Policy Text:
To ensure the existing and future application of pesticides to land ceases to be, or never becomes, a significant drinking water threat, where such an activity is, or would be a significant drinking water threat, it shall be designated for the purpose of Section 58 of the Clean Water Act, 2006 and a Risk Management Plan shall be required.
The Risk Management Plan, at a minimum, should be based on contemporary standards, and should require that pesticides be applied by a certified or registered professional in keeping with prescribed label rates to ensure that the activity ceases to be or does not become a significant drinking water threat.