September 23, 2009
A number of open houses are planned this fall so people living within the Trent Conservation Coalition
Source Protection Region can check on progress being made to develop a plan to protect municipal
drinking water sources. Anyone living close to a municipal drinking water system is encouraged to attend
as preliminary maps of vulnerable areas, or areas particularly sensitive to pollution or overuse, will be on
display.
Open houses are scheduled for:
Tuesday, October 6 from 3 to 6 PM at the Evinrude Centre, 91 Monaghan Road, Peterborough
Tuesday, November 3 from 3 to 6 PM in Campbellford (location yet to be determined)
Additional open houses may also be scheduled in late November/early December. Details will be posted at
www.trentsourceprotection.on.ca.
There are 54 municipal drinking water systems within the Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection
Region – 35 municipal wells draw the drinking water supply from underground aquifers, and 19 surface
water intakes draw water from inland lakes and rivers or Lake Ontario. The planning region extends across
the Trent/Ganaraska River watersheds, covering a 14,500 square kilometre area stretching from Algonquin
Park to Lake Ontario and the Bay of Quinte.
The initiative to protect sources of municipal drinking water is directed and funded by the Ontario Ministry
of the Environment. Technical studies for each municipal system will identify where extra care needs to be
taken to protect local drinking water sources (lakes, rivers, underground aquifers). The reports will be used
by the Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Committee to draft policies to address potential
threats to municipal drinking water sources. The Committee must develop Source Protection Plans by
2012.
The Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Committee (SPC), established under Ontario’s Clean
Water Act, is a local, multi-stakeholder committee representing municipal, special interest group and
business sectors, and First Nations. Further information can be found at www.trentsourceprotection.on.ca.
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For more information, contact:
Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Committee
c/o Lower Trent Conservation, 714 Murray Street, Trenton, Ontario K8V 5P4
Glenda Rodgers, Project Manager
613-394-3915 ext. 246
Marilyn Bucholtz, Communications Coordinator
613-394-3915 ext. 216
