Fighting gravel applications in Alberta – Guest blog

January 20, 2011 was a good day for watersheds; it was the day that we stopped one of the gravel applications from going ahead in our community. My name is Dale Christian and I am a member of Committee to Protect the Red Deer River/Medicine River Alluvial Aquifer and Floodplain. This group was formed to protect our aquifer and rivers from two proposed gravel operations.

Our aquifer area is in a confluence of two rivers. The Red Deer River gravel fans carry shallow ground water to our wells and to the Medicine River walleye gravel spawning grounds. Our aquifer community has 12 families with 13 small children (2 with severe health problems). We were very concerned with the harms that could be caused by a gravel operation, including interfering with our water flow, contamination of our water supply, river and stream bed shifts and erosion, constant noise, air borne asphalt, particulate and diesel fumes, contamination of the exposed shared water from equipment spills and area runoff being directed into our drinking water source.

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