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 shall give due consideration to implementing legislation regarding a permit system for wells (future activity).

The legislation would include provisions that would:

require a permit to be obtained prior to the construction of a well;
require an application for a permit to include information about:

any wells currently on the property;
distances to other features on the property or nearby, such as municipal wells, wellhead protection areas, lot lines, structures, wells, geothermal systems, and sewage systems;
anticipated drilling depth and methods to be employed;
materials to be used in construction;
finished height and grading;


set guidelines for setbacks;
establish a database for well permits that is connected to roll numbers and well records;
establish an inspection regime and penalties for non-compliance; and
consider the cumulative effect of wells.

Monitoring policy MP-04 applies.

MP-04: The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change should advise the Source Protection Authority and Source Protection Committee at such time as a proposal for changes to provincial legislation or regulations is brought forward.