Policy Edit

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SPR/SPA:

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Legal Effect

Policy Tool

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Comment

Policy Text:

To provide guidance about the importance of source water protection and to promote best management practices the Regional Municipality of Waterloo shall develop and implement an education and outreach program for persons engaged in the existing and future handling and storage of dense non-aqueous phase liquids in the following areas:

i. In all Wellhead Protection Areas where the vulnerability is less than eight (8).

The education and outreach program shall provide property owners with information relating to potential impacts of spills to drinking water and encourage implementation of beneficial management practices for protection of groundwater from dense non aqueous phase liquid storage and handling.

Monitoring Text:

RW-CW-1.8: The Regional Municipality of Waterloo and the Area Municipalities shall provide a report to the Source Protection Authority, by February 1st of each year,
summarizing the actions taken in accordance with section 46 of the Clean Water Act, 2006 to implement the Source Protection Plan policies.