All planning decisions shall be in conformity with those policies that address significant drinking water threats as per Section 39 (1) (a) of
the Clean Water Act. All planning decisions shall have regard to those policies that address low and moderate drinking water threats as per
Section 39 (1) (b) of the Clean Water Act.

At minimum, the Municipalities shall amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-Laws to:

a. Identify the vulnerable areas in which a significant drinking water threat could occur;
b. Indicate that within the areas identified, any use or activity that
is, or would be, a significant drinking water threat is required to
conform with all applicable Source Protection Plan policies and, as
such, may be prohibited, restricted or otherwise regulated by the
policies contained in the Source Protection Plan;
c. Identify the significant drinking water threats that are prohibited
through Prescribed Instruments, or Section 57 of the Clean Water Act, in
accordance with the significant drinking water threat-specific policies
contained in this Source Protection Plan;
d. Incorporate any other amendments required to conform with the
significant drinking water threat specific land use policies or to have regard for the low and/or moderate
threat specific land use policies identified in this Source Protection
Plan; and,
e. Incorporate a cross-reference indicating an applicant cannot make a planning application unless it includes a notice issued by the risk management official, as set out in Section 59(1) of the CWA and Section 62 of O. Reg, 287/07.

5.09: Planning Approval Authorities, and all other implementers, shall establish
monitoring programs as per Section 45 of the Clean Water Act. The
information collected through these monitoring programs shall be included
in a monitoring report that shall be submitted annually to the Upper
Thames River Conservation Authority. The information submitted to the
Conservation Authority shall be consistent with the guidance developed
pursuant to policy 5.02 where that guidance identifies items required to
meet provincial reporting requirements of the implementer or SPA.
Aspects of the guidance which are beyond that which is necessary to
satisfy provincial reporting requirements shall be considered in submitting
the monitoring reports. Monitoring reports are to be submitted by
February 1 of each year following the first anniversary of the effective date
of the Source Protection Plan. Monitoring reports shall include information
since the submission of the previous monitoring report to December 31 of
the year previous to the deadline for report submission. For the first report,
the information shall include information from the effective date of the
Source Protection Plan.