Region hopes to revive seven decommissioned wells near the Grand River

Region hopes to revive seven decommissioned wells near the Grand River

Plan to recommission the Grand Water System wells would generate new water capacity for the constrained Mannheim Service Area

Reviving decommissioned wells could address water capacity issues

Kitchener, Ont. – Pending Region of Waterloo council approval, a plan is underway to revive seven inactive Kitchener wells to add urgently needed water capacity to the Mannheim Service Area, which has been under a development pause since last December due to an operating deficit. The initial phase of the project requires more than $1 million for investigative fieldwork and an update to a decades-old environmental assessment, with staff recommend…