Conservation group receives funding to protect local drinking water

The Nickel District Conservation Authority will be receiving $585,000 thanks to Ontario taxpayers to help finish the technical studies they need to develop plans for protecting local sources of drinking water, said a news release.

Source protection is about safeguarding sources of drinking water — Ontario’s lakes, rivers and groundwater — by preventing them from being contaminated or depleted.

The Clean Water Act requires communities to prepare source protection plans that set out how they will protect municipal drinking water supplies.  The scientific ground work gives communities an accurate picture of their water supply, how it’s replenished and what threatens the quality of their water. They use this information to decide what action to take to reduce or eliminate the threats.

"The Nickel District Conservation Authority (NDCA) and Greater Sudbury Source Protection Authority (GSSPA) want to thank the Ontario Government, through the Ministry of the Environment, for the ongoing support to complete this very improtant work for our watershed residents," said John Dennis, Vice-Chair of the N.D.C.A. and G.S.S.P.A.

"The Greater Sudbury Source Protection Committee (GSSPC)  is working very hard to meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act in order to complete a first generation Source Protection Plan for Greater Sudbury and this funding for technical studies is a strong  commitment by the Ontario government," said Nels Conroy Chair of the G.S.S.P.C.

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