Dr. William Shotyk to present ideas for future use of Site 41

A couple of suggestions for future use of the Site 41 property are on the agenda of this week’s Performance Management Committee meeting.

-Dr. William Shotyk, President and CEO of the Elmvale Foundation, will be giving a presentation on his idea to use the site for research and education. 

Dr. Shotyk’s study of the water that gushes from artesian wells in the Site 41 area determined that it is the purest water ever tested. As a result, the parameters found in Tiny Township water have made it  the “reference” water used by researchers around the world in studying water contamination.

Dr. Shotyk is Professor of Environmental Geochemistry at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and was the 2010 W.S. Fyfe Distinguished Scientist in Residence for Environment and Sustainability, at the University of Western Ontario, London.

-Also on the agenda is a proposal from John Bacher and Danny Beaton that the land be turned into a tract of the Simcoe County Forest. 

The Performance Management Committee meets at 9 am in the council chambers of the county building, 1110 Highway 26, Midhurst. Meetings are open to the public.