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You can go into further details learning about the potential risks your work may pose by visiting the [https://www.ontario.ca/document/best-practices-source-water-protection#section-2 MECP's Best practices for source water protection]. This webpage set up by the province allows users to help protect freshwater sources and drinking water systems that are not included within an SPP or regulated under the Clean Water Act, 2006. It provides additional information and approaches prospective developers and users can take based upon local soil infiltration rates, groundwater sources in the area, highly vulnerably aquifers, nearby surface water sources, and other potential factors affecting vulnerability.

You can go into further details learning about the potential risks your work may pose by visiting the [https://www.ontario.ca/document/best-practices-source-water-protection#section-2 MECP's Best practices for source water protection]. This webpage set up by the province allows users to help protect freshwater sources and drinking water systems that are not included within an SPP or regulated under the Clean Water Act, 2006. It provides additional information and approaches prospective developers and users can take based upon local soil infiltration rates, groundwater sources in the area, highly vulnerably aquifers, nearby surface water sources, and other potential factors affecting vulnerability.

Below is a table "risk factors" prospective developers and their consultants should employ that asks eleven (11) questions and a user can rank to determine how at risk a local drinking water source may be given the work they are considering. Anything listed as "High" warrants further information and action to protect the water source (Table adopted from [https://www.ontario.ca/document/best-practices-source-water-protection#section-2 MECP's Best practices for source water protection (MECP, 2022)]<ref name="example6" />.

Below is a table "risk factors" land developers and their consultants should employ that asks eleven (11) questions and a user can rank to determine how at risk a local drinking water source may be given the work they are considering. Anything listed as "High" warrants further information and action to protect the water source (Table adopted from [https://www.ontario.ca/document/best-practices-source-water-protection#section-2 MECP's Best practices for source water protection (MECP, 2022)]<ref name="example6" />.

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