Groundwater Management Study
& Protection Plan
Loyalist Township
County of Lennox & Addington, Ontario

Loyalist Township received $36,769 from the MOE for its PWPF study, or 42 percent of the total cost of the study ($88,281). The PWPF study started in April 2000, and was completed in June 2001. Major study activities included the following: creation of a groundwater inventory (including identification of sources of water, and primary areas of recharge and discharge; determination of water well yields, including areas of low yields; measurement of water quality; determination of directions of groundwater flow; identification of areas sensitive to groundwater contamination); examination of groundwater use practices; development of groundwater protection measures; inventory of contaminant sources; and education of the Township about groundwater.

For more information on this study please contact the county, municipality or township at (613) 386-7351.

Executive Summary

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Map of Loyalist Study Area (grey) located in the county of Lennox and Addington (blue)

Selected Maps [PDF]:

• Figure 3 Surface Water & Transportation Route
• Figure 7 Bedrock Geology
• Figure 8 Geological Cross Section
• Figure 9 Surficial Geology
• Figure 10 Overburden Thickness in Loyalist Township, Ontario
• Figure 11 Soil Map of Loyalist Township, Ontario
• Figure 14 Composite DRASTIC Map of Groundwater Pollution Potential

Application of Results and Future Direction [PDF]:
This summary outlines the study report recommendations and groundwater management initiatives that have been implemented to date or are under development in each PWPF study area.

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