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Cataraqui Source Protection Area Updates, Initiatives, and Implementation Progress Municipal Working Group Info Session March 29, 2019 CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Outline • Session Overview • Source Protection – 2018 in Review • Program Updates • Implementation Reporting Summary • 2019 Initiatives • Discussion / Wrap-Up CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Session Overview • Purpose - To gather the Municipal Working Group participants for an annual update on source protection implementation progress - To discuss Provincial updates and potential changes to the source protection program - To provide an opportunity for discussion regarding areas for improvement, upcoming changes on the landscape, and future reporting CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Assessment Report (2011) Program - Vulnerable areas and scores delineated Timeline - Significant drinking water threats identified Source Protection Plan (April 1, 2015) - Policies created to address drinking water threats and outlining implementer timelines and responsibilities Policy Implementation (2015 – Present) - All partners implement the policies within the plan - Annual progress reports to be submitted We Update of DWSP Documents (2018) Are - Submission of the CSPA workplan to MOECC for consideration and approval Here CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Cataraqui Source Protection Area CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Cataraqui Source Protection Area • Characteristics of the area – Lake Ontario Shoreline – Large Lake Community – Bacterial Contamination – Groundwater vulnerability • Thin soils • Karst (fractured bedrock) • High water table • Karst assessment guideline CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Source Protection Plan Objectives • To protect existing and future drinking water sources in the Cataraqui Source Protection Area • Ensure that for every area identified in the Assessment Report (2011) as an area where an activity is or would be a significant drinking water threat (SDWT)… – The activity never becomes a SDWT, or – The activity ceases to be a SDWT CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Municipality / County Representatives RMOs Athens Darlene Noonan Source Protection Background Brockville Peter Raabe Cambium Inc. Elizabethtown-Kitley Barbara Kalivas / Yvonne Robert Cambium Inc. • Who is involved in the CSPA? Frontenac County Joe Gallivan – Source Protection Committee (16 members) Frontenac Islands Darlene Plumley – Ontario Ministries Front of Yonge • MOECC Jennifer Ault Marvin Winter • OMAFRA Gananoque Brenda Guy Matthew Linton • MTO Greater Napanee Kristie Kelly • MCGS-TSSA Kingston Brodie Richmond / Greg Newman Cambium Inc. • MNRF – 12 Municipalities Leeds and the Adam Goheen / Albert Paschkowiak Malroz – 3 Counties Thousand Islands Engineering – 2 Health Units L&A County Stephen Paul – CRCA / CSPA Loyalist Sarah Doherty Rideau Lakes Malcolm Norwood / Brittany Mulhern South Frontenac Claire Dodds Cambium Inc. CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY UCLG Andy Brown

Source Protection – Vulnerable Areas Municipality Vulnerable Area SDWT Present Brockville Brockville IPZ Yes Elizabethtown-Kitley Kingston Cana WHPA Yes Front of Yonge Miller Manor WHPA Yes Gananoque James W. King Yes Leeds and the Thousand Islands Lansdowne WHPA Yes South Frontenac Sydenham IPZ Yes Kingston Point Pleasant IPZ No Central IPZ Loyalist Township Bath IPZ No Fairfield IPZ Greater Napanee A.L. Dafoe IPZ No Sandhurst Shores IPZ CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

2018 In Review ✓ Hosted a Municipal Working Group Session ✓ Established 4 New RMOs ✓ Submitted First Annual Reporting ✓ Hosted 2 Well & Septic Workshops ✓ Developed Groundwater Protection Workbooks ✓ Submitted a Cataraqui SPP Review Workplan ✓ Developed a DWSP Grade 8 Curriculum ✓ Purchased a Groundwater Model for Education CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Annual Reporting Grade Meaning P = Progressing Well / On Target MAJORITY of the source protection plan policies have been implemented and/or are progressing well S = Satisfactory SOME of the source protection plan policies have been implemented and/or are progressing well L = Limited Progress FEW of the source protection plan policies have been implemented and/or are progressing well 144 policies, 7 categories for grading, 1 overall score CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Reporting Requirements Reporting Municipalities Risk Public Health Ontario Year (%) Management Units Ministries Office (%) (%) (%) 2015 53% 50% 100% 100% 2016 33% 100% 100% 100% 2017 73% 100% 100% 100% 2018 100% 100% 100% 100% Main concerns for 2018 reporting requirements: - Non-binding policies - Minimal effort changes between years CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

