Your source protection plan
Policies in your locally developed, provincially approved source protection plans reduce risk to local municipal drinking water sources in the Maitland Valley and Ausable Bayfield source protection areas.
For copies of source protection plans, use the links below or visit the Maitland Valley or Ausable Bayfield source protection authority offices during business hours.
Notice of Amendments
The Province approved Section 34 amendments (July 24, 2024) to the Maitland Valley Source Protection Plan.
The Province of Ontario previously approved updates (effective March 26, 2024) to the source protection plans and assessment reports for the Ausable Bayfield and Maitland Valley Source Protection Areas.
Province of Ontario Notices
The notice announcing approval of the amendments to the Maitland Valley Source Protection was published on the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO) on July 24, 2024:
The notice announcing approval of previous updates, to the Maitland Valley and Ausable Bayfield source protection plans, was previously published on the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO) on March 26, 2024:
Source Protection Region Notice
- Read our local announcement (July 25, 2024) Notice – Ontario approves amendments to source protection plan and assessment report for Maitland Valley source protection area.
- Download the Notice of Amendments (July 24, 2024) from Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Source Protection Region – 300 KB (medium-sized) PDF file.
- Read our local announcement about updates to Maitland Valley and Ausable Bayfield source protection plans (March 2024) – Notice – Ontario approves updated source protection plans, assessment reports for source protection region.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at 519-235-2610 or toll-free 1-888-286-2610 or contact us via our staff contact page.
Source Protection Plan and Assessment Report Files
These links are to large to very large PDF downloads:
Maitland Valley Source Protection Area
- Maitland Valley Source Protection Plan – Amended Effective July 24, 2024 – 1 MB (large) PDF file
- Maitland Valley Source Protection Plan Maps – Updated Effective July 24, 2024 – 2 MB (large) PDF file
- Assessment Report for Maitland Valley Source Protection Area Amended July 24, 2024 – Updated Effective March 26, 2024 – 3 MB (very large) PDF file
- Maitland Valley Assessment Report Map List July 2024 – 200 KB (medium-sized) PDF file
- Maitland Valley Source Protection Area Assessment Report Maps
Ausable Bayfield Source Protection Area
- Ausable Bayfield Source Protection Plan – Updated Effective March 26, 2024 – 1 MB (large) PDF file
- Ausable Bayfield Source Protection Plan Maps – Amended Effective March 26, 2024 – 4 MB (very large) PDF file
- Ausable Bayfield Assessment Report – Updated Effective March 26, 2024 – 2 MB (large) PDF file
- Map List – Ausable Bayfield Assessment Report – 600 KB (medium-sized) PDF file
- Ausable Bayfield Source Protection Area Assessment Report Maps
Explanatory Document
- Explanatory Document for Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Source Protection Region – Updated Effective March 26, 2024 – 1 MB (large) PDF file
Request for AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) Documentation in Alternative Format
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What is a drinking water source protection plan?
Locally developed and provincially approved plans reduce risk to your municipal drinking water sources through a practical and local approach to manage threats, to drinking water sources, in the most vulnerable areas of the source protection region.
The plan policies with must-conform-to legal effect apply, in this region, only in three zones around municipal wells:
1. 100-metre wellhead protection area (WHPA A)
2. Parts of two-year time-of-travel area (WHPA B)
3. In the case of dense non-aqueous phase liquids, within the five-year time-of-travel area.
Direct education to persons engaged in an activity (for example, someone with a septic system or home heating oil near a municipal well) is part of the local threats management approach.
Policies such as prohibition, or risk management plans, apply only to significant threat activities. Those threats can only be found in the three most vulnerable wellhead protection areas of the region (WHPA zones A, B, and C).
For more information on drinking water source protection in the Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Source Protection Region contact Tim Cumming, Communications Specialist, at info@sourcewaterinfo.on.ca or phone 519-235-2610, ext. 248 or toll-free at 1-888-286-2610, ext. 248.
Recent Amendments
Notice of Approval of Section 34 Amendments
The Province of Ontario has approved (effective July 24, 2024) amendments to the source protection plan and assessment report for the Maitland Valley Source Protection Area.
Download the Notice of Amendments (July 24, 2024).
Notice of Approval of Section 36 Amendments
The Province of Ontario previously approved (effective March 26, 2024) updates to the source protection plans and assessment reports for the Ausable Bayfield and Maitland Valley Source Protection Areas.
The notice announcing approval of the updates was published on the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO) on March 26, 2024:
Download the Notice of Amendments (March 26, 2024) from Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Source Protection Region – 300 KB (medium-sized) PDF file.
Read our local announcement Notice – Ontario approves updated source protection plans, assessment reports for source protection region.
Notice of Section 51 Amendment
Minor amendments to source protection plans, made under Ontario Regulation 287/07, Section 51 (s. 51), following approval on January 19, 2015, are summarized below:
October 2023: Removal of the Zurich municipal water supply system from the source protection plans and maps:
- Download Notice of Amendment – Section 51 Amendment – October 27, 2023 – small (100 KB) PDF file
For Notices, please visit our Notices web page.
