Source Water Protection
More than 80 per cent of Ontario’s population receives their drinking water from a municipal drinking water system. Municipalities, source protection authorities and others all play a strong role in ensuring that municipally treated drinking water is safe for our use (Conservation Ontario, 2021).
The following resources were collected for their relevance to source water protection planning.
For more information about source water protection, contact the agencies listed below:
Links
Cemetery Setback Distances to Prevent Surface Water Contamination
Collaborating for Success: Drinking Water Protection Zones
Disinfection for Reclaimed Water Distribution Systems
Don’t Flush Your Drugs! Keep Our Source Waters Clean
Drinking Water Threats and Circumstances
Good Practices for Winter Maintenance in Salt Vulnerable Areas
Let’s Drink to That! Ontario is a Leader in Drinking Water Protection
Source Protection Plan Regions
Source Water Protection Areas and Regions – Southern Ontario map & Northern Ontario map
- Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley
- Cataraqui
- Catfish Creek
- Credit Valley, Toronto Region, and Central Lake Ontario Region
- Essex Region
- Grand River
- Halton-Hamilton Region
- Kettle Creek
- Lakehead
- Long Point Region
- Mattagami Region
- Mississippi-Rideau
- Niagara Peninsula
- North Bay-Mattawa
- Quinte
- Raisin-South Nation
- Saugeen, Grey Sauble, Northern Bruce Peninsula Source Protection Region
- Sault Ste. Marie
- South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe
- Sudbury
- Thames-Sydenham and Region
- Trent
Tools
Resource Catalogue for Education and Outreach Policies
Source Protection Information Atlas
Videos
Drinking Water Source Protection
Drinking Water Source Protection – 30 seconds
Webinars
Source Water Protection Webinar Recording: CWWA
Disponible en français.