Policy Text:
To provide guidance about the importance of source water protection and to promote best management practices:
a. The Regional Municipality of Waterloo shall develop and implement an incentive program for persons engaging in the activity of the existing handling and storage of fuel oil and liquid fuel except at bulk liquid fuel facilities, gas stations, transportation terminals and aggregate operations in Wellhead Protection Areas A and B where the vulnerability is equal to ten (10), Intake Protection Zone One (1), Intake Protection Zones Two (2) and Three (3) where the vulnerability is equal to nine (9), and Wellhead Protection Area E where the vulnerability is equal to nine (9). The incentive program shall facilitate the use of beneficial management practices that reduce the impact on groundwater.
b. The Regional Municipality of Waterloo shall develop and implement an education and outreach program for persons engaged in the existing and new storage of fuel oil in Wellhead Protection Areas A and B where the vulnerability is equal to ten (10). The education program shall provide homeowners with information relating to potential impacts of spills to drinking water sources and to fuel suppliers regarding their obligations for inspections.
c. The Regional Municipality of Waterloo shall develop and implement an education and outreach program for persons engaged in the existing and new handling and storage of liquid fuel where it is a secondary land use in Wellhead Protection Area B where the vulnerability is equal to ten (10)), Intake Protection Zone One (1), Intake Protection Zones Two (2) and Three (3) where the vulnerability is equal to nine (9), and Wellhead Protection Area E where the vulnerability is equal to nine (9). The education program shall encourage property owners to implement beneficial management practices for protection of groundwater.