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TimelinesMay 2000 – Walkerton tragedyEarly 2002 – Walkerton Inquiry Reports released 2002 – Ontario passes two laws: The Safe Drinking Water Act and the Sustainable Water and Sewage Systems Act November 2002 – Appointment of Advisory Committee on Watershed-Based Source Protection November 2003 – Two Advisory Committees named: Technical Experts Committee and Implementation Committee January 2004 – Provincial White Paper on Source Water Protection June 2004 – Draft Drinking Water Source Protection Act released for public comment December 2004 – Technical Experts Committee and Implementation Committee Reports submitted December 2005 – Clean Water Act (CWA) introduced with first reading November 2006 – CWA passed July 2007 – First CWA regulations passed August 2007 – Minister of Environment appoints the 19 Source Protection Committee Chairs November 2007 – Source Protection Committees appointed across the province December 17, 2007 – First South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Committee meeting November 2008 – Terms of Reference describing who does what completed – public consultation required June 29, 2009 – Terms of Reference Approved (triggering deadline for the assessment report) June 2010 – Assessment Report due (assessment of risks to drinking water, not how to address) – public consultation on report required 2010 – Fall 2012 – SWP plans due – development of risk reduction strategies (mitigate existing problems) and land use planning policies (prevent new risks) – requires public consultation 2013 ++ – SWP plans to be implemented - primarily through municipal official plans, but province and others also subject to the plans |
