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Cataraqui Source Protection Area Updates, Initiatives, and Implementation Progress

Municipal Working Group Info Session March 29, 2019

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Outline

• Session Overview
• Source Protection – 2018 in

Review

• Program Updates
• Implementation Reporting

Summary

• 2019 Initiatives
• Discussion / Wrap-Up

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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

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Program Timeline

Assessment Report (2011)

• Vulnerable areas and scores delineated
• Significant drinking water threats identified

Source Protection Plan (April 1, 2015)

• Policies created to address drinking water threats and
• utlining implementer timelines and responsibilities

Policy Implementation (2015 – Present)

• All partners implement the policies within the plan
• Annual progress reports to be submitted

Update of DWSP Documents (2018)

• Submission of the CSPA workplan to MOECC for

consideration and approval

We Are Here

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Cataraqui Source Protection Area

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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

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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

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Source Protection Background

• Who is involved in the CSPA?

– Source Protection Committee (16 members) – Ontario Ministries

• MOECC
• OMAFRA
• MTO
• MCGS-TSSA
• MNRF

– 12 Municipalities – 3 Counties – 2 Health Units – CRCA / CSPA

Municipality / County Representatives RMOs

Athens Darlene Noonan Brockville Peter Raabe Cambium Inc. Elizabethtown-Kitley Barbara Kalivas / Yvonne Robert Cambium Inc. Frontenac County Joe Gallivan Frontenac Islands Darlene Plumley Front of Yonge Jennifer Ault Marvin Winter Gananoque Brenda Guy Matthew Linton Greater Napanee Kristie Kelly Kingston Brodie Richmond / Greg Newman Cambium Inc. Leeds and the Thousand Islands Adam Goheen / Albert Paschkowiak Malroz Engineering L&A County Stephen Paul Loyalist Sarah Doherty Rideau Lakes Malcolm Norwood / Brittany Mulhern South Frontenac Claire Dodds Cambium Inc. UCLG Andy Brown

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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 Central IPZ No Loyalist Township Bath IPZ Fairfield IPZ No Greater Napanee A.L. Dafoe IPZ Sandhurst Shores IPZ No

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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

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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

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Reporting Requirements

Reporting Year Municipalities (%) Risk Management Office (%) Public Health Units (%) Ontario Ministries (%) 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

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State of Progress

Status SDWT Policies (65 total) Non-SDWT Policies (16 total) Non-DWT Policies (63 total) Complete 74% 100% 35% Policy outcome(s) evaluated; no further action(s) required 11% 0% 38% In Progress 11% 0% 21% Not Implemented 3% 0% 5% No Information 0% 0% 2% No Response Required (N/A) 0% 0% 0%

85% SDWT Legally-binding policies have been implemented

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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 United Counties of Leeds & Grenville 79% S – Satisfactory

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Municipal Reporting Results

Category Percent Complete Score Restricted Land Uses 100% P – Progressing Well Prohibitions 100% P – Progressing Well Land Use Planning 100% P – Progressing Well Education & Outreach 50% L – Limited Progress Source Protection Resources 75% P – Progressing Well Transport Pathway Notification 80% S – Satisfactory Operations 75% S – Satisfactory

Areas of improvement: Education & outreach, transport pathway notification 83% of municipalities incorporating SWP into business practices

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Municipal Planning Documents

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 Elizabethtown-Kitley Implemented (2018) In Progress Township of Front of Yonge Implemented (2018) Implemented (2018) Township of South Frontenac In Progress In Progress Township of Leeds & the Thousand Islands Implemented (2018) Implemented (2018)

Official Plans and Zoning By-Laws – DWSP Integration

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Septic Re-inspections

Vulnerable Area

• No. of

Inspections Required

• No. of

Inspections Completed

• No. Left for

Inspection Cana WHPA 3 3 – 100% Lansdowne WHPA 4 3 – 75% 1 Miller Manor WHPA 17 17 – 100% Total 24 23 1

92% of on-site septic re-inspection have been completed

• 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

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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)

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SDWTs - Results

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

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Ministry Results - Policies

Implementing Body Policy Completion

Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)

85%

Ministry of Municipal Affairs (MMA)

33%

Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (MGCS)

67%

Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP)

100%

Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF)

100%

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

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Road Signs

Year No. Provincial Signs Installed No. Municipal Signs Installed

• No. Signs

at Other Locations Total 2015 2016 8 8 2017 2 2 4 2018 2 4 6 2019 (4) (4) Provincial Municipal Signs for SDWT areas 2 18 Signs as per local policy 10 TOTAL 12 18

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Water Quality Monitoring - Results

Location Parameter of Concern (2011) Parameter of Concern (2018) Brockville Escherichia coli (E. coli) None (E.coli) Fairfield (Amherstview) Total coliform None Bath Organic nitrogen and E.coli None (Total coliform and E.coli) Cana (well supply) Sodium, chloride, total coliform, and E.coli None Miller Manor (well supply) Sodium, chloride, nitrate, E.coli, and total coliform None All Water Treatment Plants are testing as per provincial and local policy

• requirements. None have post-treatment concerns.

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State of Progress

• Implementation progress in the CSPA for 2018-2019 is

scored as:

SATISFACTORY

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Room for Improvement

1. Transport Pathways

• notification method
• alternative approaches

2. Non-binding Policy Consideration 3. Education / Communication Material

• website material
• road sign communication
• resource links

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2019 Project Initiatives

❑ Cataraqui SPA Member Orientation ❑ Municipal Check-In Meetings

• Data Sharing Agreements

❑ Council Presentations

• Town of Greater Napanee and City of Kingston

❑ Source Protection Committee Membership Renewal ❑ Communications / E&O Strategy

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2019 Project Initiatives

❑ 2019-2020 Workplan / Financial Negotiation ❑ Risk Management Efforts – Inspection Timelines ❑ Non-binding Policy Completion / Rationale ❑ SDWA Notice Procedure ❑ CSPP Workplan Initiation

• Policy Review / Updates / Consultation
• Review Items (e.g., above-grade fuel tanks, vulnerability

scores, transport pathway mapping, climate change etc.)

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Communication Material

Municipal/Council Primer Real Estate Social Media Graphics

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E&O Material

• Info banners
• Local video (in

development)

• “What’s

Happening in the CSPA” web updates

• Wells/Septic

Workshop (summer)

Katrina Furlanetto Manager, Watershed Planning & Engineering kfurlanetto@crca.ca 613-546-4228 ext. 248

More Information

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