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Mystery bookstores creating a stir in literary circles. Viewpoint WATERLOO CHRONICLE WHAT‘S | INSIDE _ Bundle up and Save HEKITIRC Test Drive One Today ... The All New 2005 Ask for details Page 17 21 27 1 || || for future generations. Local groundwater expert plans to set council straight on moraine issues A public meeting on the possible development of the Owens/McNally property comes to city council next Monday, and members of the Citiâ€" zens for the Protection of the Waterioo Moraine have tabbed it as the next major battle in preservâ€" ing the local groundwater system that provides 80 per cent of the area‘s drinking water. And they have their own resident expert backâ€" ing up those concerns that the property is part of the recharge area of the Waterloo Moraine. Prof. Emeritus Emil Frind of the University of Waterloo earth sciences faculty. who provided expert testimony at the Walkerton tainted water inquiry, said parts of both are clearty identified on Knchener-wmeflooyogainmuctasemsdhmdunamtesdfluuflmafl\gfiwYogaforflapemSantdayattheWamf\ooCotm Arts Centre. The 12â€"hour yoga marathon raised more than $8,000 for the Hopespring Cancer Support Centre local expert on groundwater hopes Waterâ€" loo stops chipping away at its water herâ€" itage before there‘s nothing left to preserve WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2005 + WATERLOO, ONTARIO By Bos VrBANAC Serving your community since 1856 regional maps as part of the recharge area for the sensitive lands in light of research that shows that each time one of these areas is lost to developâ€" ment. the capacity of local aquifers is diminushed. "Once you pave over a recharge area. you lose that capacity." said Frind. "Of course they {develâ€" "The moraine is crucially important to Waterloo Region for drinking water and should not be diminished in any way." $1 INCLUDING GST opers| are going to argue that it‘s only a little prece of it. but we‘ve been whittling away at the recharge area a little at a time. "And what‘s important is the cumulative effect. If you lose a lot of lrtle peeces. eventually it‘s gong to add up to a big peece." With the Vista Hills development and the mwd(mm:ohm Line already on the books. there is already a conâ€" cern about what will happen if one of the aquifers or other chermacals. That concern is intensified when one of the areas that helps absorb rainfall and converts it into highâ€"quality groundwater is also under those same development constraznts. *The moraine is crucially important to Waterâ€" loo Regson for drinking water and should not be damuneshed in any way." sasd Frind. Crosby Aucdn 1175 Weber St. E., Kit. crosbvaudi.com