<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">----- Forwarded Message ----<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Dave Schultz <dschultz@grandriver.ca><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, April 29, 2011 2:19:22 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> GRCA News: Public meeting for Waterloo Region residents on drinking water source protection<br></font><br><br><br><br>Grand River Conservation Authority<br><br>Friday, April 29, 2011<br>Release ON RECEIPT<br><br>News Release<br>Public meeting for Waterloo Region residents<br>on drinking water source protection<br>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.<br>The meeting will be at the Region of Waterloo headquarters building, 150 Frederick St., Kitchener from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.<br>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.<br>People attending the meeting can provide comments in person or they can submit written comments by Saturday, May 21.<br>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.<br>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.<br>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.<br>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.<br>See the report<br><span>* Online at
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.sourcewater.ca">www.sourcewater.ca</a><</span><a href="http://www.sourcewater.ca" target="_blank">http://www.sourcewater.ca</a>><br>* GRCA office, 400 Clyde Rd., Cambridge<br>* Region of Waterloo office, 150 Frederick St.,Kitchener<br>Submit written comments by Saturday, May 21<br>o E-mail: <a ymailto="mailto:comments@sourcewater.ca" href="mailto:comments@sourcewater.ca">comments@sourcewater.ca</a><br>o Fax: 519-621-4945<br>o Mail: Martin Keller, Source Protection Program Manager<br> Lake Erie Source Protection Region<br> c/o Grand River Conservation Authority<br> 400 Clyde Road, Cambridge ON N1R 5W6<br><br>-30-<br><br>Further information: Dave Schultz, GRCA Manager of
Communications<br>Phone: (519) 621-2763, Ext. 2273; Cell: (519) 658-3896<br>E-mail: <a ymailto="mailto:dschultz@grandriver.ca" href="mailto:dschultz@grandriver.ca">dschultz@grandriver.ca</a><mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:dschultz@grandriver.ca" href="mailto:dschultz@grandriver.ca">dschultz@grandriver.ca</a><span>> Website: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.grandriver.ca">www.grandriver.ca</a><</span><a href="http://www.grandriver.ca" target="_blank">http://www.grandriver.ca</a>><br><br>If you are a subscriber of the GRCA News Service and would like to unsubscribe, please visit our website here: <a href="http://www.grandriver.ca/Newsroom/News.cfm?id=376" target="_blank">http://www.grandriver.ca/Newsroom/News.cfm?id=376</a><br><br><br><br><br>-------<br><br><br></div></div>
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