Editor:
So, Gibsons’ mayor, council and staff are now worried about the aquifer because the SCRD might want to drill into it to help with their water woes.
Why, no mention of threat to the aquifer by our officials all the way through the George approval process. Building this mammoth development right on top of the aquitard where it is at its thinnest, and the possibility of spreading toxins into the water and the risk of puncturing the aquifer, was never on their radar.
Now, it’s is a big deal, and all the concern about a “threat” to the aquifer is because we might have to share the water. Well I, for one, would far rather share it than risk breaching it or contaminating it. I think our officials in Gibsons are confused about what the real threat is. Sharing will not be an issue if we blow it.
Judith Bonkoff, Gibsons
