TomG
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I heard about the Louisiana thing as well. Here in Ontario, Canada, we've recently had around a dozen people die in a town of 5,000 and over half the residents seriously ill. The problem was e-coli contamination in a well-fed system. The suspected cause was heavy rains, which flooded wells with surface runoff water from cattle operations in the area. Unlike the Florida case, some of the purification equipment didn't seem to be functioning.
The provincial government finally agreed to launch a public inquiry over the issue. The inquiry will have to sort out whether a decade of government cutbacks and privatization of public utilities contributed to the tragedy. However, for us, I've got to be happy with our wells since there are no rural water systems in the area.
The provincial government finally agreed to launch a public inquiry over the issue. The inquiry will have to sort out whether a decade of government cutbacks and privatization of public utilities contributed to the tragedy. However, for us, I've got to be happy with our wells since there are no rural water systems in the area.