Policy Text:
The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks should develop and produce education and outreach materials which shall be delivered by local municipalities to landowners with septic systems, including holding tanks, governed under the Building Code Act within significant threat areas that explains the rationale for the maintenance inspection program and the benefits of regular maintenance and properly functioning septic systems where the threat is, or would be, significant in any of the following areas:
WHPA-A (existing, future); or
WHPA-B (VS = 10) (existing, future); or
WHPA-E (VS = 10) (existing, future); or
the remainder of an Issue Contributing Area for Nitrates or Pathogens (existing, future).
Timeline:
T-10: Education and outreach (materials, programs, etc.) shall be developed and implemented within 2 years from the date the Source Protection Plan takes effect.