In collaboration with the City of Guelph, the University of Guelph (U of G) has become the first university in Ontario to develop a risk management plan to help protect local drinking water sources. Read the full story on WaterCanada.net
GRAND RIVER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY – Members of the public are invited to read and comment on the Draft Updated Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for the Grand River watershed. The plan has been prepared […] Click here to view original web page at www.guelphtoday.com
Expressions of interest are invited to fill four vacancies on the North Bay-Mattawa Drinking Water Source Protection Committee (SPC), a local multi-stakeholder committee responsible for reducing risks to local municipal drinking water sources in Callander, Mattawa, North Bay, Powassan, and […] Click here to view original web page at www.baytoday.ca
The City of Guelph has won an award for its work in protecting the local water sources from an international non-profit organization. On Tuesday, the City of Guelph announced it has been given the Exemplary Source Water Protection Award from the American Water Works Association (AWWA). “Our […] Click here to view original web page […]
Halton Region is taking steps in efforts to protect local drinking water. On March 27, 2019, Halton Regional council passed a motion to support and endorse Bill 71 – also known as the Paris Galt Moraine Conservation Act, 2019. The moraine provides a drinking water source to several […] Click here to view original web […]
The contamination from the crash — which dumped 50,000 litres of jet fuel, some of it spilling into Mill Creek and reaching Cambridge’s eastern edge — is believed to be contained upstream. CAMBRIDGE — The Region of Waterloo has closed five municipal water wells in Cambridge as it deals […] Click here to view original […]
Mono Councillor Fred Nix stands at one of the town’s well heads, explaining that Bill 66, Ontario’s Open for Business Act allows for industrial development bylaws which undermine some water protections like those on municipal wells. – Alexandra Heck/Metroland Mono Councillor Fred Nix stands at one of the town’s […] Click here to view original […]
Brockton Mayor doesn’t like Walkerton’s name being linked to Bill 66. It’s been nineteen years since the Walkerton Ecoli Tragedy, and despite a lot of hard work, growth and progress, the Town cannot seem to escape the infamy of the Walkerton water disaster. Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody is taking […] Click here to view original […]
Premier Doug Ford read his notes during the first ministers meeting in Montreal on Dec. 7, 2018. TORONTO—Environmental lawyers are slamming Ontario’s government for introducing new legislation which they call “the biggest and most significant environmental rollback to occur in a generation.” The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) made […] Click here to view original […]
During the 2018 election campaign, the Tories promised to “protect the Greenbelt in its entirety.” (greenbelt.ca) Queen’s Park has shut down until February, but before MPPs headed home, the Progressive Conservative government introduced one final piece of legislation: Bill 66, the Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act . Its 12 schedules […] Click here to view original […]