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.