Where the existing and future application, or handling and storage of road salt would be a significant drinking water threat in a wellhead protection area, intake protection zone or issue contributing area,

a. the City of Hamilton, Regional Municipality of Halton, Town of Milton, Town of Halton Hills, Town of Oakville, City of Burlington shall continue their established, related education and outreach programs. In addition, within two years of the date that the updated Source Protection Plan comes into effect, the City of Hamilton and the Region of Halton, in collaboration with the City of Burlington and Towns of Milton, Halton Hills and Oakville in Halton Region, are requested to develop and implement education and outreach programs for the private and public sector, as well as the general public, about the impacts of road salt on drinking water sources and the use of best management practices. It is recommended that the key messages be the efficient use of road salts and the use of alternatives to help address newly identified threats.

T-35-C (b): the City of Hamilton and the Region of Halton shall document the nature of any new or existing education and outreach program established regarding the application, and handling and storage of road salt, the number of persons contacted, and the location of the participants and report this information to the Source Protection Authority by February 1 of each year.