Source Water Protection Resources
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.
Guides
Tools
- Source Protection Information Atlas
- Source Water Protection Information Portal
- Ontario Watershed Information Tool
- Ontario Watershed Report Cards
- Ontario Watershed Boundary Data
- Surface Water Monitoring Centre
- Provincial Groundwater Monitoring Network
- Well Records
- Drinking Water Quality and Enforcement
- Permits to Take Water
- Access Environment
- Property/Lot Fabric
- Land Information Ontario
- Risk Management Measures Catalogue
Outreach and Communications
Videos
- Drinking Water Source Protection
- Introduction to Source Water Protection
- Be Part of the Water Team
- Introducing your Risk Management Official
- Oil and Fuels
- Keeping Hazardous Chemicals out of Water
- Working Together, Ontario’s Drinking Water Source Protection & Municipal Water Treatment
- Septic Systems Tips
- Drinking Water Source Protection Plans and You
- Ways to Protect Drinking Water Sources at Work and Home
- Working Together to Protect Drinking Water Sources
- Open Well – Virtual Tour of the Seaforth, ON Water Treatment Facility
- Virtual Tour of the Greenway Wastewater Treatment Centre
- Lake Huron Water Treatment in Goderich
- Protecting Drinking Water Sources Near the Goderich Intake
- Protecting Groundwater in Our Aquifers
- Drinking Water Protection Zone Signs
- I Gotta Know – Drinking Water Protection Song
- Online Mapping Tools for Real Estate, Farming, and You
- Have Your Say on Source Protection Plan Changes
Webinars
Regulations
- Clean Water Act
- Drinking Water Threats and Circumstances
- Ontario Regulation 205/18: MUNICIPAL RESIDENTIAL DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS IN SOURCE PROTECTION AREAS
- O. Reg. 97/04: CONTENT OF CONSERVATION AUTHORITY REGULATIONS UNDER SUBSECTION 28 (1) OF THE ACT: DEVELOPMENT, INTERFERENCE WITH WETLANDS AND ALTERATIONS TO SHORELINES AND WATERCOURSES
- Ontario Regulation 267/03: GENERAL under Nutrient Management Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 4
- Planning Act
- Municipal Act
Salt
- Drinking Water Source Protection – Salt Responsibly
- Good Practices for Winter Maintenance in Salt Vulnerable Areas
- Smart About Salt: Winter Salt Management Program
- Provincewide education blitz encourages Ontarians to Responsibly to help protect drinking water sources
Surface Water
Septic Systems
- SepticSmart!
- Video: Your septic system
- Video: Septic system maintenance
- Video: Septic technologies in Canada
- Video: Septic systems in the Lake Simcoe watershed
- Septics
- Septic Re-inspection Programs in Ontario: A Guide for Lake Associations
Groundwater
- Assessing the Potential for Groundwater Contamination on Your Farm
- Groundwater – An Important Rural Resource
- Good Practices for Winter Maintenance in Salt Vulnerable Areas
- Protecting Groundwater by Managing Animal Waste
- Protecting Groundwater Through Proper Petroleum Storage Practices on the Farm
- Protect Your Home’s Water
- Protect Your Private Well
- Potential Well Water Contaminants and Their Impacts
- Proper Use and Disposal of Pesticides and Fertilizers
- Wells Abandonment and Testing
Source Protection Local Resources
| Source Protection Region (SPR) & Source Protection Area (SPA) | SPAs within SPRs |
| Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley SPR | Ausable Bayfield Source Protection Area, Maitland Valley Source Protection Area |
| Credit Valley, Toronto and Region, Central Lake Ontario SPR | Central Lake Ontario Source Protection Area, Credit Valley Source Protection Area, Toronto And Region Source Protection Area |
| Halton-Hamilton SPR | Halton Region Source Protection Area, Hamilton Region Source Protection Area |
| Lake Erie SPR | Catfish Creek Source Protection Area, Grand River Source Protection Area, Kettle Creek Source Protection Area, Long Point Region Source Protection Area |
| Mississippi-Rideau SPR | Mississippi Valley Source Protection Area, Rideau Valley Source Protection Area |
| Raisin-South Nation SPR | Raisin Region Source Protection Area, South Nation Source Protection Area |
| Saugeen, Grey Sauble, Northern Bruce Peninsula SPR | Grey Sauble Source Protection Area, Northern Bruce Peninsula Source Protection Area, Saugeen Valley Source Protection Area |
| South Georgian Bay-Lake Simcoe SPR | Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching/Black River Source Protection Area, Nottawasaga Valley Source Protection Area, Severn Sound Source Protection Area |
| Thames-Sydenham and Region SPR | Lower Thames Valley Source Protection Area, St. Clair Region Source Protection Area, Upper Thames River Source Protection Area |
| Trent Conservation Coalition SPR | Crowe Valley Source Protection Area, Ganaraska Region Source Protection Area, Kawartha-Haliburton Source Protection Area, Lower Trent Source Protection Area, Otonabee-Peterborough Source Protection Area |
| Cataraqui SPA | Cataraqui SPA |
| Essex Region SPA | Essex Region SPA |
| Lakehead SPA | Lakehead SPA |
| Mattagami Region SPA | Mattagami Region SPA |
| Niagara Peninsula SPA | Niagara Peninsula SPA |
| Sudbury SPA | Sudbury SPA |
| North Bay-Mattawa SPA | North-Bay Mattawa SPA |
| Quinte Conservation SPA | Quinte Conservation SPA |
| Sault Ste. Marie Region SPA | Sault Ste. Marie Region SPA |
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