Schedule 1 Committee of Whole Item CCW 15-112 1 of 6 Introduction (a) The South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Plan (SPP) has been developed to protect existing and future supplies of municipal drinking water. The SPP identifies Intake Protections Zones (IPZ), Well Head Protection Areas (WHPA), Highly Vulnerable Aquifers (HVA), and Significant Groundwater Recharge Areas (SGRA) as areas where threats to drinking water could impact drinking water sources. Vulnerable Areas include the following: Well Head Protection Area A (WHPA-A): 100 metre radius surrounding a municipal well Well Head Protection Area B (WHPA-B): Two (2) year travel time for water to enter a municipal well. Well Head Protection Area C (WHPA-C): Ten (10) year travel time for water to enter a municipal well. Well Head Protection Area D (WHPA-D): Twenty-five (25) year travel time for water to enter a municipal well. Well Head Protection Area E (WHPA-E): The vulnerable are for groundwater supplies which are under the direct influence of ground water. The area is calculated on a two hour travel time for surface water to the municipal well. Well Head Protection Area Q1 (WHPA-Q1): The cone of influence around a municipal well. The cone of influence is estimated by calculating the level of drawdown in an aquifer under existing land use and future pumping rates. Well Head Protection Area Q2 (WHPA-Q2): Is the WHPA-Q1 and any area where a future reduction in recharge would significantly impact that area. Intake Protection Zone 1 (IPZ-1): One (1) kilometre circle around the water intake. Intake Protection Zone 2 (IPZ-2): Two (2) hours of travel time for water to reach the water intake. Intake Protection Zone 3 (IPZ-3): An area where uses and activities away from the intake may have an impact on water quality. Highly Vulnerable Aquifers (HVA): An aquifer used as a water supply and is susceptible to contamination due to the proximity to the surface or from the type of materials found surrounding the aquifer. Significant Groundwater Recharge Areas (SGRA): Areas that are characterized by soils that allow water to easily penetrate into the ground and flow to an aquifer and assist in maintaining the water level of an aquifer. In accordance with Section 40 of the Clean Water Act, 2006, municipalities are required to include source protection policies in their official plans to ensure that official plans conform to the significant threat policies of the SPP. In addition, Section 39 of the Clean Water Act, 2006 requires that all 1
Schedule 1 Committee of Whole Item CCW 15-112 2 of 6 decisions under the Planning Act and Condominium Act, made by Council, must conform to the significant threat policies as set out in the SPP that is in effect as of July 1 st, 2015. 1) The effective date of the South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Plan (SPP) is July 1 st 2015 and the policies of the SPP apply to all lands within the SPP Region. 2) The County supports the protection of drinking water and the implementation of the SPP through the development of County Official Plan policies and local municipal Official Plan policies and mapping. 3) The County supports the protection of drinking water and the implementation of the SPP through the use of local regulatory tools such as zoning bylaws and Site Plan Control. 4) The local municipal Risk Management Official shall be responsible for determining when an existing or future use or activity is, or may be, a significant drinking water threat. Transition (a) In accordance with the Source Protection Plan, future threat activities that are prohibited will be treated and managed as existing threat activities even though those activities or uses will commence after the Source Protection Plan comes into effect only where: 1) A drinking water threat activity that is related to a development proposal where a complete application was made under the Planning Act or Condominium Act prior to the day the Source Protection Plan comes into effect. This policy also applies to any further applications required under the Planning Act, Condominium Act, or prescribed instruments to implement the development proposal. Sewage (a) Where services and capacity exist, local municipalities are encouraged to consider enacting bylaws to require mandatory connection to existing municipal sewage systems in vulnerable areas where the individual on-site sewage system is a significant drinking water threat. Road Salt (a) Where road salt is applied by the County on County Roads, the County will comply with all current standards and best practices to ensure the application of road salt ceases to be or does not become a significant drinking water threat. Facilities where road salt or snow is stored will be managed to avoid a significant drinking water threat. The development of new road salt, or snow storage facility/areas are not permitted where they will pose a significant threat to drinking water. 2
Schedule 1 Committee of Whole Item CCW 15-112 3 of 6 Within any WHPA, where a new salt or snow storage facility/areas is proposed, and is not considered a significant threat to drinking water, a risk management plan will be required. Snow Handling and Storage (a) A risk management plan shall be completed for all existing snow storage facilities when they are identified as a significant drinking water threat. New snow storage facilities are not permitted where they would be a significant drinking water threat. Except in emergency situations as determined by a Risk Management Official and the Director of Transportation and Engineering, emergency snow storage may be permitted in wellhead protection areas (WHPA), with the exception of a WHPA-A. An activity that takes water from an aquifer or a surface water body without returning the water taken to the same aquifer or surface water body (a) Where an application for an Official Plan Amendment is submitted to permit a land use that requires the removal of water from an aquifer without returning the water to the same aquifer that is either at a significant or moderate threat, all of the following, at a minimum, must be demonstrated: a) The taking of water would not cause draw down impacts beyond a safe level and preclude any local municipality from maintaining their well(s) above a safe level of drawdown under the scenarios tested in the Tier 3 Risk Assessment as part of the Source Protection Plan. b) A management plan has been prepared to the satisfaction of the local municipality s Risk Management Officer. c) It has been demonstrated that the increased water removal is sustainable as determined by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) in accordance with the Source Protection Plan and Ontario Water Resources Act. d) That the increased water removal is sustainable as determined by the MOECC in accordance with the Source Protection Plan and Ontario Water Resources Act. Land Use Planning (a) The following future uses and activities are prohibited in accordance with Section 57 and Section 59 of the Clean Water Act, where they are or would be a significant threat to drinking water as determined by a Risk Management Official, or another professional duly qualified through the Clean Water Act: 3
