Drinking Water Source Protection

In October 2006, the Province of Ontario passed the Clean Water Act. The Act is focused on preventing the contamination and depletion of surface and groundwater sources that supply municipal drinking water systems with water. Under the Act, nineteen source protection regions have been designated across Ontario.

Kawartha Conservation is part of the Trent Conservation Coalition (TCC), a partnership of five conservation authorities that work together on projects of common interest. We are working together in the Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Region. TCC Source Protection Region members include: ourselves, Crowe Valley Conservation, Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority, Lower Trent Conservation and Otonabee Conservation, as well as portions of Haliburton County and its lower tier municipalities. Each of these conservation authorities are part of a source protection authority.

In order to help you stay fully informed about drinking water source protection, the Trent Conservation Coalition is hosting a web site at www.trentsourceprotection.on.ca. It contains up-to-date information on the Trent Conservation Coalition source water protection efforts including initiatives, media releases, links to the legislation and regulations, and more.

The Kawartha-Haliburton Source Protection Authority

Five source protection authorities, each with their own source protection area, operate within the Trent Conservation Coalition. They support the Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Committee in its duties, providing technical and scientific support to both the committee and municipalities, as required.

Once a source protection plan is approved, the source protection authorities will continue to have a role in monitoring and reporting on progress in implementing the source protection plan, and in amending the source protection plan.

The source protection authorities each represent a source protection area. For the purposes of drinking water source protection planning, the Kawartha-Haliburton Source Protection Area has been enlarged beyond Kawartha Conservation's boundaries to include the headwaters of the Trent River. This includes the Gull and Burnt River watersheds that drain southward to the Kawartha Lakes.

The Kawartha-Haliburton Source Protection Authority Board is comprised of Kawartha Conservation Board Members who represent the municipalities within the Kawartha Conservation watershed and representatives of the municipalities comprising Haliburton County.

Kawartha-Haliburton Source Protection Area agendas and minutes

 

For information about drinking water source protection initiatives within the Kawartha Watershed, email Mark Majchrowski, Kawartha Conservation Director, Watershed Management, or call 705.328.2271 ext. 215.

Conservation Authority Partners in the Trent Conservation Coalition: This project is made possible through the support of the Government of Ontario.