The CTC Source Protection Committee is making the Draft Proposed Source Protection Plan available for public consultation and comment. This is the first of two rounds of public consultation before the plan is submitted for approval to the Minister of Environment on August 20, 2012. From March 19 to May 1, 2012 the Draft Proposed Source Protection Plan will be available for viewing online and in paper copy at selected library branches and conservation authority offices throughout the CTC. 

CTC Draft Proposed Source Protection Plan

The Draft Proposed Source Protection Plan (revised Apr 5) contains information on source water planning process and some background in developing the policies. The policy wording is in Chapter 10 of the Plan.

The CTC Draft Proposed Source Protection Plan has received minor edits and revisions (April 5, 2012) - Click here for Chapter 10 The Policies. 

• Chapter 1 What is Source Water Protection
• Chapter 2 Source Protection Regions in Ontario
• Chapter 3 Roles and Responsibilities
• Chapter 4 Purpose and Objectives of The Source Protection Plan
• Chapter 5 Consultation Process: Overview
• Chapter 6 Drinking Water Vulnerability and Threats Evaluation
• Chapter 7 Prescribed Threats
• Chapter 8 Policy Development
• Chapter 9 Range of Policy Tools Available
• Chapter 10 The Policies
• Chapter 11 List of Acronyms
• Chapter 12 Glossary of Terms

Click on the links of local maps that define the vulnerable areas around municipal drinking water wells which are susceptible to contamination.

• Chapter 13 Maps of Threat Areas where Policies Apply
  • Mono (extends into Amaranth) - 2.6 MB
  • Orangeville 1 -4.3 MB
  • Orangeville 2 (this well located in Caledon serves Orangeville) -3.4 MB
  • Orangeville Local Area  (includes Mono, Amaranth, Caledon) -3.8 MB
  • Alton 3.3 MB
  • Caledon Village 3 MB
  • Hillsburgh 2.6 MB
  • Bel-Erin 3.2 MB
  • Erin 2.6 MB
  • Inglewood 2.7 MB
  • Cheltenham 3.4 MB
  • Acton 1 - 2.4 MB
  • Acton 2 - 3 MB
  • Georgetown - 2.5 MB
  • Palgrave - 3 MB
  • Caledon East 2.6 MB
  • Nobleton 3.2 MB
  • Kleinburg 2.6 MB
  • King City 2.6 MB
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 3.2 MB
  • Uxville 3.8 MB

Click here for the Explanatory Document. The Explanatory Document provides the rationale behind the policy development and a summary of how the comments received during municipal pre-consultation were considered by the Source Protection Committee.

These documents may be large files to download, contact us if you require assistance to view the Draft Proposed Source Protection Plan.

Seven Open Houses will also be held where members of the public will be able to speak directly with Committee members and staff.

To have your comments considered by the Source Protection Committee during the revision period before the second round of public consultation, submit your written comments by May 1st, 2012, 5:00 pm to:

CTC SPC c/o TRCA

70 Canuck Avenue,

Downsview, ON M3K 2C5

fax: 416-667-6278

email: sourcewater @ trca.on.ca

Are you affected by the CTC Draft Proposed Source Protection Plan?

Property owners and residents located near municipal drinking water wells will be notified in mail that they may be affected by policies in the Draft Proposed Source Protection Plan. To determine if you may be affected by policies in the plan,

(1) Determine if you live/work within a vulnerable area to drinking water threats.

• You can type your address into this Google map www.ctcswp.ca/ctcmap/
• You can click on the PDF files of local maps listed above (Chapter 13)

The vulernable areas around municipal drinking water wells and/or surface water intakes that require the most protection are:

1. Well Head Protection Areas (WHPA) and Issue Contributing Areas (ICA)
2. Local Areas
3. Highly Vulnerable Areas (HVA)
4. Significant Groundwater Recharge Areas (SGRA)

Of the four kinds of vulnerable areas mentioned above, #1 Well Head Protection Areas (WHPA) and Issue Contributing Areas (ICA), and #2 Local Area are the places where activities where significant threats to municipal drinking water supplies may have policies in the plan that affect residents, home owners, businesses and industry.  

NOTE: If you are not located within the coloured areas on these maps, policies in the plan do not apply to you.

 If you do live/work in a vulnerable area, proceed to step 2.

(2) Are you currently engaging in threat activities or planning on carrying them out in the future?

There are 21 threat activities to municipal drinking water supplies which are defined by the Ministry of Environment. Some activities have been grouped according to the kind of contaminant(s) involved. The following is the list of threat activities to water quality:

• Waste - disposal sites
• Sewage - includes septic systems, untreated stormwater, industrial effluent
• ASM - Agricultural Source Material 
• NASM - Non Agricultural Source Material 
• Fertilizer 
• Pesticide
• Road Salt
• Snow (the storage of)
• Fuel (the handling and storage of) - includes bulk facilities, retail outlets, marinas, furnance oil tanks
• DNAPL Dense Non Aqueous Phase Liquid - cleaning chemicals and solvents
• Organic Solvents
• Chemicals to de-ice aircraft
• Use of land as livestock grazing, pasturing, outdoor confinement or farm animal yard

 The following is the list of threat activities to water quantity

• An activity that takes water without returning it back to the same aquifer or surface water body
• An activity that reduces the recharge of an aquifer

NOTE: if you are not carrying out any of the above threat activities, policies will not apply to you. 

If you are carrying out or planning on carrying out threat activities mentioned above, policies may apply to you. You can review the policies in the plan (Chapter 10) or review the specific details within the Ministry of Environment "Table of Drinking Water Threats" to learn the specific quantities of contaminants that are considered to be Significant threats to drinking water, prior to reading the Plan. 

Public Consultation Resources

• Ministry of Environment Table of Drinking Water Threats
• brochure on Source Water Protection Planning
• Magazine "Assessing Our Water Sources Protecting Our Drinking Water": 
  • Volume II (Spring 2012) - an overview of different vulnerable areas and threats including Fuel, DNAPL, and septic system information
  • Volume I (Fall 2011) - contains information on Issue Contributing Areas, Local Area, and vulnerable areas in Lake Ontario (intake protection zones)
• notice to affected residents and landowners
• Public Comment Form - to send in your comments by May 1, 2012.
• Am I affected by policies in the Plan?
• 1 Page Quick Reference Guides on typical policies that may be useful for:
  • Residents
  • Farms
  • Business 
  • Local Area (Orangeville)
• Posters on Display at Open Houses:
  • April 3, 2012 - Halton Hills Civic Centre: categorized into Assessment Report, Threat Identification, Source Protection Plan

Technical Background to the CTC Draft Source Protection Plan 

To reach this point in public consultation, the CTC Source Protection Committee based their Plan on science-based Assessment Reports which include the following technical information:

• an overview of each watershed in CTC
• a water budget (to determine the quantity or supply of drinking water sources)
• identification of vulnerable areas around wells and intakes
• identification of the types and number of significant threats to water quality
• identification of areas that could have low, moderate or significant threats

Click here to read the Assessment Reports within the CTC Source Protection Region.