Draft Proposed Source Protection Plan
Comment Period open until May 9, 2012

The public is invited to read and comment on the Draft Proposed Source Protection Plan. The Plan contains policies that will manage activities which may pose a risk to drinking water sources. You can view the complete text, a series of maps and other documents on the Draft Proposed Source Protection Plan page.

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Assessment Reports have been approved
The Source Protection Committee is pleased to announce that the Ministry of the Environment has approved the three Assessment Report for our Region. The approval represents the culmination of four years of technical work that examined local sources of drinking water.

You can view all the Report chapters and the related maps. Details are on the Report page.

WATER
Water is critical to all aspects of our lives and it is important that we ensure there is a safe and reliable source of water for all our uses - now and in the future. Drinking Water Source Protection (SP) is a resource planning process that aims to keep sources of drinking water safe and usable.

The Clean Water Act, 2006, came into effect in July 2007 and requires Source Protection Plans to be developed for watersheds in Ontario. Regulations also set out requirements for the Source Protection Committee and give timelines for the preparation of the terms of reference and Assessment Report. Links to the Clean Water Act and regulations are on the E-laws website.

The Source Protection Committee is overseeing the process of developing a Terms of Reference, Assessment Report and Source Protection Plan. Technical work is currently underway by a team of Source Protection staff.