State of Progress SDWT Policies Non-SDWT Non-DWT Status (65 total) Policies Policies (16 total) (63 total) Complete 74% 100% 35% Policy outcome(s) 11% 0% 38% evaluated; no further action(s) required In Progress 11% 0% 21% Not Implemented 3% 0% 5% No Information 0% 0% 2% No Response 0% 0% 0% Required (N/A) 85% SDWT Legally-binding policies have been implemented CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Municipal Reporting Results Municipality % Complete Municipal Score City of Brockville 71% P – Progressing Well City of Kingston 92% P – Progressing Well Lennox & Addington County 100% P – Progressing Well Frontenac County 87% S – Satisfactory Loyalist Township 64% S – Satisfactory Town of Gananoque 65% S – Satisfactory Town of Greater Napanee 62% S – Satisfactory Township of Athens 63% L – Limited Progress Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley 79% S – Satisfactory Township of Front of Yonge 86% P – Progressing Well Township of Frontenac Islands 45% L – Limited Progress Township of Leeds & the Thousand Islands 63% S – Satisfactory Township of Rideau Lakes 38% P – Progressing Well Township of South Frontenac 62% S – Satisfactory CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY United Counties of Leeds & Grenville 79% S – Satisfactory

Municipal Reporting Results Areas of improvement: Education & outreach, transport pathway notification 83% of municipalities incorporating SWP into business practices Category Percent Complete Score P – Progressing Well Restricted Land Uses 100% P – Progressing Well Prohibitions 100% P – Progressing Well Land Use Planning 100% L – Limited Progress Education & Outreach 50% P – Progressing Well Source Protection Resources 75% S – Satisfactory Transport Pathway Notification 80% S – Satisfactory Operations 75% CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Municipal Planning Documents Official Plans and Zoning By-Laws – DWSP Integration Municipality Official Plan Status Zoning By-Law Status City of Brockville In Progress In Progress City of Kingston Implemented (2017) In Progress Town of Gananoque In Progress In Progress Township of Implemented (2018) In Progress Elizabethtown-Kitley Township of Front of Yonge Implemented (2018) Implemented (2018) Township of South In Progress In Progress Frontenac Township of Leeds & the Implemented (2018) Implemented (2018) Thousand Islands CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Septic Re-inspections 92% of on-site septic re-inspection have been completed Vulnerable Area No. of No. of No. Left for Inspections Inspections Inspection Required Completed 3 – 100% Cana WHPA 3 0 3 – 75% Lansdowne WHPA 4 1 17 – 100% Miller Manor WHPA 17 0 Total 24 23 1 No. of on-site sewage systems inspected that required: 1. Minor work (e.g., pump out) = 16 2. Major work (e.g., pump out) = 7 CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Risk Management Efforts - 2018 RMO reports indicated 2 RMPs were established (updated ownership) in 2018 - 0 notices - 10 threat verification assessments (Lansdowne) - 2 open houses (Lansdowne) - 0 follow-up inspections - All Part IV, risk management policies are in progress or complete (2018) CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

SDWTs - Results Original Additional Removed Managed Existing Estimate Threats Threats Threats Threats 158 18 49 46 81 Prescribed threat Number Remaining Handling and storage of fuel 40 Transportation corridors 18 Sewage system maintenance 1 Application and storage of agricultural source 6 material Application of commercial fertilizer 4 Application of pesticide 5 Handling and storage of DNPALs 2 Use of livestock 3 CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Ministry Results - Policies Implementing Body Policy Completion Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural 85% Affairs (OMAFRA) Ministry of Municipal Affairs (MMA) 33% Ministry of Government and Consumer 67% Services (MGCS) Ministry of Environment, Conservation and 100% Parks (MECP) Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry 100% (MNRF) Ministry of Transportation (MTO) 100% 100% of Ministries conform with addressing policies, incorporated SWP into business practices and have used training/education to promote source 81% completion due to non-binding / future consideration policies CATARAQUI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY