The Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Drinking Water Source Protection Committee (SPC) honoured two retiring members, at its November 30 meeting, for their years of dedicated service to protect local sources of municipal drinking water.

In this photo, Matt Pearson, SPC Chair (centre), thanks Ian Brebner (left) and Myles Murdock (right).

Ian served on the committee since it was first formed in 2007, first as a representative of the region’s southern municipalities and later as a property owner representative. Ian worked with other original SPC members meeting monthly for day-long sessions to review technical material and to negotiate policies that formed the first source protection plans in the region which took legal effect in 2015.

Myles joined the SPC in 2015 as a North municipal representative having earlier participated in regional source protection working groups which started in 2008. The SPC develops and updates local source protection plans to protect municipal drinking water sources from contamination and overuse. The committee is currently proposing draft amendments to the plans. Public consultation, on these policy changes, begins in January 2023.

For more information on the proposed amendments, or to apply for the vacant SPC position, please go to the source protection website.