Yech! This is water?
Izzy Sommers, MD[retired]
7-140 Elmview Street, West
Welland, ON L3C 4K7, Canada
TELEPHONE: 905-788-2237
EMAIL: canadizzy@yahoo.ca
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
The Editor, The Welland Tribune
228 East Main Street
Welland, ON L3B 5P5, Canada
TELEPHONE: 905-732-2411
EMAIL: tribune@wellandtribune.ca
RE: Drinking water safety
Dear Editor and Staff,
Every day, we see flooding in communities due to heavy rain not accommodated by the drainage systems in place. When that happens, the rushing rainwater overwhelms the purification systems and raw sewage is swept into areas that might affect drinking water. Sometimes this causes a tragic situation with deaths. Sometimes, it results in a warning about the safety of drinking water and people are asked to boil all their water or switch to bottled water. In many areas of the world, tap water is never drunk or used to brush one’s teeth. In many areas of the world, the wells are contaminated and people are dying. Right here in Ontario, there were deaths due to E. coli in a situation where the administrators were aware that the safety of their water purification was compromised. A scandal resulted. After the investigation, it was revealed that many towns in Ontario have inadequate safety measures to insure safe water.
Yesterday, I noticed a funny taste to my tap water. I hesitate to be part of the tongue and nasal rangers of this area, but I was wondering if my tap water is safe to drink. Does Welland have an updated water purification system? Did yesterdays rain, and the rains before, affect my tap water in an adverse fashion? Will tomorrow’s rain be dangerous? Am I drinking water with more than 100,000 E. coli per litre, today? Have I been drinking, or will I be drinking contaminated water? In a city where there must be hundreds of leaking underground storage tanks abandoned by factories and gasoline stations, is my drinking water free of carcinogens, and other contaminants? Is the rumour true that there is still extremely dangerous waste just lying around on the old site of Union Carbide? If there’s a question about the landfill/garbage capacity, is there a question about my drinking water? Should I switch to bottled water or boiled tap water, like most of my neighbours have?
Thank you for listening.
Sincerely,
Izzy Sommers.
7-140 Elmview Street, West
Welland, ON L3C 4K7, Canada
TELEPHONE: 905-788-2237
EMAIL: canadizzy@yahoo.ca
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
The Editor, The Welland Tribune
228 East Main Street
Welland, ON L3B 5P5, Canada
TELEPHONE: 905-732-2411
EMAIL: tribune@wellandtribune.ca
RE: Drinking water safety
Dear Editor and Staff,
Every day, we see flooding in communities due to heavy rain not accommodated by the drainage systems in place. When that happens, the rushing rainwater overwhelms the purification systems and raw sewage is swept into areas that might affect drinking water. Sometimes this causes a tragic situation with deaths. Sometimes, it results in a warning about the safety of drinking water and people are asked to boil all their water or switch to bottled water. In many areas of the world, tap water is never drunk or used to brush one’s teeth. In many areas of the world, the wells are contaminated and people are dying. Right here in Ontario, there were deaths due to E. coli in a situation where the administrators were aware that the safety of their water purification was compromised. A scandal resulted. After the investigation, it was revealed that many towns in Ontario have inadequate safety measures to insure safe water.
Yesterday, I noticed a funny taste to my tap water. I hesitate to be part of the tongue and nasal rangers of this area, but I was wondering if my tap water is safe to drink. Does Welland have an updated water purification system? Did yesterdays rain, and the rains before, affect my tap water in an adverse fashion? Will tomorrow’s rain be dangerous? Am I drinking water with more than 100,000 E. coli per litre, today? Have I been drinking, or will I be drinking contaminated water? In a city where there must be hundreds of leaking underground storage tanks abandoned by factories and gasoline stations, is my drinking water free of carcinogens, and other contaminants? Is the rumour true that there is still extremely dangerous waste just lying around on the old site of Union Carbide? If there’s a question about the landfill/garbage capacity, is there a question about my drinking water? Should I switch to bottled water or boiled tap water, like most of my neighbours have?
Thank you for listening.
Sincerely,
Izzy Sommers.
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