Proposed Source Protection Plan Updates

From May 8, 2024 to June 13, 2024 there was a public consultation period and updates circulated to municipalities, ministries and other implementing bodies as required under the Clean Water Act, 2006. The proposed updates are prepared as per section 36 of the Clean Water Act, 2006 and the 2021 technical rules.

The Source Protection Plan contains polices that help protect municipal source of drinking water. The Assessment Report contains the technical studies that support the policies. The proposed Source Protection Plan and Assessment Report and maps are available at: https://actforcleanwater.ca/public-consultations-reports/source-protection-plan/

The proposed changes include updates to the vulnerable area mapping for the Callander municipal drinking water source, updates to impervious surfaces mapping, and updates to Source Protection Plan policies. Attached to this Notice is a summary of key updates including key map updates made to the Source Protection Plan and Assessment Report. 

Source Protection Plan for Public Consultation.

Assessment Report for Public Consultation

Addendum - Assessment Report Figure 2-18

Explanatory Document for Public Consultation

Summary of key updates to the Source Protection Plan:

• Applied the 2021 Technical Rules and Tables of Drinking Water Quality Threats including an updated list of applicable threat subcategories and vulnerable areas in several policies where needed.
• Separated out the education policy HAZ1 for dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) from a proposed policy HAZ2 for organic solvents - due to different applicable vulnerable areas for DNAPLs and organic solvents.
• Added storage of snow as an applicable threat category in policy ICA1.
• Changed SAL1 policy approach (to manage road salt storage) from land use prohibition to education policy (small quantities of exposed road salt storage have been identified as a threat. Since no permits are needed, an education program is a suitable method to address an activity that can occur in many locations).

Summary of key updates to the Assessment Report:

• Updated watershed monitoring data under watershed characterization.
• Applied the 2021 Technical Rules and Tables of Drinking Water Quality Threats to technical work including:
  • update of impervious surface area maps (which in turn help identify and assess threat activities such as the application of road salt)
  • use of revised terminology Intake Protection Zone (IPZ)-Issue Contributing Area (ICA) for the Callander municipal drinking water source
  • update to background details for threat activities
  • update to numbers of existing threat activity counts and circumstances.
• Updated the Callander IPZ-ICA map to reflect recent wetlands delineation data.