Approved amendments to the CTC Source Protection Plan

The Ontario government is committed to protecting our lakes, waterways and groundwater supply, now and for future generations. To ensure that the quality of Ontario’s municipal drinking water sources continue to be protected in York Region, the Minister has approved amendments to the Toronto Region Assessment Report and the CTC Source Protection Plan. These amendments were recommended by the Toronto Region Conservation Authority, the lead source protection authority for the CTC Source Protection Region.

These changes enhance protections for sources of drinking water by ensuring that water quality and quantity policies and protections are based on current science and modeling.

Working with our partners, our strong protection framework will continue to help ensure Ontario’s drinking water is held to high safety standards and that sources of drinking water in the province are protected for future generations.

Amendments to the assessment report and source protection plan

The Toronto and Region Source Protection Authority prepared the amendments to help further protect sources of drinking water.

The amendments include an expanded and revised water quality protection area around the new and existing wells of the Aurora drinking water system.

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).

These amendments take effect upon this posting of the approval.

Other public consultation opportunities:

The Toronto Region Source Protection Authority held consultations while the amendments were being developed. They invited comments from:

• the public
• implementing bodies affected by changes to the protection zones, including the provincial government and local municipalities
• the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

The source protection authority also held public consultation on the proposed amendments from January 19 to February 20, 2020.

The Clean Water Act, 2006 General Regulation 287/07 requires the source protection committee to send a notice to the chief of the band if any part of a First Nation reserve in located in the area affected by the proposed plan amendments. There are no First Nations communities located in the Toronto and Region Source Protection Area.

The source protection authority considered comments from the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and made appropriate revisions. There were no comments received from the public, other ministries or other stakeholders.

The approved amendments to the Toronto Region Assessment Report and CTC Source Protection Plan are available via the link provided in this notice and on the CTC Source Protection Region website.

Other information:

The Minister has concluded that the legislative and regulatory requirements under the Clean Water Act, 2006 have been met.

Please see related environmental registry notices 012-4484 and 013-4632.