The second public information centre to discuss the future of Wallaceburg’s drinking water has been set.
The meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 26 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the UAW Hall in Wallaceburg. The presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Preferred project alternatives are set to presented to the public at the meeting.
Wallaceburg Coun. Jeff Wesley said the communities attendance is vital.
“It is very important that any citizen with an interest in the water supply for Wallaceburg should attend this meeting,” he said. “While I have not seen the final report or the suggested solution I have been told that it will most likely suggest that the Wallaceburg water system be supplied from Lake Erie via the Chatham water system.”
Wesley added: “There are many factors to take into consideration and I know that Carmen (McGregor) and I really want to hear from the Wallaceburg community on this.”
The community of Wallaceburg and surrounding area obtains its municipal water from the Wallaceburg Water Treatment Plant (WTP), which was constructed in 1946 and has undergone major upgrades in 1948, 1980, and 2009.
The WTP raw water intake is located in the Chenal Ecarte, which is fed by the St. Clair River. The Wallaceburg Distribution System is also interconnected with the Lambton Area Water Supply System (LAWSS), St. Clair Township Distribution System and the Chatham-Kent North Kent System.
The purpose of the Wallaceburg & Area Water Supply Review Municipal Class Environmental Assessment(Wallaceburg Class EA) is to provide an environmentally sensitive and sustainable framework to assess the various water supply alternatives within the study area. Specifically, but not limited to, the Wallaceburg Class EA will include an evaluation of the existing Wallaceburg WTP as well as alternative water supply options including potential interconnections with other existing systems.
Stantec Consulting Ltd. has been retained by the Chatham-Kent Public Utilities Commission to complete the Wallaceburg Class EA.
The project is anticipated to address the requirements of a Schedule C Class Environmental Assessment and will be conducted in accordance with the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment process (Municipal Engineer’s Association, as amended in 2007 & 2011).
Under this process, agency and public input is invited for incorporation into the planning and design for this study.
