Applicable Activities: Transport pathways 1 within Wellhead Protection Areas A, B, C and D, and Intake Protection Zones 1 and 2.

OT-2(1): Develop and initiate within two years an ongoing education and outreach program that is designed to inform the owners and operators of transport pathways about
the following:

a) The potential for the transport pathway to endanger the municipal water supply;
b) Best management practices for upgrading transport pathways to minimize the potential for impacts to the water supply; and,
c) For wells subject to Ontario Regulation 903 of the Ontario Water Resources Act, their legal obligations with respect to well construction, maintenance, and abandonment.

The education and outreach program can be harmonized with existing education and outreach programs, such as the Ontario Drinking Water Stewardship Program (ODWSP) or the Policy G-5 program, where this would result in an increase in efficiency or cost-effectiveness.

The municipality may enter into an agreement with a conservation authority or other third party that identifies the third party as the implementing body for this policy, and related reporting requirements.

OT-2(2): In a WHPA-A or IPZ-1, establish a bylaw prohibiting the approval of a proposal to engage in an activity that will result in the creation of a new transport pathway (including geothermal heating systems). 3

This bylaw must be established within one year.

OT-2(3): The municipality shall prepare, by February 1 each year, an annual summary of the actions it has taken to achieve the outcomes of the source protection plan policies and make that report available to the applicable Source Protection Authority.

Recommended contents of the report include, but are not limited to:
a) A summary of the activities undertaken as part of the education and outreach program;
b) A summary of any bylaws created to satisfy(2)

1. Transport pathway means a condition of land resulting from human activity that increases the vulnerability of a raw water supply of a drinking water system contained in
this Source Protection Plan. Transport pathways may include, but are not limited to, the following:

For groundwater systems:

Wells or boreholes;
Unused or abandoned wells;
Pits and quarries;
Mines;
Construction activities involving deep excavations (such as building foundations, basements, parking garages);
Underground storm sewer, sanitary sewer & water distribution system infrastructure

For surface water systems:

Storm drainage infrastructure (e.g.storm sewer lines,culverts, ditches); and Tile drains.

2 Ontario Regulation 287/07, Section 27(3): If a person applies to a municipality for approval of a proposal to engage in an activity in a WHPA or a surface water IPZ that may result in the creation of a new transport pathway or the modification of an existing transport pathway, the municipality shall give the source protection authority and the source protection committee notice of the proposal and shall include a description of the proposal, the identity of the person responsible for the proposal and a description of the approvals the person requires to engage in the proposed activity.

OT-2(4): The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) is strongly encouraged to undertake an updated risk-based analysis of the compliance program associated with the Wells Regulation 903 as amended, made under the Ontario Water Resources Act.

The program analysis should consider:

a) Increased MOECC field presence with well contractors;
b) Complaint response prioritization where the presence of a transport pathway would endanger sources of municipal drinking water; and
c) Focusing resources in areas where improperly constructed, maintained, or abandoned wells may increase the potential threat to municipal drinking water sources.

Action to implement this analysis should be initiated within two years from the date the Source Protection Plan takes effect.

OT-2(5): The ministry shall prepare, by February 1 each year, an annual summary of the actions it has taken to achieve the outcomes of the source protection plan policies
and make that report available to the applicable Source Protection Authority.

Recommended contents of the report include, but are not limited to:

a) A summary of the program analysis completed under (4).

OT-2(3): The municipality shall prepare, by February 1 each year, an annual summary of the actions it has taken to achieve the outcomes of the source protection plan policies and make that report available to the applicable Source Protection Authority.

Recommended contents of the report include, but are not limited to:

a) A summary of the activities undertaken as part of the education and outreach program;
b) A summary of any bylaws created to satisfy (2).

As per Ontario Regulation 287/07, Section 27(3) notice to the source protection area and source protection committee of person, activity, proposed and approvals.