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I've been here four years now and never heard such a thing, not even a 'conserve water' during the hot summers. Or so that is what I recall.

It is my understanding that our water is piped in from Mississauga. It was only after this that Milton's building boom was allowed to happen...

Can somebody confirm/refute my story?

Not sure about the truth in that, but what they may be referring to is that all of "Old Milton" is on spring water. Milton's water source couldn't have supported the growth that has since happened. It wasn't until the pipe was brought in from Lake Ontario that phase one in Mattamy was built.

Hi everyone
Here we go again. This is the BIG LIE that some politicians and real estate people spread 10+ years ago ie. before the big pipe was built in 1999-2000 which supplies the lake water from Bronte up Highway #25 to Hawthorne village and other new areas of Milton.

The existing Milton area ie. pre 2000 era north of Derry Road between Thompson to Bronte Street is supplied from deep wells at Kelso Conservation Area and Walkers line wells by Crawford Lake which have supplied Milton since 1889 with no shortage ever. There is still enough capacity in the wells for another 3000+ people.

The reason for this rumour is that in the 1980s and 1990s when Milton wanted to expand about 5-10,000 people (I know I seconded the motion in 1987) the Ministry of Environment refused any expansion unless Milton hooked up water and waste water systems to Lake Ontario. This is what resulted in the Halton Urban Structure Plan (HUSP) where the builders paid $ 90 million to build the pipes and pumping stations for the water and waste water which created Hawthore Village and other developments in 2001.

The only areas of Milton that have water shortages are rural farms and houses south and east of Hawthorne Village where water is trucked in during the dry summer season.

The projections for Milton after 2031 range from a low of 300,000 people to a high of 400,000 people depending on densities. There are public meetings scheduled through June at the Milton Sports Centre and Lions Hall on Thompson Road for additional water and waste water pipe lines to supply the Sherwood and Boyne Surveys west and south of Hawthorne Village. Check the local papers and halton.ca for details.
Colin Best
Local & regional councillor
Wards 2 & 4.

ps. in 1997 when I was last was on council the water supply system for Milton was at 75% capacity and the waste water system was at 85% capacity with most of the allocation reserved for the industrial area north of #401.