Announcements

7 January 2010
Ontario source protection and releases of pollution to the province's air, water and land

A new report shows that federal pollution data would give valuable additional information to the program created to protect sources of Ontarians' drinking water. The report, released today by the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) and Environmental Defence, tracks and maps pollution from facilities reporting to the federal government’s National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) in Ontario source protection areas and regions. These facilities release large amounts of chemicals to the air and water and the report recommends that these sources of pollution be included in assessing drinking water threats. While water releases may have been considered in most of the source protection regions, air releases have likely not been considered to date.

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17 November 2009
Toronto, 23 November 2009: Water Guardians Network workshop

This will be the last of three 2009 Water Guardians Network workshops. In addition, this will also be the annual meetings of the Water Guardians Network and environmental representatives on source protection committees. There will be presentations on the work underway on assessment reports; the development of source protection plans; and the Canada-Ontario Agreement, the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and their relations to the Clean Water Act, 2006. There will also be forums on water facilitated by the Ontario Environment Network.

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13 August 2009
Coalition Urges Ontarians to Support Development of a World-Class Water Strategy

Today, a coalition of water professionals, university think-tanks, environmental and citizen-based groups called on government to take immediate and aggressive action on water conservation. H2Ontario: A Blueprint for a Comprehensive Water Conservation Strategy outlines a strategy for making Ontario world-leaders in cutting wasteful water practices, and urges Ontarians to support development of a world-class action plan.

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