‘Multiple sources’ may be to blame for Parlee Beach water contamination.
But "from what I’m hearing … there seems to be multiple sources."
On Wednesday, the government announced Canadian recreational water quality guidelines will be adopted for Parlee Beach, starting this summer.
Changes will include more frequent testing at more locations, easier to understand signage, and results being posted online.
Asked whether he will consider a moratorium on development in the area until the sources of contamination are identified, Rousselle said he is waiting to hear from the steering committee.
Rousselle declined to divulge his personal opinion.
"I will keep it to myself, as I did with the Canadian monitoring," he said, explaining he believed two months ago the province should adopt the federal guidelines.
Tim Borlase, who owns a home in Pointe-du-Chêne and is a member of a group of concerned citizens called the Red Dot Association Shediac Bay, called adoption of the federal guidelines "a really important first step."
In the meantime, the group has come up with some of its own solutions to possible sources of contamination, including dog owners not cleaning up after their pets, said Borlase.
"We view the wetlands as kind of the kidneys" that clean the water system, he explained.

RIDGEWOOD, NJ — The boil water advisory for Ridgewood Water customers has been lifted, officials announced Friday.
The advisory had been in place since Wednesday afternoon after Ridgewood Water officials notified residents that E.coli bacteria and fecal indicators had been found in a groundwater sample taken from the utility’s low pressure zone, which services all of Glen Rock and parts of Ridgewood and Wyckoff.
The positive water sample was taken from groundwater, meaning it was not in the utility’s main water supply.
Samples collected throughout the low pressure zone were tested and free of E.coli, Ridgewood Water said in a statement Friday.
The lab that collected the contaminated sample Tuesday, but did not inform Ridgewood Water of the contamination until Wednesday, officials said.
Officials will also review how the utility notifies customers.
"The health and safety of our customers in paramount."
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Ridgewood Water groundwater source tests positive for E. coli.
RIDGEWOOD – Ridgewood Water was expected to issue results of new tests Friday, two days after a water sample tested positive for E. coli and led to a boil-water advisory for much of the village and nearby towns.
Customers were not in any danger from using tap water, officials said Thursday morning at a news conference called after the utility notified residents and businesses in affected areas that a groundwater sample had tested positive for E. coli.
"The drinking water warning and boil advisory is an excess of caution," said Ridgewood Water Director of Operations Rich Calbi.
Schools in Ridgewood and Glen Rock were having students bring in bottled water on Thursday and Friday.
Samples of water piped to customers have not tested positive for any bacteria or fecal contamination.
Ridgewood Water received the test results on Wednesday and a notification went out to customers in the affected low-pressure zone, which includes all of Glen Rock and portions of Ridgewood and Wyckoff.
The Valley Hospital is within the affected area of Ridgewood.
Because word of the notification spread quickly, especially on social media, Ridgewood Mayor Susan Knudsen addressed the bewilderment on the part of some residents that they were not told about the contamination, since the alert to boil water went only to those in the affected areas.
Packer said he is hopeful the contamination was a one-off occurrence, but at this time is just looking forward to hearing positive news from Ridgewood Water on Friday.

RIDGEWOOD, NJ — The lab that collected the water sample contaminated with E.coli collected it Tuesday, but did not inform Ridgewood Water of the contamination until Wednesday, officials said. After being notified, officials notified customers of the contamination and consulted with the state Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the notice, Richard Calbi Jr., Ridgewood Water director said in a press release. The groundwater sample was taken from the water’s low pressure zone, which includes parts of Ridgewood and Wyckoff and all of Glen Rock, Calbi said. This zone includes all of Glen…

Customers should observe the following precautions until further notice: • Boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation, or use bottled water.
• Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household automatic icemaker.
• Water used for bathing does not generally need to be boiled.
Persons with cuts or severe rashes may wish to consult their physicians.
• If tap water appears dirty, flush the water lines by letting the water run until it clears.
KDHE officials issued the advisory because of standpipe maintenance resulting in a loss of pressure in the system.
Customers should observe the following precautions until further notice: • Boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation, or use bottled water.
• Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household automatic icemaker.
• Water used for bathing does not generally need to be boiled.
Persons with cuts or severe rashes may wish to consult their physicians.

New York Pours $2.5 Billion Into Clean Water Programs.
New York is primed to pump $2.5 billion into its water infrastructure programs following the discovery of chemical contamination in drinking water throughout a number of sites across the state.
The Clean Water Infrastructure Act, which is included in a budget bill ( S. 5492) expected to be signed shortly by Gov.
“We’re ground zero for water contamination in New York state,” Michele Baker, a Hoosick Falls resident, told Bloomberg BNA Baker is the lead plaintiff in a class action against Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. and Honeywell International Inc. over drinking water contamination after perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) were found in the drinking water.
She estimates $25 million is needed to clean the city’s drinking water supply.
New York’s water infrastructure measure also includes $130 million for the remediation of hazardous waste sites with water contamination and $100 million for municipal water supply infrastructure programs.
Funding Applauded Darren Suarez, director of government affairs for the Business Council of New York State, applauded the act.
Paul Gallay, president of Riverkeeper, also praised the funding.
The budget bill was approved by both houses of the Legislature April 3 as an emergency measure because lawmakers missed the deadline for the start of the state fiscal year on April 1.
To contact the reporter on this story: Gerald B. Silverman in Albany, N.Y., at GSilverman@bna.com To contact the editor responsible for this story: Larry Pearl at lpearl@bna.com Copyright © 2017 The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

