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WC-CW-12.7
Grand River
Significant
Implementing Body
Legal Effect
Policy Tool
Threat Type
Status
Comment
Centre Wellington Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Education / Outreach
Future & Existing
Implemented
In 2025, education and outreach activities included presentations to professional audiences, including property managers, drop off of materials to businesses in close proximity to municipal wells and school age education programming. This programming is targeted to professional or business owners directly responsible for road salt application and to students for general knowledge.
Puslinch Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Education / Outreach
Future & Existing
Implemented
In 2025, education and outreach activities included presentations to professional audiences, including property managers, drop off of materials to businesses in close proximity to municipal wells and school age education programming. This programming is targeted to professional or business owners directly responsible for road salt application and to students for general knowledge.
Policy Text:
To ensure any Existing or Future application of road Salt ceases to be or never becomes a significant drinking water threat, where this activity is or would be a significant drinking water threat within a Chloride ICA, the municipality and/or the Public Health Unit shall develop and implement an education initiative addressing the application of road Salt. The education program shall encourage the implementation of best management practices that form the core of the Smart About Salt or similar accreditation program to reduce the impact of winter de-icing activities.
Monitoring Text:
WC-CW-1.9: The municipality and/or County shall provide a report to the Source Protection Authority, by February 1st of each year, summarizing the actions taken to implement the Source Protection Plan policies, where specifically required by the policies.
Where the municipality and/or County is required to implement education and outreach programs as the primary means of managing the risk associated with significant drinking water threats, the report must indicate, at minimum additional details on how the significant drinking water threat was managed and/or ceased to be significant.
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