Policy Edit

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Policy Text:

To ensure that any Consumptive Water Taking and/or any Recharge Reducing Activities cease to be or never become significant drinking water threats, where these activities are or would be significant drinking water threats as prescribed by the CWA, the GRCA, the Municipalities and the County shall mutually share information to collaboratively manage water resources within the Centre Wellington WHPA-Q. This may include, but is not limited to, the sharing of data, use, and/or management of the Tier 3 Model; and/or discussion related to Consumptive Water Takings, areas of recharge reduction and/or actions taken by the parties.

The Township of Centre Wellington shall develop, in cooperation with the County, GRCA, Municipalities and the MECP, an information-sharing document that includes requirements for meetings, including frequency, agendas and participants, and for the nature, format and types of information to be mutually shared. Consideration should also be given to linking in other groups such as Grand River Water Managers and / or Low Water Response Group to this process.

Monitoring Text:

WC-CW-1.9: The Municipality and/or County 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 Municipality and/or 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 additional details on how the significant drinking water threat was managed and/or ceased to be significant.