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Wells Help Desk & Records in Ontario

The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) operates a public Wells Help Desk to help ensure that information is available to the public. The Wells Helps Desk also receives and forwards well complaints to the appropriate ministry office, answers general questions on wells, assists well owners to locate their well record and assists the well industry sector in obtaining licenses, well record forms and well tags (MECP, 2021).

MECP Wells Help Desk 

Mailing Address:

Wells Help Desk
Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
125 Resources Road
Toronto ON M9P 3V6

Phone: Toll-free: 1-888-396-WELL (9355)

Fax: 1-416-235-5960

Email: wellshelpdesk@ontario.ca

Well Records & Requests

How to complete, submit or get a copy of a well record.

Well Records Map Tool

Well Records Open Data Catalog

Information and rules for residential well owners, including the proper location, construction, maintenance and abandonment of a well can be found at Wells on your property.

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Ontario Drinking Water Quality and Enforcement Open Data

‘Ontario has a comprehensive set of measures and regulations to help ensure the safety of drinking water.

Open Data Download

Statistics Canada Data

The following data sets are provided by Statistics Canada based on information they’ve collected.

If you own a water plant and would like to contribute, visit Biennial Drinking Water Plants Survey (DKWP).

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Data

Households and the environment survey, primary type of drinking water consumed

Municipal owners of potable water assets by drinking water advisories issued, urban and rural, and population size, Infrastructure Canada

Municipal owners of potable water assets by precautionary drinking water advisories issued, urban and rural, and population size, Infrastructure Canada

Municipal owners of potable water assets by drinking water advisories that exceeded 15 days, urban and rural, and population size, Infrastructure Canada

Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants

Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants by production volume and main source water type

Physical flow account for water use

Population served by drinking water plants

Potable water use by sector and average daily use

Potable water volumes processed by drinking water plants, by month

Potable water volumes and population served from drinking water plants, by treatment category

Public owners of potable water assets by drinking water advisories issued, Infrastructure Canada

Public owners of potable water assets by precautionary drinking water advisories issued, Infrastructure Canada

Public owners of potable water assets by drinking water advisories that exceeded 15 days, Infrastructure Canada

Source water type and unit processes for water treatment by drinking water plants

Treatment of main source of water by households, Canada, provinces and census metropolitan areas (CMA)

Water discharge in manufacturing industries, by point of discharge and by industry

 Water discharge in manufacturing industries, by type of final treatment and industry

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