Lakehead Source Protection Plan now available for comment
Communities across Ontario have been working hard on plans that will help protect local drinking water. Find out how you can have your say.
Under the Clean Water Act, 19 local source protection committees have been established for watersheds across Ontario. The goal is to look at how to prevent contamination from entering local sources of drinking water.
Each committee is tasked with preparing science-based plans for source protection areas. When the plans are in place they will protect more than 450 drinking water sources from groundwater to surface water, including the Great Lakes.
The Lakehead source protection committee is the first to post its draft plan, which will be available for public comment until February 17, 2012. This is a major achievement in a five-year planning process that began in 2007.
The Lakehead source protection area is located in Northwestern Ontario, covering the City of Thunder Bay, which draws its drinking water from Lake Superior, and the Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge Rosslyn Village, which relies on groundwater.
For details visit http://www.sourceprotection.net
Ontario has a multi-barrier approach to ensure safe drinking water. As a result, we have become a national leader, receiving the highest grade from the EcoJustice Report Card. We should all be proud of that recognition and help support it by getting involved; every community wants to know their drinking water is protected and safe.
