Jackson Creek Pollution – Final Update

Jamie says:

Turns out, it is a bad year to be a fish in Jackson Creek this year. As a result of the recent Lilly Lake subdivision impacts on Jackson Creek, ORCA actually walked the trans-Canada trail to look around at other inputs to Jackson Creek. They noticed the stormwater pond in the Jackson Creek Meadows neighbourhood was holding very dirty water and releasing it (largely untreated) into the creek. They notified MOE, who regulates stormwater ponds in Ontario, and they came to take a look. After inspecting the pond, they gave an order to the holder of the ECA (pond permit) and told them to assess the pond and bring it back in to compliance with the permit. They initially cleaned the forebay but this didn’t improve the situation and they have blocked the outlet of the pond. They are using pumps, a weir tank and filter bag to treat the pond water until they can clean out the pond and have it function properly. With the early freeze, it remains to be seen if they will be able to remove the sediment and clean the pond before the spring. There is a discussion on our neighbourhood FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562909777271839/

There has been very, very poor sediment control during the construction of the JCM neighbourhood.