Chances are that the world of source water protection contains terms and abbreviations that you may not be familiar with. The glossary below offers a description of some of the key terms for understanding source water protection in the CTC.
What is the CTC?
The CTC is a source protection region as described in O. Reg. 284/07 under the Clean Water Act. The CTC region gets its name from the first letter of each of its three source protection areas: Credit Valley, Toronto and Region, and Central Lake Ontario. The CTC Source Protection Region is one of 11 source protection regions in Ontario.
Credit Valley Conservation, Toronto and Region Conservation, and Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority have been working together on drinking water source protection (DWSP) activities under memoranda of agreement since 2004 when draft legislation for source protection planning first appeared. Under the regulations of the Clean Water Act the three conservation authorities now become source protection authorities and will continue to work collaboratively on DWSP.
What is a source protection authority?
Source protection authority refers to the role that conservation authorities play in source water protection. Generally, where a conservation authority exists it becomes the source protection authority for the area, but they have additional Roles and Responsibilities as laid out in the Clean Water Act. O. Reg. 284/07 establishes source protection authorities across Ontario.
What is a source protection region? What is a source protection area?
Generally, source protection areas are based on the existing 36 conservation authority boundaries (however there are exceptions). For administrative efficiency, some source protection areas (SPAs) have been grouped together to form source protection regions. Source protection areas and regions have been defined in O. Reg. 284/07. The CTC source protection region is lead by the CTC Source Protection Committee, who's work it is to develop individual source protection plans for each of the CTC source protection areas.
What is a lead source protection authority?
O. Reg. 284/07 designates a lead source protection authority (SPA) for each source protection region. The lead SPA coordinates the efforts of all the source protection authorities within that region and takes on unique roles and responsibilities, some of which are outlined in the Clean Water Act and regulations and some of which are set out in an agreement between the source protection authorities in the region. The Act requires that there be an agreement between the source protection authorities in a region to govern the relationship between the lead and the other source protection authorities. In the CTC Source Protection Region, Toronto and Region plays the role of lead source protection authority.
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