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# '''WHPA-C''' – the zone through which it takes groundwater to travel between five and two years
# '''WHPA-C''' – the zone through which it takes groundwater to travel between five and two years
# '''WHPA-D''' – the zone through which it takes groundwater to travel between 25 and five years
# '''WHPA-D''' – the zone through which it takes groundwater to travel between 25 and five years
# '''WHPA-E''' – the area on ground surface through which surface water flows in two hours to a point close to the well. This wellhead protection area is only delineated when studies have shown that surface water can relatively easily seep through the soil and impact the quality of the water at the well. This situation is known as groundwater under the direct influence of surface water, or a GUDI well<br>(Halton-Hamilton Source Protection Region, 2010<ref>Halton-Hamilton Source Protection Region. 2010. Wellhead Protection Areas (WHPAs). Planning Process - Vulnerable Areas. Accessed 02 June 2022. http://protectingwater.ca/planning.cfm?smocid=1440&parentcatid=841#:~:text=A%20wellhead%20protection%20area%20(WHPA,both%20domestic%20and%20municipals%20wells.</ref>CTC SPR, 2019)<ref name="example2" />)}}
# '''WHPA-E''' – the area on ground surface through which surface water flows in two hours to a point close to the well. This wellhead protection area is only delineated when studies have shown that surface water can relatively easily seep through the soil and impact the quality of the water at the well. This situation is known as groundwater under the direct influence of surface water, or a GUDI well<br>(Halton-Hamilton Source Protection Region, 2010;<ref>Halton-Hamilton Source Protection Region. 2010. Wellhead Protection Areas (WHPAs). Planning Process - Vulnerable Areas. Accessed 02 June 2022. http://protectingwater.ca/planning.cfm?smocid=1440&parentcatid=841#:~:text=A%20wellhead%20protection%20area%20(WHPA,both%20domestic%20and%20municipals%20wells.</ref>CTC SPR, 2019<ref name="example2" />)}}


====Intake Protection Zones (IPZs)====
====Intake Protection Zones (IPZs)====

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