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The [https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06c22 Clean Water Act] (Government of Ontario, 2021)<ref name="example1">Government of Ontario. 2021. Source protection. Environment and Energy - Drinking Water. 13 October 2021. Accessed: 26 May 2022. https://www.ontario.ca/page/source-protection#section-0</ref> requires municipalities to protect their drinking water sources and supplies through prevention by developing collaborative, watershed-based source water protection plans.
The [https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06c22 Clean Water Act] (Government of Ontario, 2021)<ref name="example1">Government of Ontario. 2021. Source protection. Environment and Energy - Drinking Water. 13 October 2021. Accessed: 26 May 2022. https://www.ontario.ca/page/source-protection#section-0</ref> requires municipalities to protect their drinking water sources and supplies through prevention by developing collaborative, watershed-based source water protection plans.
{{textbox|Under the Clean Water Act the legislation describes newly developed source water protection ''areas'' and source water protection ''regions''.
{{textbox|The Clean Water Act defines source water protection ''areas'' and source water protection ''regions'' as follows:
*'''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 (SPA)''': 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}}