The Essex Region Conservation Authority will initiate and lead Education and Outreach when the Source Protection Plan takes effect, by building on existing Education and Outreach programs to promote best management practices to protect drinking water sources for moderate and low drinking water threats. Implementation will be conditional on availability of funding.

The E & O will be targeted for implementation within three to five years after the Plan takes effect, and will continue as needed based on a review at that time.

The above applies to the existing and future, moderate and low, various threats (listed below) in all IPZs within the Essex Region Source
Protection Area:

The handling and storage of road salt
The storage of snow
The handling and storage of fuel
Waste disposal sites
The establishment, operation or maintenance of a system that collects,
stores, transmits, treats or disposes of sewage
The handling and storage of a dense non-aqueous phase liquid
The handling and storage of an organic solvent
The application of pesticide to land
The handling and storage of pesticide
The application of commercial fertilizer to land
The handling and storage of commercial fertilizer
The application of agricultural source material to land
The storage of agricultural source material
The management of agricultural source material
The application of non-agricultural source material to land
The handling and storage of non-agricultural source material

All IPZs E&O (Monitoring): The Essex Region Conservation Authority will prepare and submit a report to the Source Protection Authority which summarizes the actions
taken to comply with policy ‘All IPZs (E&O). The above applies to the existing and future moderate and low, various threats in the vulnerable areas: All IPZs within the Essex Region Source Protection Area. The date of compliance is by February 1 of each year.