Local group Water Wells First continues to push for more stringent controls and regulations surrounding wind turbines in Chatham-Kent.
To date spokesman Kevin Jakubec says WWF has spent $230,000 in water testing.
“63 (people) participated in the first round of tests that Water Wells First experts recommended,” Jakubec says. “That first round was $2,100 per person, and this next round, this is one that’s very specific…is around $1,400.”
For the past year, Water Wells First has maintained that wind turbine construction is causing increased sediment and contamination of wells in Dover Township.
Last week, a Ministry of Environment and Climate Change hydro-geologist paid a visit to some of the affected homes to test the water’s turbidity, but according to Jakubec they would not test sediment found in the wells.
Jakubec says until something changes, they’ll continue to protest at MOECC offices across southwestern Ontario.