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Submission of the Proposed Assessment Report CLOSPA released |
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On Friday, July 9, 2010 the CTC Source Protection Committee submitted the Proposed Assessment Report for the Central Lake Ontario watershed to the Central Lake Ontario Source Protection Authority. Submission of the Proposed Assessment Report begins a 30 day public comment period which will end August 8, 2010.
The public is invited to review the Proposed Assessment Report and provide comments in writing to:
J.R. Powell, C.A.O.
c/o; Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority
100 Whiting Ave, Oshawa ON L1H 3T3
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By email to:
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By fax to 905-579-0994
The Proposed Assessment Report identifies the location and nature of possible risks to sources of municipal drinking water and non-municipal systems in the Central Lake Ontario watershed. These risks include activities that are adversely impacting, or could impact, drinking water quality or quantity. The CTC Source Protection Committee is continuing to work to identify possible threats to Lake Ontario drinking water sources and these findings will be presented in an updated Assessment Report anticipated to be released mid-2011.
The report is also available on compact disc by request to
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The Draft Proposed Assessment Report for the Central Lake Ontario watershed is available for public comment from April 9, 2010 until May 14, 2010.
Click here to view the public consultation notice.
The draft assessment report identifies the location and nature of potential risks to sources of municipal drinking water and non-municipal systems in the Central Lake Ontario watershed. These risks include activities that are adversely impacting, or could impact, drinking water quality or quantity from groundwater and/or surface water sources.
The report is also available on compact disc by request to
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Lake Ontario Evenings - Biodiversity Edition |
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Following the success of the inagural Lake Ontario Evenings event the TRCA will be hosting "Lake Ontario Evenings - Biodiversity Edition" on March 23 at the Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.
Join the TRCA for this exciting new speaker's series and public forum that examines Lake Ontario issues and lake focused initiatives in the Greater Toronto Area.
Please feel free to distribute this flyer to individuals and groups interested in learning more about Lake Ontario. A pdf of the flyer can be found here.
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2009 Annual Report on Drinking Water |
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The Minister of the Environment 's 2009 Annual Report on Drinking Water was released November 19, 2009. The report provides updates on key achievements in drinking water from July 2008 to June 2009, an overview of drinking water performance results and highlights of the broader water agenda including the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan, climate change adaptation, Great Lakes initiatives and the Toxics Reduction Act.
The CTC SPC is particularly proud the the Minister chose to include information about our March 22, 2009 "World Water Day 2009" collaboration with Youth4Water.
The Annual Report is available at www.ontario.ca/drinkingwater |
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Moving Stars and Earth for Water |
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October 9, 2009 - The CTC Source Protection Committee would like to share an exciting international event taking place this Friday evening presented by Canadian Guy Laliberte. Moving Stars and Earth for Water is a special two-hour program that raises awareness about the issues of water in the world today from a variety of perspectives. On October 9, 2009 at 8:00 p,m. EDT (GMT-4), this live event will be presented around the world by a global community of artists representing all cultures and creative disciplines and well-known personalities. Celebrated around the planet, the artists are singers, actors, filmmakers, photographers, dancers, acrobats, poets, etc. What they all have in common is a concern regarding access to water and a desire to illustrate this in their own distinctive way.
The event will feature: Al Gore, Dr. David Suzuki, Julie Payette, Salma Hayek, Shakira, U2 and many more. Program Details For The October 9th Artistic Event
The artistic core of the show is a poetic tale written especially for the occasion by renowned novelist and Man-Booker Prize-winner Yann Martel. The tale will be gradually revealed as the program takes us through 14 cities around the world on a journey that begins in Montreal and ends in Moscow. 
To access the webcast follow this link.
                    
 
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CTC Terms of Reference Approved |
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Monday, August 17, 2009 - The Ontario Ministry of the Environment today posted approval of all three Terms of Reference (TOR) for the CTC Source Protection Region to the Environmental Registry (EBR). As per Ontario Regulation 287/07 General S 17 (2) notification of this posting begins a 12 month period leading to the submission of the CTC SPR Assessment Reports.
With the posting of approval to the EBR each of the CTC Source Protection Areas are now required to submit an Assessment Report to the director by August 17, 2010.
To view the EBR postings please select the Source Protection Area link below;
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SPP Discussion Paper Released |
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Thursday, June 25, 2009 - The Ministry of the Environment today released a discussion paper on Source Protection Planning on the Environmental Registry.
The purpose of this discussion paper is to seek feedback from the public, stakeholders, communities, and First Nations on the proposed content of the regulations, including the potential policy approaches to be used by the local source protection committees. To help gather feedback, a number of specific questions are posed throughout this paper.
Specifically, the discussion paper aims to address the following topics:
- An overview of the minimum content requirements for source protection plans, under the Clean Water Act, 2006;
- The various approaches available to policy developers to reduce risks posed by drinking water threats;
- Additional requirements for drinking water threat policies that the province is considering including in forthcoming regulations on the content and preparation of source protection plans;
- Consideration of other policies that may be included in the source protection plans - namely monitoring policies and policies related to the Great Lakes;
- A summary and overview of the consultation requirements; and
- Considerations related to some of the Act’s administrative requirements regarding annual progress reports and source protection plan amendments.
In addition to generating public feedback the paper is designed to help source protection committees respond to inquiries about source protection plans, while consulting on their locally developed assessment reports. The Ministry of the Environment has developed this discussion paper before the completion of the local assessment reports so that source protection authorities, committees, municipalities, the public, and other interested parties have an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the ministry’s preliminary views on the analysis needed to develop effective source protection plan policies for their area.
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It Starts WIth a Drop Mural |
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Visit our Watering Hole section to see images from the CTC SPC's It Starts With A Drop Youth Forum, held on March 21, 2009. This forum was a great opportunity for us to connect with local youth who are interested in learning more about water issues and source water protection. As well as posting pictures of the event you can view the youth statement released on March 21, 2009.
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Early Actions Atlas Released |
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The CTC is proud to release maps identifying areas which may be eligible for Early Actions funding under the Ontario Drinking Water Stewardship Program. This program engages landowners near municipal wells and can provide up to 80% funding for activities such as septic inspections and upgrades, well decommissioning, Runoff and Erosion Protection and Pollution Prevention Surveys for Small Businesses.
If you think you may live near a municipal well supply, and might be eligble to receive funding visit our Early Actions Atlas.
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CTC SPC 2008 Progress Report |
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After its first year the CTC Source Protection Committee would like to highlight some our successes as well looking ahead to the work still being completed. The CTC SPC 2008 Progress Report has been developed to provide you with information on these accomplishments and to allow you to share with colleagues interested in source water protection.
If you would like to receive hard copies of the Progress Report please contact us at
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and we will mail them to you free of charge..
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