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[[File:Drinking Water Sources.PNG|thumb|350px|A picture depicting different types of drinking water sources, including groundwater under the direct influence (GUDI) of surface water, which may be subject to contamination due to the influence of polluted/impacted surface water (Photo Source: Government of Ontario, 2022<ref>Government of Ontario. 2022. A guide for operators and owners of drinking water systems that serve designated facilities. 19 May 2022. Accessed 3 June 2022. https://www.ontario.ca/page/providing-safe-drinking-water-public-guide-owners-and-operators-non-residential-and-seasonal</ref>)]]
[[File:Drinking Water Sources.PNG|thumb|350px|A picture depicting different types of drinking water sources, including groundwater under the direct influence (GUDI) of surface water, which may be subject to contamination due to the influence of polluted/impacted surface water (Photo Source: Government of Ontario, 2022<ref>Government of Ontario. 2022. A guide for operators and owners of drinking water systems that serve designated facilities. 19 May 2022. Accessed 3 June 2022. https://www.ontario.ca/page/providing-safe-drinking-water-public-guide-owners-and-operators-non-residential-and-seasonal</ref>)]]
To assist with the pre-development determination of site-specific water balance values, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) have developed the Toronto Region Source Protection Area (TRSPA) web-based application tool that provides precipitation, evapotranspiration (actual), runoff, and recharge based on outputs from the numerical models developed under the Drinking Water Source Protection Program. Note that these values are based on a regional assessment of the water balance, and may be supplanted by site-specific data or modelling.
Take a look at the online TRSPA Water Budget Tool below, which highlights [http://www.wellingtonwater.ca/en/vulnerable-source-water-areas/water-quantity.aspx WHPA-Q (Water Quantity)] in the GTA region showcasing areas where activities that take water without returning it to the SPA and/or reduce recharge can be a threat:
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'''Vulnerability''' <br>
'''Vulnerability''' <br>
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 (commercial, residential, municipal) 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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Policies that must be adhered to are based on several factors:
Policies that must be adhered to are based on several factors:
# The activity itself
# The activity itself
# The are in which the activity will be taking place
# The area in which the activity will be taking place
# The vulnerability of the area in question
# The vulnerability of the area in question
# The risks associated with the activity (does the activity result in one of the listed 22 risks occurring or potentially occurring)
# The risks associated with the activity (does the activity result in one of the listed 22 risks occurring or potentially occurring)
For example, as of December of 2021 the CTC SPR that comprises the regions of Peel, Toronto, and Durham had nearly 130 Source Protection Policies in place within their SPP. These policies address 21 of the 22 types
For example, as of December of 2021 the CTC SPR that comprises the regions of Peel, Toronto, and Durham had nearly 130 Source Protection Policies in place within their SPP. These policies address 21 of the 22 types
of threats prescribed in O.Reg 287/07 along with two types of local drinking water threats, and include other actions that are considered by the CTC committee as necessary to protect drinking water sources, along with requirements for the need of monitoring being implemented. The CTC SPP also contain policies which require the need for Risk Management Plans (RMPs) dependent on the vulnerability of proposed actions/activities to better manage some drinking water threats (CTC Source Protection Region, 2021)<ref>CTC Source Protection Region. 2021. CTC Source Protection Region 2021 Annual Progress Report. Accessed 6 June 2022. https://ctcswp.ca/app/uploads/2022/05/RPT_20220501_CTCSPR_2021AnnualProgressReport_fnl.pdf)</ref>
of threats prescribed in O.Reg 287/07 along with two types of local drinking water threats, and include other actions that are considered by the CTC committee as necessary to protect drinking water sources, along with requirements for monitoring. The CTC SPP also contain policies which require the need for Risk Management Plans (RMPs) dependent on the vulnerability of proposed actions/activities to better manage some drinking water threats (CTC Source Protection Region, 2021)<ref>CTC Source Protection Region. 2021. CTC Source Protection Region 2021 Annual Progress Report. Accessed 6 June 2022. https://ctcswp.ca/app/uploads/2022/05/RPT_20220501_CTCSPR_2021AnnualProgressReport_fnl.pdf)</ref>
===Additional Ontario Source Water Protection Resources===
===Additional Ontario Source Water Protection Resources===
Below, find a list of valuable tools aimed at the general public, landowners, real estate agents, farmers and technical practitioners (consultants, operators, technicians, risk management officials, inspectors etc.) for Source Water Protection in the Province of Ontario:
Below, find a list of valuable tools aimed at the general public, landowners, real estate agents, farmers and technical practitioners (consultants, operators, technicians, risk management officials, inspectors etc.) for Source Water Protection in the Province of Ontario:
* '''All Users''' - [https://swpip.ca/index.html Source Water Protection Information Portal] - An all in one hub developed by the Ministry of the Environment Conservation and Parks (MECP) to help users understand drinking water threats, updated SWP policies, access to the Source Protection Information Atlas (SPIA) Tool, and Technical Rules under the Clean Water Act.
* '''Risk Management Officials and Inspectors''' - [https://yourdrinkingwater.ca/files/brochures/CO-Fact-Sheet-RMO-RMI.pdf Regulation of Drinking Water Threats under Clean Water Act Part IV]
* '''Technical Practitioners''' - CTC Source Protection Region [https://ctcswp.ca/resources/education-and-outreach/ Education and Outreach resources] including IPZs, WHPAs, Water Quality Threats, Road Salt, Snow Storage, Pesticides, Organic Solvents and DNAPLs.
* '''Landowners''' - [https://yourdrinkingwater.ca/files/brochures/CO-Fact-Sheet-Landowners.pdf What landowners can do to protect water quality & quantity]
* '''Landowners''' - [https://yourdrinkingwater.ca/files/brochures/CO-Fact-Sheet-Landowners.pdf What landowners can do to protect water quality & quantity]
* '''Real Estate Agents''' - [https://www.sourcewater.ca/en/how-it-works/resources/Documents/Publications_COFactsheet_RealEstate.pdf Drinking Water Source Protection in Ontario: What Every Real Estate Agent Should Know]
* '''Real Estate Agents''' - [https://www.sourcewater.ca/en/how-it-works/resources/Documents/Publications_COFactsheet_RealEstate.pdf Drinking Water Source Protection in Ontario: What Every Real Estate Agent Should Know]
* '''Farmers/Agriculturalists''' - [https://yourdrinkingwater.ca/files/brochures/Agri-Action-ENG.pdf AGRI-ACTION: Protecting water from field to faucet]
* '''Farmers/Agriculturalists''' - [https://yourdrinkingwater.ca/files/brochures/Agri-Action-ENG.pdf AGRI-ACTION: Protecting water from field to faucet]
==LID Site Considerations==
==LID Site Considerations==