Policy Text:
The policy applies to the following activities in all vulnerable areas where the activity is a significant drinking water threat (existing activity):
1. The establishment, operation or maintenance of a system that collects,
stores, transmits, treats or disposes of sewage;
2. The application of agricultural source material to land;
3. The storage of agricultural source material;
4. The application of commercial fertilizer to land;
5. The handling and storage of commercial fertilizer;
6. The application of pesticide to land ;
7. The handling and storage of pesticide;
8. The handling and storage of fuel;
9. The handling and storage of an organic solvent;
10. An activity that takes water from an aquifer or surface water body without
returning the water taken to the same aquifer or surface water body;
11. An activity that reduces the recharge of an aquifer;
12. The use of land as livestock grazing or pasturing land, an outdoor
confinement area or a farm-animal yard.
The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change and/or the Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs should make available an incentive program. The
program should require an application that is subject to a technical review and
approval process.
Eligible projects in the grant program generally may include, but not necessarily be limited to:
- consulting fees;
- plan preparation costs related to risk management plans, nutrient management
plans or nutrient management strategies;
- training courses related to the preparation of plans where the applicant intends
to prepare the plan themselves;
- implementation of best management practices
Other eligible projects in the grant program may include, but not necessarily be
limited to:
A. For the establishment, operation or maintenance of a system that collects,
stores, transmits, treats or disposes of sewage:
- connection to the municipal sewer line and decommissioning of an on-site
sewage system;
- connection to a communal system and decommissioning of an on-site sewage
system;
- installation of an advanced on-site sewage treatment system;
- repairs and upgrades
Note: Any unused components of the previous on-site sewage system should
be properly decommissioned. Systems that are subject to an order by a
principal authority should not be eligible.
B. For the application of agricultural source material, pesticide or commercial
fertilizer:
- spreading equipment improvements;
- calibration equipment;
- GPS technology
C. For the storage of pesticide or commercial fertilizer:
- storage improvements;
- handling equipment improvements
D. For the storage of agricultural source material:
- runoff management;
- relocation of manure storage facilities;
- improvements to manure storage facilities
E. For the storage of fuel:
- storage and handling equipment improvements;
- secondary containment measures;
- strike prevention barriers;
- spill prevention measures;
- spills plans;
- exclusion of remediation costs
F. For the use of land as livestock grazing or pasturing land, an outdoor
confinement area or a farm-animal yard:
- fencing or other measures to restrict access to watercourses;
- alternative watering systems;
- runoff management;
- relocation of outdoor confinement areas or farm-animal yards;
- improvements to outdoor confinement areas or farm-animal yards
The following costs related to projects may also be considered as eligible expenses:
- permit and approval fees;
- applicable taxes
The program should be established within three years of the effective date of the Source Protection Plan.
Monitoring policy MP-06 applies.