LETTER: Let’s know the details before we agree

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A conversation with Mayor Buckle from the Municipality of South Bruce about the 130,000 gallons of groundwater being pumped out of the mine daily for nuclear waste raised more questions than answers.


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Buckle told me the NWMO wants to dig one and possibly two enormous ponds to have enough water to keep the drill bits cool. NWMO is contemplating getting the water out of the aquifer – that can be a problem for wells running dry. Or they are contemplating getting the water from Lake Huron.

NWMO needs a tremendous amount of water. After using the water in the mine, most of it goes back into one of the ponds. Pieces of rock and sediment can settle before reusing the water again.

What are we doing with all that water in the ponds when the mining is done? Do we bring it back to Lake Huron? Do they want it back with all the contamination?

How did the NWMO come up with 130,000 gallons per day?

Is the water from Lake Huron being piped or trucked in?

Will there be contaminants in the water being pumped daily out the mine?

Will there be radon and other contaminants present in the water being pumped out of the mine?

As residents we should know all the outcomes of the studies from the impact assessment process so there are no surprises and there is accountability from the NWMO.

But these studies are being done after South Bruce signs the “deal”.

We need to know what we are signing up for before any contract is signed.

Rita Groen

South Bruce

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