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io economist sunsuntribune environment saturday july 26 2003 summer savings spectacular sale aberdeen mkll bb6ir to exaniiiie sewer from page i independently distributed by tech home ltd call us today 888 41 78760 t0ll free photos and artists renderings are for reference only some models not exactly as shown prices and time limited offer subject to change without notice pricebasedonbasichomepackagswrftdelwe one fisheries and oceans employee however said the department wont delay the proj ect longer thnecessary 3 were committed to looking at this quickly biologist lisa fowler said frpm the depart- mentis strict office in burlington were all working prettythardpnit 3 v the project- is the second phase of a 16th avenue trunk sewer expanding the york- durham sewage system corhr irionly known as the big pipe if will extend from kennedy road to woodbine avenue where it liriks to the pipe serving northeast richmond hill the project was to start in january and is heeded by 2005 to service growth in markham and richmond hill it is to link with other proposed sewers serving aurora newmarket andvaughati the first phase of the project frornthe ninth line to kennedy required removal of 11000 litres of water a minute from 2002 until this april the region dqii- bled the rate of extraction ytbevgrpjlindwater removal caused a springfed stream to dis- r appear and disabled wells for dozens of markham homes fpr phase two the region promised to fix potential prob- iems before water removal begins releasing a map indicating most of markhams north end would be affected to some degree recently it also confirmed jt is monitoring conditions in bruce robinson and burrideriet creeks where groundwater was pumped during phase one but said no other creeks were monitored mr jankowski described fisheries and oceansdemahd for mitigation measuresas one pret- ty much standard oh infrastruc ture projects- butlpcal conserva tionist jirheqbbmgued damage to the fiver was becoming harder for the agencies to igndre they are bleeding the rouge dry ojriservatkniistjim robb i h they are bleeding the rouge dry said mr robb general man- yager of friends- of the rouge watershed this week consultants for the regiqriadrattedwraterremofdr phase one has affected wells as far away as whitchurchstouffville tdmpatterson is 100 feet north of markham and seven kilometres from the removal point pfi 16th avenue said he could no longer draw enough water to irrigate his sevenacre tree nursery i can show you the shrivelled up leaves he said this week at the stouffville municipal offices monday the farmer pre sented his complaint to a new committee of regional politicians but experts hired by the region argued his problems were due to a plugged well screen project manager- dean rurak declined to say how many wells niight be affected by phase two but said the region will complete a plan next week to fix potential problems were doing a ipt of work here and so are our consultants were committed to moving ahead with the project he said homeowners in markhams cachet and jennings gate neigh bourhoods rely on wells but will be asked to help pay for munici pal watermains the 61 households of jennings gate will vote to pay for the infra- structure which the region prom- feed to subsidize said lou tucci of the local ratepayers group some i people dont want to wait because they have well prob- lemsnow two markham households with wells disabled by phase one are still receiving water through temporary storage tanks mr rurak said but only because both await connection to municipal water theyre satisfied with that sit uation he said 1 a healthy start 2 an adult who cares 3 safe places to iearn arid grow 4 the tools to succeed 5 achance to make a difference what is ontarios promise giving children what they heedro grow into happy healthy and contributing members of society is a shared responsibility that is important to ontarios future thats why hundreds of corporations nonprofit agencies 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