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Policy Id:

SPR/SPA:

Risk:

O-2-S-d

Halton Region, Hamilton Region

Non-specific

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

MECP - Env Monitoring

Strategic

Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives

Future & Existing

Implemented: Policy outcome(s) evaluated - No further action(s) required

The ministry has implemented its commitment to review and consider the policy. The Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Tool has been developed by a multi-stakeholder process coordinated by Conservation Ontario with the assistance of the Ontario Climate Consortium, Conservation Authorities, an Academics Advisory Committee (reps from McMaster, Waterloo, Guelph, and Trent) and a Steering Committee with representatives from Engineers Canada, MECP, CO, etc. to apply a climate change lens to municipal drinking water source quality risk assessments. The Tool was shared with municipalities and source protection authorities and committees in June 2020 and training was held in Winter 2020 for users.

Policy Text:

To ensure that data on the climate conditions in the Source Protection Area are gathered on an ongoing basis, the following policies apply:

d. The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, in collaboration with the Halton Region and Hamilton Region Conservation Authorities, is requested to review its monitoring networks for groundwater and surface water to ensure appropriate locations and adequate construction of monitoring wells and stations are utilized, and that data for all necessary parameters that could be used to monitor climate change are being collected.

Monitoring Text:

N/A