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(Halton-Hamilton Source Protection Region, 2010<ref name="example4" />; Cataraqui Source Protection Area, 2022<ref name="example5" />)
(Halton-Hamilton Source Protection Region, 2010<ref name="example4" />; Cataraqui Source Protection Area, 2022<ref name="example5" />)


Vulnerability for source water is simply calculated by:
{{textbox|Vulnerability for source water is simply calculated by:
*Determining the amount of time it takes for water to travel through the "unsaturated zone" above the water table; and,
*Determining the amount of time it takes for water to travel through the "unsaturated zone" above the water table; and,
*Adding that number to the modelled time it takes for groundwater to flow from the water table to the well based on the WHPA zone (EarthFx Incorporated, 2010<ref>EarthFx Incorporated. 2010. WHPA Vulnerability Analysis for the Region of Peel Wellfields, Ontario. Client: Region of Peel Infrastructure Planning. Consultant: Engineering and Construction Group. https://www.earthfx.com/?page_id=2205</ref>).
*Adding that number to the modelled time it takes for groundwater to flow from the water table to the well based on the WHPA zone (EarthFx Incorporated, 2010<ref>EarthFx Incorporated. 2010. WHPA Vulnerability Analysis for the Region of Peel Wellfields, Ontario. Client: Region of Peel Infrastructure Planning. Consultant: Engineering and Construction Group. https://www.earthfx.com/?page_id=2205</ref>).}}


===2) Identify Threats===
===2) Identify Threats===

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