Public Consultation - Source Protection Plan

Thank you for your help in protecting municipal tap water!

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

Although the formal public consultation period is now complete, copies of the proposed changes are provided below:

• Draft updated Grand River Assessment Report - Wellington County Chapter (edited version)
• Draft updated Grand River Assessment Report - Wellington County Chapter (tracked changes)
  
  
• Draft updated Grand River Source Protection Plan - Wellington County Chapter (edited version)
• Draft updated Grand River Source Protection Plan - Wellington County Chapter (tracked changes)

The Lake Erie Source Protection Committee held a public consultation period from January 13 to February 26, 2020 to consider proposed changes to the Wellington Chapter of the Grand River Source Protection Plan.  This public consultation included two public meetings and a mail out of approximately 1,500 letters to affected property owners.  The proposed changes included:

• 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.
  
  

As part of the Public Consultation, draft mapping has been released that depicts the proposed, new vulnerable area mapping for Centre Wellington, Guelph / Eramosa, Erin and Puslinch.  The mapping is contained within the Assessment Report and Source Protection Plan chapters for Wellington County.

For easy reference, proposed draft mapping is provided below:

Centre Wellington Proposed Wellhead Protection Areas 

Centre Wellington Proposed Wellhead Protection Areas 

Centre Wellington Proposed Issue Contributing Areas for Chloride and Trichloroethylene 

Guelph / Eramosa - Proposed Hamilton Drive Wellhead Protection Areas

Guelph / Eramosa and Erin – Proposed Rockwood Wellhead Protection Areas

Puslinch – Proposed Cambridge Wellhead Protection Areas

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 at their April meeting.  The meeting is open to the public.

Meeting Details:
Date: Thursday, April 2, 1 p.m.
Location: Grand River Conservation Authority Office, 400 Clyde Road, Cambridge, ON

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.  Details on the Source Protection Committee meetings, including agenda packages can be found here.

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