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→3) Calculate Threat Level
To calculate your threat level before commencing work there are several steps to take to determine how you can mitigate your impact on the local water supply.
To calculate your threat level before commencing work there are several steps to take to determine how you can mitigate your impact on the local water supply.
# Find out if you are in a "Vulnerable Area" as listed under the Clean 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 Information 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 Clean 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 Protection Information 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).
# 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).