On December 22, 2022 the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks approved amendments to the Trent Source Protection Plan and Assessment Report. The amendment includes:

• A revised water quality protection area around the new and existing wells of the Blackstock drinking water system
• Updated source protection plan mapping
• Updated Assessment Report figures

Notice of the amendment can be found on the Environmental Bill of Rights registry, ERO Number 019-6307.

The source protection authority completed the amendments in accordance with the legislative and regulatory requirements set out in the Clean Water Act, 2006 and Ontario Regulation 287/07(General).

The amendments took effect upon posting on the Environmental Registry.

The updated documents can be viewed from the Trent Conservation Coalition website: http://trentsourceprotection.on.ca/resources/reports-legislation

Nominees are currently being solicited for municipal representation on the Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Committee to represent the Kawartha-Haliburton Source Protection Area, and Lower Trent Source Protection Area. 

For more information, please visit: https://trentsourceprotection.on.ca/source-protection-committee/recruitment

Conservation Ontario has launched a new province-wide "Salt Responsibly" campaign, addressing road salt's impact on source water. The following storymap provides information, science and actions that the public can take to improve our current salty situation.  https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4ffafc5fc7d4405fafe6c1fdb5edf643 

The Summary of the October 4th, 2022 SPC Meeting, held virtually, is now available. Click Here to view. 

The finalized Minutes from July's meeting are also now available, here. 

The next meeting date has not been finalized, but is expected to be before the end of 2022.

These meetings are open to the public. Please contact Program Coordinator, Keith Taylor, at keith.taylor@ltc.on.ca if you would like to attend.