Policy Edit

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Risk:

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Policy Text:

To ensure any Existing or Future handling and storage of road Salt ceases to be or never becomes a significant drinking water threat, where this activity is a significant drinking water threat within a Chloride ICA, the municipality and/or the Public Health Unit shall develop and implement an education initiative about the handling and storage of road Salt. The education program shall encourage the implementation of the best management practices that form the core of the Smart About Salt or similar accreditation program to reduce the impact of winter de-icing activities.

Monitoring Text:

WC-CW-1.9: The municipality shall provide a report to the Source Protection Authority, by
February 1st of each year, summarizing the actions taken to implement the Source
Protection Plan policies, where specifically required by the policies.

Where the County is required to implement education and outreach programs as
the primary means of managing the risk associated with significant drinking water
threats, the report must indicate, at minimum, the properties where these programs
were implemented and additional details on how the significant drinking water threat
was managed and/or ceased to be significant.