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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 11 Aug 2010, p. 6

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l o-wamwoculomux-aneoio I ” ‘5'“ "“34: ,, 41'; n. . ' .. , .44 ‘ your: BEST opponru . ‘ t‘ was ,, Brown water debate bubbles up . - '-.3..t‘-;s‘ - 4 . OF THE YEAR TO ‘ “ ‘1' ‘ ‘4 ‘ ' ', ~£ - ’ ‘ g -. 4 3130-me water through the water qualityisanissue. " . ' _ \ " a" ' Chronicle mains that come into the “Our tap water is perfect- BUYA NEW LEXUS. "" " ‘ ‘ ‘ " ' building â€" it goes through tysare.~ ' . “*- . 44 ~ 4,44 _' e city is defending a that filter," said Calder. Residents contacted by 4 4 I I. , .-...’\‘... ‘ - ‘ : decision to filter the The Chronicle has since the Chronicle about the ' /' 1“ " 4.. . drinking water at city learned that the two tenants brown water issue in previ- ‘ 1’ :3 . 4 hall. saying it addresses a whose initial complaints ouslyhard hit areas like Lin- . / , ‘ "s » ' 444.4 . 4 problem tenants had with sparked the changeover to coin Village said they wished " " , , ‘ .~»_.», ».. _, _ ._ It i x 44 ; a .444 . , discoloured water. filtered water, an insurance the ci would have consid- .. . ‘ «‘44 - ‘ 4 “4“; ..2. 4;": 14¢.» But critics argue that the company and restaurant, ered filtering their water. » 4 - . _ _.______ ‘ ' “S“ ‘ $20,000 paid to bring in the have since left the city centre instead they had to do it }@\ / ‘ [fr water filters, plus another building. on their own, and resorted I K4 ‘3 4 i " 3700 recently spent for a Coun. Karen Scian waded to drinking bottled water to \4 '““ ‘ > 3*- .xâ€" 4 4 water bottle filling station in into the debate on her blog address some of their con- 1 ‘ flawsqfi a stafflunch room. is setting and took umbrage at the cerns. . v I \ a .. _ 4 \ 4‘ .. .. " a double standard for tax- attempt to link the concern “I do find it rather s e \ 4 4 trang . - \ . 15.3...” . payers. to the fluoride debate. that the city would install a \ l N" 42 Those services aren't The city's filtration sys- water filtering system for . x . being provided to other tern doesn't filter out the flu- staff, while trying to mm M Waterloo citizens who have oride, and in fact it’s almost Vince residents that our tap . 4 _ 4 4 4:4 4 ' ‘ 4444 had similar problems over impossible to find a system water is safe to drink.” said "4 views.” ‘ * ’35-: ;4_- in » .4 . ' ' ’ mg the years with dirty water. that does. one resident who didn't wish E- 4“ .24. - 4-44 ; {‘er »» . . J.--:»:.a€‘;-j.;?§ f And some say it sends out “It does not filter out flu- to be identified because of .s 4 ’4 . “5.31"?" the wrong message about oride.’ she said. "So by mak- the fallout he dealt with last i. -' - the quality of the city's ing it into a fluoride issue, 1 time over the issue. > " -- ~. drinking water. especially think, was ridiculous." Former City Coun. Gary ' ' ‘ - during the controversial But Scian said she was Kieswetter. who represented fluoridation debate set for a unfamiliar with wider disâ€" the ward until 2006, said res- 4 44 plebiscite this October. coloured water problems idents never did get a satis~ 4 . :54 .. 9- David Calder, the city’s around the city, and said she factory answer to the prob- ‘ 4 ‘ (,4 _ “ .fggtezfisi manager of corporate serv- hasn't received any com- lern. /"" 4 ‘ 121$, ices. said he doesn't think it plaints about the issue from “And nobody stepped for» . : 0 ~ "" y. ”- ' ”1341‘ set a double standard. The her constituents. ward to offer to put filters Aw;- ‘ ., 444 __' _ 4 cityputinthe serviceinFeb- “All it is about dis- on." he said. "They had to I * 4 « -' ‘ ‘ . ‘1 .» ruary, 2008 to address ten- coloured water and giving spend their own money to _, 1 1.4% x " . . w - ”2:" ‘ / “" ant's complaints at the City our employee an option in filter their own water. ' 52"" ' ‘ l " . Centre buildin about dis~ filling their water bottles “Now I wonder ifit wasn't f, 8 " ' ' 544 / coloured water. 4 with tap water.” said Scian. a problem. If the city needs .4 -""" ’ 4‘ “It was for the our whole "It’s a matter of opinion to do this for brown water at " y building so anybody, includ- that water quality is an issue. city hall, then something is In! ‘ - 4 ing our tenants, that gets because I don’t feel water wrong." 4“».- _ .4444 44 4 44 4 4 _. 444434;“; 4 44w» . I ,- - . » a - can“ ' i. . . . ~ M - MOTORC Y CLE BLOWOUT 444 ,1. 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