Policy Text:
The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks should maintain and expand the Ontario Drinking Water Stewardship Program and/or fund other relevant programs to enable local delivery to implement risk management measures for the following activities where they are a significant drinking water threats:
a) Septic systems governed under the Building Code Act;
b) Application and storage of ASM;
c) Application, handling and storage of NASM;
d) Use of land as livestock grazing or pasturing land, an outdoor confinement area or farm-animal yard;
e) Application, handling and storage of fertilizer; and
f) Application, handling and storage of pesticide.
Timeline:
T-15: The policy shall be considered within 2 years from the date the Source Protection Plan takes effect.