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Collaborative, locally-driven, watershed-based drinking water source protection plans founded on sound science enables Ontario communities to effectively protect their drinking water sources.

These plans address activities and land uses around municipal wells and intakes to protect existing and future sources of drinking water.

Learn more:

• Preparing Source Protection Plans
• Technical rules for preparing the assessment reports

Get Involved in Source Protection Planning

Anyone located in a designated vulnerable area may be affected by a source protection plan, and is encouraged to get involved as soon as possible. Contact your local conservation authority to find out how you can join in the planning process and help find practical, workable solutions for protecting local drinking water sources.

Find your source water protection region:

• Map of Source Protection Areas and Regions - Southern Ontario (PDF)
• Map of Source Protection Areas and Regions - Northern Ontario (PDF)