Planning for source water protection in Ontario |
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Authors: | JL Ivey RC de Loë RD Kreutzwiser |
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Institution: | aGeography Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1 |
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Abstract: | Ontario began developing a drinking water source protection planning process in 2000, after a rural community's water supply was contaminated by pathogens from agricultural runoff. An expert committee report has recommended legislating a new source protection “sphere of jurisdiction” for municipalities; however, no specific new municipal tools or authorities have been proposed as yet. This paper reports findings from an evaluation of the extent to which existing institutional arrangements for land use planning and water management facilitate or constrain source protection by municipalities. A case study of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo suggests there is the potential to link land use planning more strongly to water management through creative use of existing tools, forgoing the need for major institutional changes. |
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Keywords: | Source water protection Land use planning Municipal drinking water Institutional arrangements Ontario |
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