ok folks. lets not be fooled by "aquifers" and "springs" Where do you think the water in those came from? especially if they are under a body of water like the elk river or fairy creek.. they most likely are fed by those bodies of water.. Aquifers are all connected in some way or another.
I’m not sure how deep an aquifer the "river pump" well is at the ski hill. But I believe that the fairy creek "spring" is not so deep which is why it can get siltation in it during high water flows.
I would much rather drink turbid water from a pristine mountain creek (city of fernie) than an "aquifer" underneath the elk river and below the ski hill runoff.
