 wednesday area 7 8 wednesday september 7 thursday september 8 thursday area 9 10 friday area 1 2 friday september 9 saturday september 10 for area identification and collection dates please refer to your 2005 waste collection schedule dont miss the truck have your material curbside by 700 am i waste management department tel 9054157535 email wastemgtmarkhamca website wwwmarkhamca jv people are losing their wells something has to be done from page 1 bryan emery a 40year resident of bethesda road has had to drill his well deeper twice over the past 18 months mr emery needs water for personal use and for an irrigation system tied to a greenhouse business ive had to drop my well down another 10 metres for the second time mr emery said the well ran out of water last spring and again in the fall before the construction of the sewer i had an excess of water ive had all the water i could use for the past 40 years mr emery wants the region to take responsibility people are losing their wells mr emery said something has to be done the region has gone ahead without proper research and we end up paying the price mr emery and mr donnelly are scheduled to join jim robb of the friends of rouge watershed thursday on a panel to explain the class action lawsuit the meeting is expected to attract residents from both communities as well as york region officials and mem bers of markham and whitchurch- stouffville councils it will be held at lemonville community centre at 13453 mccowan road from 7 to 9 pm mr subramanian is confident the 16th avenuedewatering project is not impacting wells in the bethesda road area suggesting an unusually dry sum mer may be to blame participation is about 50 per cent lower than last year he said meeting coorganizer dave probert of mccowan road expects a well attend ed the meeting we will get a full house mr probert said common sense tells us that unfortunately the dry wells could be linked to the sewer project its affecting in excess of 100 wells from just north of bethesda road to 16th avenue in markham weve had at least 15 resi dents including those from markham contact us with well problems of those three people had to get new wells drilled the regions dewatering project start ed in 2002 however work was held up while officials studied a number of wells that went dry north of 16th avenue york region introduced a wellmiti gation program that ensures residents receive a new or deeper well or are hooked to municipal water if problems are caused by the dewatering project about 100 of 2500 wells from stone mason drive and the 16th avenue area to just east of woodbine avenue at 16th have been impacted in the past two and a half years mr subramaniam said of those we provided six deeper wells and a few had to have new wells drilled he said a flyer published by meeting organ izers states york region is removing 25000 to 50000 litres each minute from ground water aquifers before the construction of the sewer i had an excess of water ive had all the water i could use for the past 40 years bryan emery bethesda road resident this groundwater removal rate would fill a large swimming pool every one or two minutes and it is posed to continue every minute for more than two years half of this ground water is being dumped into the york sanitary sewer the flyer states this groundwa ter removal is draining a 200rsquare foot hole in the aquifers if dewatering con tinues the aquifer hole will stretch from yonge street to pickering town line and from oak ridges moraine to steeles avenue mr probert is calling on residents to contact both provincial and federal elected officials including prime minis ter paul martin asking them to inter vene i want residents to ask them elect ed officials to stop the groundwater removal before more damage is done mr probert said for more information about the well problem and the sept 8 meeting call 9056403965 or 4168359550 or 4167031100 4 town of whitchurchstouffville look in todays paper in the flyer section for the new 20052006 garbage recycling schedule this flyer did not appear in fax stouffyiile suntribune as originally scheduled the stoujfoitlt ne apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused