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Wheatley update: Tests being run on monitoring well in Wheatley, library relocating
Monitoring continues at the Wheatley library where residents could smell gas. The site seen in Wheatley, Ont. on July 2, 2025. (Chris Campbell/CTV News Windsor)
Wheatley residents should expect some activity in the downtown core over the next few days as tests are run by contractors on the monitoring well.
In addition, gas migration tests will be conducted around the monitoring well and the entire library property. More remote air monitoring has been installed on the library property, in addition to the temporary vent stack to catch any gas.
Wheatley gas odour investigation July 2025
Monitoring continues at the Wheatley library where residents could smell gas. The site seen in Wheatley, Ont. on July 2, 2025. (Chris Campbell/CTV News Windsor)
Officials believe the gas leak was caused by an abandoned water well that is located underground behind the library. Plans to bring contractors to the property to dig up the well are in progress.
The Chatham-Kent Library will move its Wheatley services to The Village Resource Centre as of Saturday. Residents will have a smaller selection to choose from, and you are encouraged to put holds on items to be delivered to Wheatley for pick up. That can be done here.
The pop-up library will be open on:
Tuesdays from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The TD Summer Reading Club will be offered, as well as the Creativity Lab every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and LEGO Club every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Storytime will continue at Coulter Park on Fridays at 11 a.m. on Aug. 1 and Aug. 15.
The Municipality of Chatham-Kent reminds if you smell gas, call 911 immediately.
