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Local representatives join source water protection group
Most of us in southern Ontario take safe and plentiful drinking water for granted, but that supply is being protected through the actions of numerous legislative provisions, one of which is a local stakeholder group called the Source Protection Committee, created […] Click here to view original web page at www.orilliamatters.com
Grand River Source Protection Plan updated
Updates to the plan that protects the sources of municipal drinking water in the Grand River watershed were approved by the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks in June. The updated Grand River Source Protection Plan took effect on June 5, with the exception of amendments […] Click here to view original web page […]
Taste, odour no longer issue for local water in Bay of Quinte
The Bay of Quinte Remedial Action Plan is celebrating another victory as another water quality challenge has received official confirmation from the federal and provincial governments of a status change to restored. SUBMITTED PHOTO The Bay of Quinte Remedial Action Plan (BQRAP) Restoration Council has announced another water quality […] Click here to view original […]
They Were Tired of Dirty Tap Water. So They Became the Water Authority
After going decades without clean drinking water, 15 First Nations in Atlantic Canada have signed an agreement with the federal government to create the country’s first Indigenous-led water authority. Click here to view original web page at www.vice.com
Major progress made in water source protection plan: Allain
Communities within the Thames-Sydenham and Region Source Protection Areas made significant progress towards implementing drinking water policies in 2019, according to Jenna Allain, the source protection co-ordinator who works out of the UTRCA. File photo/Postmedia Network Communities within the Thames-Sydenham and Region Source Protection Areas made significant progress towards […] Click here to view original […]
Safer tap water a legacy of Walkerton’s tragedy
Walkerton Clean Water Centre scientist Laura Zettler at work at the centre. Ontario arguably has the safest drinking water in Canada, thanks to reforms made after Walkerton’s E. coli disaster 20 years ago. An inquiry examined the series of events that caused seven deaths and made 3,000 ill after […] Click here to view original […]
The value of water: $1 gets you 957 glasses of water in Clearview Township
The province has approved an update for the source water protection plan in the Grand River watershed, which will help safeguard municipal drinking water. Click here to view original web page at www.simcoe.com
High lead levels found in drinking water of major Canadian cities
Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, with contamination in several cities consistently higher than they ever were in Flint, Michigan, according to an investigation that tested drinking water in hundreds of homes and reviewed thousands more previously […] Click here to view original […]
Ruhl Lake Source Water Protection Review
As a result of the Source Water Protection review, the Committee has decided to take a closer look at one of Hanover’s main municipal water sources. A review is being conducted on the Intake Protection Zones for Ruhl Lake to determine the effectiveness of protection zones and related agricultural policies. Click here to view original […]
City council seeks groundwater study for rural Kingston
A west-end city councillor is seeking a study of the vulnerability of drinking water sources in the rural parts of the city. City council on Tuesday unanimously supported Click here to view original web page at www.thewhig.com