Public Consultation - Source Protection Plan

This winter, have your say about protecting municipal tap water!

The Wellington County Chapter of the Grand River Source Protection Plan is changing.

The Lake Erie Source Protection Committee is running a public consultation from January 13 to February 26, 2020 to consider proposed changes to the Wellington Chapter of the Grand River Source Protection Plan.  These changes include:

• A new vulnerable area mapping for Centre Wellington, Guelph / Eramosa and Erin;
• New policies to protect our municipal tap water from deicing salt; and
• Changes to a number of policies related to farming, commercial / industrial chemical storage and administrative processes to better protect and streamline our protection of municipal tap water.

For more information on the proposed changes, please visit the Lake Erie Source Protection website.

Public Consultation

The draft Updated Plan can be viewed online here, or for review in person at the following locations:

• Grand River Conservation Authority (400 Clyde Rd, Cambridge)
• Township of Centre Wellington Infrastructure Services Office (7444 Wellington Road 21, Elora)
• Guelph/Eramosa Township Municipal Office (8348 Wellington Road 124, Brucedale) 
• Puslinch Municipal Office (7404 Wellington Road 34, Puslinch)  

During the public consultation period from January 13 to February 26, 2020, we encourage the public to provide comments and questions regarding the proposed changes presented in the draft Updated Grand River Source Protection Plan

E-mail:      comments@sourcewater.ca

Mail:          Ilona Feldmann, Source Protection Program Assistant
                  Lake Erie Source Protection Region
                  c/o Grand River Conservation Authority
                  400 Clyde Road, Box 729
                  Cambridge, ON N1R 5W6

To learn more information about the Source Protection Plan updates and commenting process, attend a public open house: 

Following the public consultation period, the Lake Erie Region Source Protection Committee will consider any comments received and revise the draft Updated Grand River Source Protection Plan, as necessary. The revised draft Updated Plan will then be released to the Grand River Source Protection Authority for submission to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks in the spring 2020.

If you have any questions about the process to update the Grand River Source Protection Plan, please contact:

Ilona Feldmann
Source Protection Program Assistant
ifeldmann@grandriver.ca
519. 621. 2763 ext. 2318

Should you have any questions or concerns regarding the location of your property in relation to the vulnerable area, potential activities that you may be engaged in, and what that means for you, please contact:

Kyle Davis
Risk Management Official
Wellington Source Water Protection
kdavis@centrewellington.ca
519. 846. 9691 ext. 362