Schedule 1 Committee of Whole Item CCW 15-112 4 of 6 1. Any waste disposal sites, including transfer sites, within the meaning of Part V of the Environmental Protection Act (excluding storage of wastes described in clauses (p), (q), (r), (s), (t), or (u) of the definition of hazardous waste (O.Reg 347) and storage of hazardous or liquid industrial waste). (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) The design of new stormwater management facilities shall minimize the risk of contaminating drinking water, and direct the discharge of stormwater to lands outside of vulnerable areas, if possible. Where a development proposal includes stormwater management facilities, a Master Environmental Servicing Plan shall be required as part of a complete application. (Master Environmental Servicing Plan added to list of Supporting Studies 4.11.15). New private communal or municipal sewage system infrastructure should be located outside of vulnerable areas where it would be a significant drinking water threat, as determined by the Risk Management Official. Where a development proposal includes new private communal or municipal sewage system infrastructure, a Master Environmental Servicing Plan shall be required as part of a complete application. In the area where a future individual on-site sewage system would be a significant drinking water threat, new development including lot creation, based on an individual on-site sewage system may be permitted, only where the lot size for the proposed development is based on the most current version of MOECC s guidelines for individual on-site servicing. Lots of record that exist on the effective date of the Source Protection Plan, or lots that have been increase in size, are exempted. New individual on-site sewage systems shall not be permitted within a WHPA-A except where permitted under the source protection transition policies set out in this Plan or in the Source Protection Plan. New major development (excluding single detached residential, barns and non-commercial structures that are accessory to an agricultural operation) in a WHPA-Q2 where the activity would be a significant drinking water threat, are only permitted where it can be demonstrated through the submission of a hydrogeological study that the existing water balance can be maintained through the use of best management practices such as low impact development. Where necessary, implementation and maximization of off-site recharge enhancement within the same WHPA-Q2 area (as identified by the Source Protection Plan or local municipal Official Plan) to compensate for any predicted loss of recharge from the development shall occur. The use of best management practices such as low impact development to maintain predevelopment recharge rates for non-major developments or site alterations in a WHPA-Q2 (as identified in the Source Protection Plan or local municipal Official Plan) assigned a moderate risk level, will be implemented where the activity would be a significant drinking water threat as determined by the Risk Management Official. When considering Settlement Area expansions within a WHPA-Q2, the County will require that water supply servicing constraints be examined to ensure that future expansions do not become a significant threat to drinking water or reduce the recharge of an aquifer. 4
Schedule 1 Committee of Whole Item CCW 15-112 5 of 6 Education Policies (a) The County may assist the Source Protection Authority, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and local municipalities in their endeavours to provide source protection education within vulnerable areas where the activity would be a significant drinking water threat with those engaged in applying, handling or storing of: agricultural source material non-agricultural source material commercial fertilizer pesticides; fuel dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs); organic solvents within vulnerable areas where the activity would be a significant drinking water threat; road salts; snow storage; or those using the land for livestock grazing, pasturing, outdoor confinement or farm-animal yard. (c) The County may assist the Source Protection Authority, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and local municipalities in their endeavours to provide source protection education in vulnerable areas where the activity would be a significant drinking water threat with those engaged in the establishment, operation or maintenance of: A system that collects, stores or transmits, treats or disposes of sewage; or, A waste disposal site within the meaning of Part V of the Environmental Protection Act. The County will, in collaboration with the Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Source Protection Authorities and local municipalities, purchase, install and maintain signs that identify source water vulnerable areas. These signs should be placed at a minimum where arterial roads are located within a wellhead protection area with a vulnerability score of 10 and/or within a WHPA-E with a minimum vulnerability score of 8 in accordance with the Source Protection Plan. Monitoring (a) By February 1st of each year, the County will report to the Source Protection Authority on steps taken in the previous calendar year to implement the Source Protection Plan. Studies (a) Add Master Environmental Servicing Plan to the list of studies required. Local Municipal Official Plans (a) Local municipalities shall include policies in their official plans and regulations in their zoning bylaws to implement the policies of the South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Plan in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Water Act. 5
Schedule 1 Committee of Whole Item CCW 15-112 6 of 6 Local municipalities shall identify Wellhead Protection Areas (WHPA) and Intake Protection Zones (IPZ) and may identify Highly Vulnerable Aquifers (HVA) and Significant Groundwater Recharge Areas (SGRA) in their official plan and zoning bylaw mapping. 6