Policy Edit

Policy Id:

SPR/SPA:

Risk:

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

Policy Text:

Municipalities, via Planning Act or Condominium Act decisions, shall prohibit the following land uses from becoming established in the future in WHPA-B and WHPA-C where the vulnerability score is 8:

- waste disposal sites involving one or more of the following activities that would be significant drinking water threats: landfilling of municipal, solid non-hazardous industrial or commercial waste, and liquid industrial waste injection into a well.
- wastewater treatment facilities involving the storage of sewage (e.g., treatment plant tanks), which would be significant drinking water threats. This policy excludes the replacement, expansion or upgrade of existing facilities.

Monitoring Text:

6.2.9: In order to monitor the implementation of policies 6.2.5-CW and 6.2.6-CW, the municipalities shall provide the Cataraqui Source Protection Authority with a copy of any approvals under the Planning Act or Condominium Act for applications for properties in their respective wellhead protection areas that relate to the activities listed in those policies.