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Policy Text:

1) To address septic systems under 10,000 litres a day (existing and future) the Thunder Bay District Health Unit shall provide within two years of the source protection plan taking effect, information to landowners whose properties are serviced by an on-site sewage system within WHPA- A. The information shall be made available for a minimum of two years and will include:

a) The reasons for the required inspection program.
b) Maintenance of systems.
c) Various types of allowed systems.
d) Best management practices for using a system

2) The Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge shall develop an education program regarding the potential harmful effects of plane de-icer within the WHPA-A. This material will be required in the event of an airport being proposed.

3) To address all agricultural related drinking water threats (existing and future - Agricultural Source Material, Non-Agricultural Source Material, commercial fertilizer, pesticide and livestock grazing or pasturing of land, an outdoor confinement area or farm animal yard) the Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge shall develop an education and awareness program to advise the landowner in WHPA-A whose property currently contains existing agricultural threats. The Municipality shall prepare a package that will include information for best management practices and to raise awareness of and reduce drinking water threats. This information shall be developed and distributed within 2 years of the Source Protection Plan taking effect.

4) The Municipality shall develop a package that will include information for best management practices and to raise awareness of and reduce drinking water threats related to the harmful effects of DNAPLs impacting groundwater resources.

Monitoring Text:

RV.6.M.EO:
1. By February 1 of each year, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit shall provide an Annual Report to the Lakehead Source Protection Authority with a description of the actions/measures they have taken to implement the education and outreach program (Policy RV.5.CW-EO) in the Source Protection Plan
in the previous calendar year. The report shall also include a description of what steps are being taken to determine the extent of which the program has achieved its objectives and any information on the results of those steps. Enclosed with the Thunder Bay District Health Unit Annual Report shall be copies of any materials produced and the number of landowners/operators/persons engaged in significant drinking water threats reached by the program.

2. By February 1 of each year, the Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge shall provide an Annual Report to the Lakehead Source Protection Authority with a description of the actions/measures they have taken to implement the education and outreach program in the Source Protection Plan in the previous calendar year. The report shall also include a description of what steps are being taken to determine the extent to which the program has achieved its objectives and
any information on the results of those steps. The Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge shall also provide a copy of any materials produced and the number of residents or reached by the education and outreach materials.