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Drinking Water Source Protection Committee
This Committee has been created under the authority of the Clean Water Act, 2006. The Committee is overseeing a science-based planning process to develop an Assessment Report and a Source Protection Plan to protect sources of municipal drinking water in the Greater Sudbury Source Protection Area. The Committee, by regulation, consists of a Chair, plus 9 members representing a variety of sectors to encompass the broad, multi-sectoral interests of the planning area. The purpose of developing a Plan is to protect current and future municipal drinking water sources including Ramsey Lake, the Vermilion River, the Wanapitei River and 24 municipal groundwater wells from known or potential contaminants. The source protection committee will work to identify and assess risks to municipal drinking water sources for vulnerable areas including the municipal wellhead protection areas and municipal intake protection zones. The committee will develop a local source protection plan to reduce significant threats to these sources by 2012.
Next Committee Meeting The Greater Sudbury Source Protection Committee will be holding their next meeting on September 14 from 1 to 4 p.m. (location be determined). Other meetings may be called as needed during the summer by the Chair. For more information contact Melanie Venne at (705) 674-5249 ext.209.
If you have a municipal drinking water concern and/or you are interested in making a formal presentation to the Source Protection Committee during their monthly meeting, please e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
All committee meetings are open to members of the public. To view the Rules of Procedure, Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy, click here.
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