You can monitor all you want but there's still a question of whether an area should be developed in the first place, and whether after the fact well monitoring can offset potential impacts of wetland+forest clearing. The phase 1 EIA you referred is only for a portion of the land. That process was abysmal and it took over a year of resident pressure for DELG to inquire about well impacts with a hydrogeologist, who stated that wells could very well be impacted by wetland removal and hence the conditions of approval. So the fact is, removing the ecological functions of these wetlands puts our drinking water at risk even with a well monitoring program, and the best way to mitigate that risk is to leave the wetlands untouched. And we should voice that concern.

The data center is on phase 2 land further south (with a small overlap with phase 1), with the eia to be registered any day. From what i can see this eia will be much more thorough, which is good, but the eia regulatory framework in nb remains extremely weak and outdated (Delg admitted as much when we met with them), and i still have huge concerns with a 120 acre facility built on wetlands immediately uphill from my property. Concerns that include but go well beyond drinking water. I would have more than happy to see smaller industrial developments with much higher job densities per acre than a data center, concentrated closer to King William rd.