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{{textbox|Under the Clean Water Act the legislation describes newly developed source water protection ''areas'' and source water protection ''regions''.
{{textbox|Under the Clean Water Act the legislation describes newly developed source water protection ''areas'' and source water protection ''regions''.
*'''Source Protection Region (SPR)''': Encompass one or more source protection areas (ex. Credit Valley-Toronto and Region-Central Lake or simply the CTC Region).
*'''Source Protection Region (SPR)''': Encompass one or more source protection areas (ex. Credit Valley-Toronto and Region-Central Lake or simply the CTC Region).
*'''Source Protection Area''': Smaller geographic areas generally based on the watershed boundaries of Ontario's 36 Conservation Authorities}}
*'''Source Protection Area (SPA)''': Smaller geographic areas generally based on the watershed boundaries of Ontario's 36 Conservation Authorities}}
Under the Clean Water Act local multi-stakeholder source protection committees were developed for each region. Each committee is comprised on the region's leading researchers, professionals and technical personnel that help identify significant current and potential future threats to their local municipal drinking water sources. Their job is to regularly meet and develop preventative plans to address identified and theorized threats (Lake Erie Source Protection Region, 2022)<ref>Lake Erie Source Protection Region. 2022. The Clean Water Act. Accessed 26 May 2022. https://www.sourcewater.ca/en/how-it-works/The-Clean-Water-Act.aspx</ref>
Under the Clean Water Act local multi-stakeholder source protection committees were developed for each region. Each committee is comprised on the region's leading researchers, professionals and technical personnel that help identify significant current and potential future threats to their local municipal drinking water sources. Their job is to regularly meet and develop preventative plans to address identified and theorized threats (Lake Erie Source Protection Region, 2022)<ref>Lake Erie Source Protection Region. 2022. The Clean Water Act. Accessed 26 May 2022. https://www.sourcewater.ca/en/how-it-works/The-Clean-Water-Act.aspx</ref>
# [http://protectingwater.ca/index.cfm Halton-Hamilton Source Protection Region]
# [http://protectingwater.ca/index.cfm Halton-Hamilton Source Protection Region]
# [http://www.sourceprotection.net/ Lakehead Source Protection Area]
# [http://www.sourceprotection.net/ Lakehead Source Protection Area]
# [http://www.dwsp.ca/source-protection-plan/ Mattagami Region Source Protection Area]
# [https://www.mrsourcewater.ca/en/ Mississippi-Rideau Source protection Region]
# [http://www.sourceprotection-niagara.ca/ Niagara Peninsula Source Protection Area]
# [http://www.actforcleanwater.ca/ North Bay-Mattawa Source Protection Area]
# [https://www.quinteconservation.ca/en/watershed-management/source-protection-committee.aspx Quinte Region Source Protection Area]
# [https://yourdrinkingwater.ca/page.php?id=44 Raisin-South Nation Source Protection Region]
# [http://home.waterprotection.ca/ Saugeen, Grey Sauble, Northern Bruce Peninsula Source Protection Region]
# [https://ssmrca.ca/source-water-protection/about-source-water-protection/source-protection-area/ Sault Ste. Marie Region Source Protection Area]
# [https://ourwatershed.ca/resources/reports-and-plans/source-protection-plan/ South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Region]
# [https://sourcewatersudbury.ca/en/ Greater Sudbury Source Protection Area]
# [https://www.sourcewaterprotection.on.ca/ Thames-Sydenham Source Protection Region]
# [https://trentsourceprotection.on.ca/the-basics/what-is-the-trent-conservation-coalition-source-protection-region Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Region]
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==Planning Considerations==
==Planning Considerations==