Protect Guelph's Water from the Dolime Quarry

Activities at the Dolime Quarry threaten the quality and quantity of Guelph’s water.

The City of Guelph has previously asked for the province to require the quarry to comply with 4 simple and fair conditions that will protect the City's water from operations at Dolime.

The current water taking permit for the Quarry is set to expire later this year.

A new permit should be denied unless these conditions are met.

Action on this issue is needed now. We are simply asking the government to do its job — to ensure that the quarry operates in a responsible way that protects Guelph’s water now and in the future. Learn more here.

Send a letter to the Minister below to help protect Guelph's water from activities at the Dolime Quarry today.

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Dear Hon. Minister Ballard:

Activities at River Valley Development’s (RVD) quarry, known in Guelph as the Dolime Quarry, put the quality and quantity of local drinking water at risk.

I call on the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change to place the City of Guelph’s simple and fair conditions on RVD’s permit to take water at the Dolime Quarry.

The City has asked for the following four conditions:

1. Water pumping at the quarry to be limited to the “current historic average pumping rate”
2. A comprehensive long-term management plan for the quarry that protects Guelph’s water
3. An effective monitoring program
4. Financial assurances and legally enforceable requirements to ensure the quarry owner – rather than Guelph ratepayers – pays for long-term mitigation costs related to the quarry’s operation.

Minister, this is a serious issue. The city has eight water supply wells within two kilometres of the Dolime quarry. These wells provide approximately 25 per cent of Guelph’s water supply. Operations at the quarry may also affect private wells for area residents in Guelph-Eramosa Township since the quarry and private wells pump from the same aquifer.

The permit to take water for operations at Dolime is set to expire later this year. Please deny the renewal unless these conditions are met.

Thank you for your consideration. Please help us protect Guelph's water.

You can submit this letter as-is or change it to reflect your own priorities. Your comment will be forwarded with the subject line 'Protect Guelph's Water from the Dolime Quarry', including your name, email and postal code to Hon. Chris Ballard. You will also be added to the GPO mailing list but you can unsubscribe at any time.