The policy applies to the establishment, operation or maintenance of a well in all WHPA-A and WHPA-B vulnerable areas (existing activity).

To ensure that any drinking water threat in the vicinity of a transport pathway ceases to be or will not become a significant drinking water threat; or that a transport pathway ceases to endanger the raw water supply of a drinking water system, the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change and/or the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs should make incentive programs available to property owners in the affected vulnerable areas. Investment should continue in existing incentive programs (e.g. Ontario Drinking Water Stewardship Program) that contribute to the protection of drinking water threats over the long term. Consideration could also be given to new incentive programs to assist with the implementation costs of risk mitigation practices (existing activity).

Incentive programs should require an application that is subject to a technical review and approval process.

Eligible projects in the grant program should include, but not necessarily be limited to:

well decommissioning;
upgrades to meet standards;
well maintenance;
connection to municipal water service when accompanied by decommissioning of a well;
consulting fees;
-other best management practices

Monitoring policy MP-06 applies.

MP-06: The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change and/or the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs should advise the Source Protection Authority and Source Protection Committee at such time as the program is established.

Once the program is established, the Ministry or the designated delivery agent should provide to the local Source Protection Authority, by February 15 each year, a summary report for the preceding calendar year that gives information on the number of grant recipients, the nature of the projects and the value of the grants.