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Subject: GRCA News: Public meeting for Waterloo Region residents on drinking 
water source protection




Grand River Conservation Authority

Friday, April 29, 2011
Release ON RECEIPT

News Release
Public meeting for Waterloo Region residents
on drinking water source protection
A public meeting will be held Tuesday, May 10 to give residents of Waterloo 
Region an update on work being done to protect the sources of municipal drinking 
water supplies.
The meeting will be at the Region of Waterloo headquarters building, 150 
Frederick St., Kitchener from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Information will be presented on studies done of the drinking water sources in 
the Region. The information is contained in a document called the Draft Amended 
Assessment Report for the Grand River Source Protection Area. The report 
describes the sources of water used by the municipal systems, how vulnerable 
they are to contamination and the types of activities taking place in vulnerable 
areas that could contaminate the water sources.
People attending the meeting can provide comments in person or they can submit 
written comments by Saturday, May 21.
The original version of the Assessment Report was released in August 2010 and 
subject to public consultation through the fall. Since then, additional research 
has led to new information that will be included in the amended version.
Some of the new information relates to the boundaries of wellhead and intake 
protection areas and the addition of possible significant threats. Landowners 
who may be affected by the changes have also been sent an information package in 
the mail.
The report is an important step in the multi-year process of developing a Source 
Water Protection Plan for all municipal water systems in the Grand River 
watershed. The plan will identify the policies and programs needed to reduce the 
risks to source water posed by human activities. The plan is to be completed by 
August 2012.
That effort is being overseen by the Lake Erie Region Source Protection 
Committee. The committee was set up under the Ontario Clean Water Act, which was 
passed by the Ontario legislature in response to the Walkerton water crisis.
See the report
*       Online at www.sourcewater.ca<http://www.sourcewater.ca>
*       GRCA office, 400 Clyde Rd., Cambridge
*       Region of Waterloo office, 150 Frederick St.,Kitchener
Submit written comments by Saturday, May 21
o       E-mail:        comments at sourcewater.ca
o       Fax:    519-621-4945
o       Mail:   Martin Keller, Source Protection Program Manager
        Lake Erie Source Protection Region
        c/o Grand River Conservation Authority
        400 Clyde Road, Cambridge ON N1R 5W6

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Further information: Dave Schultz, GRCA Manager of Communications
Phone: (519) 621-2763, Ext. 2273; Cell: (519) 658-3896
E-mail: dschultz at grandriver.ca<mailto:dschultz at grandriver.ca> Website: 
www.grandriver.ca<http://www.grandriver.ca>

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