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* Specified land use planning policies;
* Specified land use planning policies;
* Prohibition of activities within protection areas or zones that may prove detrimental to drinking water sources; and/or,
* Prohibition of activities within protection areas or zones that may prove detrimental to drinking water sources; and/or,
* Current outreach and education activities (webinars, town meetings, pamphlets, online education hubs) (CTC SPR, 2019)<ref name="example2">Credit Valley-Toronto and Region-Central Lake Ontario (CTC) Source Protection Region (SPR). 2019. Protecting our Drinking Water Sources. Accessed 26 May 2022. https://ctcswp.ca/app/uploads/2019/06/DOC_20190328_Magazine_DigitalSpreads_FNL.pdf</ref>
* Outreach and education activities (webinars, town meetings, pamphlets, online education hubs) (CTC SPR, 2019)<ref name="example2">Credit Valley-Toronto and Region-Central Lake Ontario (CTC) Source Protection Region (SPR). 2019. Protecting our Drinking Water Sources. Accessed 26 May 2022. https://ctcswp.ca/app/uploads/2019/06/DOC_20190328_Magazine_DigitalSpreads_FNL.pdf</ref>
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Under the Clean Water Act, 2006 a total of 19 source protection regions and areas have been established across the province (see map above). Each have their own local multi-stakeholder source protection committee, and have developed 38 watershed-based source protection plans. These plans identify various actions to protect over 450 municipal drinking water systems, servicing 95% of Ontario's population. (Government of Ontario, 2021)<ref name="example1" />.
Under the Clean Water Act, 2006 a total of 19 source protection regions and areas have been established across the province (see map above). Each have their own local multi-stakeholder source protection committee, and have developed 38 watershed-based source protection plans. These plans identify various actions to protect over 450 municipal drinking water systems, servicing 95% of Ontario's population. (Government of Ontario, 2021)<ref name="example1" />.