Story Archives
Category: Our Watershed News
Private landowners protect municipal drinking water
January 21, 2008 Newmarket – The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) has developed a drinking water protection program for landowners who live near municipal drinking water sources. Through this program, property owners are being made aware of how actions on their own properties can affect the water we all depend on to be clean […]
Source Protection Committee
Source Protection Committee — Committee Chair Expression of interest for position of chair The Source Protection Committee Chair Following the recent proclamation of the Clean Water Act, 2006 and the regulations providing for the establishment of Source Protection Committees (SPC), the South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe source protection region is compiling a list of persons […]
Watershed Region receives $629,152.00
South Georgian Bay-Lake Simcoe Watershed Region receives $629,152.00 from McGuinty Government for source water protection technical studies Further Funding To Help Communities Move Ahead With Source Protection Plans Newmarket – We are pleased to report that the South Georgian Bay-Lake Simcoe Watershed Region will receive an additional $629,152.00 in funding from the Province to complete […]
Are You Interested in Drinking Water Source Protection?
Applications for members of the Drinking Water Source Protection Committee will be accepted until October 8, 2007. The Source Protection Committee will consist of a chair and 21 members representing municipalities, farmers, businesses, industries, landowners, First nations and others. Read more
Lynn Dollin named as Source Protection Chair
Newmarket – September 25, 2007 The South Georgian Bay-Lake Simcoe Watershed Region, comprised of the Black-Severn, Lake Simcoe, Nottawasaga Valley and Severn Sound watersheds, is pleased to announce that Lynn Dollin has been appointed Chair of the Drinking Water Source Protection Committee for the local planning region. Lynn Dollin, a Councillor in the Town of […]