Impact Through Understanding

Source Water Protection Strategies for Municipal Stakeholders

SESSION 1: Thursday, April 2, 2009
Nottawasaga Inn Resort, Alliston

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (optional lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.)

Existing Tools for Dealing with Land Use Planning

• Review existing planning tools for water resource management
• Evaluate land use applications through case study discussion
• Identify Clean Water Act implications

Judi Brouse, Director of Watershed Programs, The District Municipality of Muskoka

Source Protection 101

• Understand source water protection terms
• Learn background, history and origin of source water protection
• Distinguish source water protection facts from myths
• Understand the impact on municipalities

Lynn Dollin, Councillor, Town of Innisfil and Chair, Source Protection Committee

Current Financial Incentives

• Identify existing financial incentives for businesses and landowners
• Gain tips for making successful applications under the incentive programs
• Learn about programs to assist constituents in vulnerable areas

Shannon Stephens, Healthy Waters Program Coordinator, Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority

SESSION 2: Friday, May 29, 2009
Brooklea Golf and Country Club, Midland

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (optional lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.)

Source Protection 201: The Four Vulnerable Areas

• Understand the four areas and their specific vulnerabilities
• Identify source water protection needs for each of the four vulnerable areas
• Gain strategies for immediate application to protect these areas

Ryan Post, Hydrogeologist/Source Water Protection Coordinator, Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority

Communication Within Your Municipality and With the Public

• Learn best practices to communicate about source water protection with colleagues
• Gain strategies for increasing public engagement with source water protection
• Begin to determine a communication action plan for these two stakeholder groups

Susan Jagminas, Communications Specialist, Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority

Public Health 101

• Understand role, mandate and legislative authority of Public Health
• Gain strategies for collaborating with Public Health on education/promotion issues
• Learn which water quality issues may increase Public Health involvement

Fred Ruf, Principal Consultant, Outsourcing Services, and Source Protection Committee Member
Larry Slomka, Public Health Consultant and Source Protection Committee Member

SESSION 3: Thursday, September 17, 2009
Casino Rama, Rama

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (optional lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.)

Enforcement & Monitoring

• Generate creative approaches for handling new enforcement conditions
• Identify potential impact of current and future land use planning on enforcement and monitoring
• Clarify municipal enforcement and monitoring roles in the Source Protection Plan

Moderator:
David Ketcheson, Senior Environmental Engineer, Azimuth Environmental Consulting and Source Protection Committee Member

Discussion Panel:
Source Protection Committee Members - Stan Wells, Councillor, Town of Wasaga Beach; Clayton Cameron, Director of Public Works, Severn Township; David Marquis, Councillor, Township of Brock

Water Budgets

• Understand key terms related to water budgets
• Identify components of a water budget analysis
• Understand the link between water budgets and evaluating Land Use proposals
• Learn which water supplies are stressed / Learn whether your water supply is at risk (Don to refine wording)

Don Goodyear, Manager, Source Protection Planning, South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Region

Source Water Protection and Emergency Response

• Learn key aspects to incorporating water protection into emergency plans
• See initial maps of vulnerable areas

Dan Allaire, Communications Specialist, Raisin-South Nation Source Protection Region

SESSION 4: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Cardinal Golf and Country Club, Newmarket

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (optional lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.)

Opening Plenary: Where Are We Now?

• Gain insight into 2009 progress towards source water protection goals
• Benchmark your municipality’s progress against these results
• Learn about upcoming goals and action items

Lynn Dollin, Councillor, Town of Innisfil and Chair, Source Protection Committee

An Overview of the Source Protection Plan

• Gain a brief overview of the assessment report
• Learn about policy development process being initiated
• Prepare for upcoming stakeholder consultations
• See initial maps of vulnerable areas
• Learn about next steps in preparing the Plan

Stan Wells, Councillor, Town of Wasaga Beach, and Source Protection Committee Member
Ilmar Simanovskis, Director of Public Works, Town of Aurora

Existing Risks to Water Supply

• Identify immediate and potential future threats to water supplies within their municipality
• Prioritize risks to address in advance of the Source Protection Plan
• Gain strategies for mitigating identified risks

Larry Slomka, Public Health Consultant, and Source Protection Committee Member
David Ketcheson, Senior Environmental Engineer, Azimuth Environmental Consulting and Source Protection Committee Member

Closing Plenary: What's This Going to Cost Me?

• Gain ideas of various risk strategy costs
• Begin to assess their municipal resources against known Source Protection Plan costs
• Identify areas where additional resources (money, people) may be required
• Identify various available funding grants
• Clarify funding responsibilities of the Province, Municipality and Conservation Authorities

Lynn Dollin, Councillor, Town of Innisfil, and Chair, Source Protection Committee
David Marquis, Councillor, Township of Brock and Source Protection Committee Member