Groundwater supplying the homes of 77,000 Niagara residents is highly vulnerable to contamination.

And even water supplying regional treatment plants isn’t necessarily safe, elected officials heard this week.

Jayme Campbell, a special projects supervisor for Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, was at a Niagara Region health committee meeting Tuesday to discuss the vulnerability of Niagara’s drinking water, as part of a Drinking Water Source Protection Act study contracted by the Ministry of Environment.

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