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Mayor Requests Ministry Intervention Re: Water Wells

North Kent Wind is preparing to use piling operations to build turbine foundations for the NKW1 project. Photo courtesy of Water Wells First.
North Kent Wind is preparing to use piling operations to build turbine foundations for the NKW1 project. Photo courtesy of Water Wells First.

Chatham-Kent Mayor Randy Hope is calling on the MOECC to step up and get involved in the ongoing water wells issue.

In a letter sent to the Minister of the MOECC, Hope states that conflicting information, turbidity, sediment, and a lack of public statements and investigation by MOECC officials have made the situation untenable.

The mayor goes on to request an immediate intervention and for the ministry to assume a leadership role, adding that under the Green Energy Act, Chatham-Kent doesn’t have the legal authority to intervene in the construction or operation of wind farms or to determine the environmental effects.