Changes

# Find out if you are in a "Vulnerable Area" as listed under the lean Water Act, 2006. To do this use the [https://www.gisapplication.lrc.gov.on.ca/SourceWaterProtection/Index.html?viewer=SourceWaterProtection.SWPViewer&locale=en-US Source Water Protection Map Atlas Tool] that shows based on your location vulnerability mapping and scores within already established and mapped source protection areas in your area.

# Find out if you are in a "Vulnerable Area" as listed under the lean Water Act, 2006. To do this use the [https://www.gisapplication.lrc.gov.on.ca/SourceWaterProtection/Index.html?viewer=SourceWaterProtection.SWPViewer&locale=en-US Source Water Protection Map Atlas Tool] that shows based on your location vulnerability mapping and scores within already established and mapped source protection areas in your area.

# If your development site is in a known vulnerable area, look at the threats table provided above in this section and ensure that you are not conducting any of the 22 listed activities as outlined under [https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/070287#:~:text=(1)%20If%20any%20part%20of,287%2F07%2C%20s. Ontario Regulation 287/07 Section 1.1 (1), "Prescribed drinking water threats"].  

# If your development site is in a known vulnerable area, look at the threats table provided above in this section and ensure that you are not conducting any of the 22 listed activities as outlined under [https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/070287#:~:text=(1)%20If%20any%20part%20of,287%2F07%2C%20s. Ontario Regulation 287/07 Section 1.1 (1), "Prescribed drinking water threats"].  

# After referencing the table if you discover that you will (or may) be conducting one or more of the listed activities then continue forward by contacting your local SPR/SPA (their emails and contact information are listed on their associated websites). Your SPR/SPA will be able to determine whether the work you are looking to conduct is deemed either a:

# After referencing the table if you discover that you will (or may) be conducting one or more of the listed activities then continue forward by contacting your local SPR/SPA (their emails and contact information are listed on their associated websites).  

*Low

*Your SPR/SPA will be able to determine whether the work you are looking to conduct is deemed either a:

*Medium

**Low

*High

**Medium

**High

**Significant  

**Significant  

threat for your vulnerable area under their jurisdiction. Your SPR/SPA will have listed policies of which you will legally be required to follow based upon your vulnerability scoring which they will be able to point you to (TRCA, 2018<ref>TRCA. 2018. How Does This Affect Me? CTC Source protection Region. Accessed: 6 June 2022. https://ctcswp.ca/protecting-our-water/what-does-this-mean-for-me/</ref>; MECP, 2022<ref>Ministry of Environment Conservation and Parks (MECP). 2022. Best practices for source water protection - Drinking Water. Last Updated: 3 May, 2022. Accessed June 3 2022. https://www.ontario.ca/document/best-practices-source-water-protection#section-2</ref>

threat for your vulnerable area under their jurisdiction. Your SPR/SPA will have listed policies of which you will legally be required to follow based upon your vulnerability scoring which they will be able to point you to (TRCA, 2018<ref>TRCA. 2018. How Does This Affect Me? CTC Source protection Region. Accessed: 6 June 2022. https://ctcswp.ca/protecting-our-water/what-does-this-mean-for-me/</ref>; MECP, 2022<ref>Ministry of Environment Conservation and Parks (MECP). 2022. Best practices for source water protection - Drinking Water. Last Updated: 3 May, 2022. Accessed June 3 2022. https://www.ontario.ca/document/best-practices-source-water-protection#section-2</ref>