Grassroots organization Water Wells First is calling for a health hazard investigation at the North Kent Wind turbine site.
In a recent report, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change says that well water contamination in the North Kent area was not caused by turbine construction.
Spokesperson for Water Wells First Kevin Jakubec says this sets two precedents.
“It sets a dangerous president for the protection of environment, for the protection of our source-water, our groundwater,” Jakubec explains. “And equally, it sets a dangerous president for public health.”
Jakubec says there has been no greater breakdown in the protection of water since the Walkerton disaster.
Families whose wells are affected were provided with water tanks, but now that the MOECC has said the developers are not at fault, those tanks will be taken away.
Jessica Brooks, who lives with her husband, mother, and three children on Brooks Line north of Chatham, says she’s not sure what to do now.
“I was surprised at how shocked and devastated I was, I think part of me was hoping my government would step up and do the right thing.”
Brooks says having a permanent water line installed would be very expensive, but they’ll have to review their options.