A planned power cut to a chlorination plant or one caused by a truck hitting power lines could both be to blame for Fairlie’s water being contaminated with E coli in the past week.
Fairlie residents have now had to boil water for six days after a notice appeared on the Mackenzie District Council’s Facebook page.
The council’s asset manager, Bernie Haar said Alpine Energy cut power to the water chlorination plant near Kimbell on Tuesday and Wednesday last week but did not let the council know at the time.
"There were two completely different events.
Tombs said residents were notified of the planned outage but because no-one lived at the chlorination plant, no-one was notified.
Tombs said the power was shut off to allow vegetation to be cleared from around power lines.
Haar said the council was considering procedures it could establish to prevent disruptions to the chlorination plant in the future and had taken the matter up with Alpine Energy.
Haar said three clear water samples in a row were needed before residents could drink water without first boiling it.
He said two clear tests had been received and a third sample was sent to the Ministry of Health on Thursday.
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Concerns about water quality and contamination have led to the decline of public water-fountain use and the rise of bottled alternatives.
If you were asked where the closest water fountain was, would you know?
Measuring the decline in water fountain use is impossible because the data isn’t tracked.
Little Risk of Illness The Pacific Institute’s “Drinking Fountains and Public Health” report found that there is little evidence tying illness to the water quality of the fountains at the point of use, and any problems can typically be traced to poor cleaning and maintenance of pipes.
“The real problem is with the infrastructure – older piping could have lead, which was the problem in Flint, Michigan, where the water picked up contaminants in the pipes.” It boils down to regular cleaning, testing, maintenance and repair, which are not done enough.
It suggests installing more fountains to increase public access to municipal water, and helping schools, parks and others rebuild confidence in using fountains through communications outreach.
In the rural desert region of Coachella Valley, advocacy groups including the California Endowment, have funded a new version of the traditional water fountain: water refilling stations.
Refilling stations look like slightly revamped water fountains that also allow for easily refilling reusable bottles.
They are meant to increase access to safe drinking water in communities where water quality is an issue, due to arsenic or other contaminants.
Refilling stations have been installed at the California Academy for Sciences, which does not sell bottled water, as well as in some area schools, parks and San Francisco International Airport.

The state DEP recently put together a contract for a $500,000 grant that Washington Township will use with the Borough of Waynesboro Authority to provide public water to those with contaminated private water sources.
Unlike some other state grants, the grant will require no matching funds, however it still requires upfront payment before receiving the reimbursement, according to Michael Christopher, Washington Township manager.
According to Christopher, four properties have been affected to the point that they are being provided with bottled water by the DEP.
As of last July, two of those homes were unoccupied, one was a rental property and the other is an archeological dig site.
Two chemicals have been found that prevent usage of the groundwater on those properties: trichloroethylene (TCE) which is used as an industrial solvent and tetrachloroethylene, a chemical used in dry cleaning and degreasing.
While not many residents have a private water source in the affected area, the contamination has been inconvenient because in addition to being undrinkable, people also need to avoid exposure to contaminated water vapor and skin contact with contaminated water.
The problem of contaminated groundwater in the affected area has been a long process in Washington Township.
So far, contamination beyond the accepted limits has been found in a spring at the corner of Anthony Highway and Hollengreen Drive and at a home in the 8700 block of Lyons Road.
In the end the DEP decided on a roughly $500,000 price point for the project.
Contact Zach Glenn at 717-762-2151, zglenn@therecordherald.com or on Twitter: @zglenn_RH

Charlton considers water line at contaminated area.
The landfill, at 54 Flint Road, adjoins seven residences, another former landfill that is capped at 90 Flint Road, the public works facility, and undeveloped wooded land.
Five other homes that were tested had no detections, town consultant Gary E. Magnuson of CMG Environmental said.
Meanwhile, to help the water-sewer commission undertake a water master plan, Town Administrator Robin L. Craver called for a multi-board discussion about a possible extension of a public water line in the neighborhood.
During that meeting last week, selectmen voted to approve a $30,000 procurement for CMG to supervise the ongoing testing of monitoring wells at both closed landfills on Flint Road, and the private residential wells.
In Southbridge, that town’s private landfill operator has spent upward of $2 million in trying to prove the direction of groundwater flow.
Ms. Craver said the town will take responsibility for what it needs to do if there’s a spread of chemicals in groundwater in the area.
In July, the Charlton Board of Health began providing bottled water to the owners of 63 Flint Road.
According to CMG, the detections may be related to a release from the landfill at 54 Flint Road.
The state maximum level for TCE is 5 micrograms per liter, while the state office of research and standard has a drinking water guide of 0.3 micrograms per liter for 1,4 dioxane.