Where municipal sanitary sewers and capacity are available, the municipality is encouraged to pass by-laws under the Municipal Act to require mandatory connections to the municipal sewer system for new development and existing septic systems, including holding tanks, governed under the Building Code Act and the Ontario Water Resources Act, and the decommissioning of existing systems, where they are a significant drinking water threat located 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, Pathogens, Sodium* or Chloride* (existing, future) (*not applicable to systems subject to BCA).


Timelines:
T-15: The policy shall be considered within 2 years from the date the Source Protection Plan takes effect.

MON-1: The municipality or planning approval authority shall, by February 1 of each year, prepare and submit a report equivalent to s. 65 of O. Reg. 287/07 under the Clean Water Act, 2006 to the Source Protection Authority on the actions taken in the previous calendar year to achieve the outcomes of the source protection policy. Where applicable, municipal planning authorities shall provide a copy of the notice of adoption of amendments to official plans and/or zoning by laws. Reporting shall include information related to the effectiveness of the policies in ensuring a threat ceases to be, or does not become significant, and any actions required to respond to a drinking water threat during the reporting period.