Request a localized hydrogeological baseline and monitoring program specifically for private residential wells within a 10km radius of the Revell site, including pre-construction chemical and radiological characterization.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent's submission notes that residents in Melgund and Dyment depend entirely on private water and wastewater systems, unlike the municipal systems in Ignace or Dryden. This creates a unique environmental vulnerability where any impact on groundwater represents a total loss of potable water for local families with no backup infrastructure. The current filing lacks a granular, house-by-house baseline for these private systems, focusing instead on broader regional data. Establishing this baseline is essential for community trust and provides a clear mechanism for accountability should blasting or excavation affect local aquifers. This is an opportunity for the Proponent to demonstrate a commitment to the 'no-net-loss' of water quality for the project's closest neighbors. The expected result is a verifiable data set that protects the primary life-sustaining resource of the Melgund community."
Source Context
Understanding the Impacts of Nuclear Waste on our Community
This digital archive houses the public comments submitted to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada regarding Project 88774: The Nuclear Waste Management Organization Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project. The impact assessment is led jointly by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. This archive preserves community perspectives, concerns, and observations shared during the assessment process, particularly in relation to Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario and the communities of Dyment and Borups Corners who are the closest and most impacted of all in the process.