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[[File:Drinking water protection tool.PNG|500px|thumb|Title page of B.C's, Ministry of Health Services, and Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection's [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/air-land-water/water/documents/bc_drinking_water_screening_tool.pdf Drinking Water Source-to-Tap Screening Tool], which is a ste-by-step questionnaire developed for water suppliers to help aid them in identifying risks to their drinking water sources and systems (Photo Source: Ministry of Health Services and Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, 2004<ref> Ministry of Health Services and Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection. 2004. Drinking Water Source-to-Tap Screening Tool. Accessed 6 June 2022. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/air-land-water/water/documents/bc_drinking_water_screening_tool.pdf</ref>)]]
→Site Specific Jurisdictions for SWP
* ('''D''')esignation, the Environment Act in Nova Scotia allows for areas to be created known as Designated Protected Water Areas. this allows a water utility or municipality to properly regulate activities that occur in these protected regions
* ('''D''')esignation, the Environment Act in Nova Scotia allows for areas to be created known as Designated Protected Water Areas. this allows a water utility or municipality to properly regulate activities that occur in these protected regions
* ('''E''')ducation, the committee will work with stakeholders and users in the source water supply area to highlight important piece of information they should know when working in these areas regarding their role in protecting local drinking water and overall water stewardship BMPs.
* ('''E''')ducation, the committee will work with stakeholders and users in the source water supply area to highlight important piece of information they should know when working in these areas regarding their role in protecting local drinking water and overall water stewardship BMPs.
[[File:Drinking water protection tool.PNG|500px|thumb|Title page of B.C's, Ministry of Health Services, and Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection's [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/air-land-water/water/documents/bc_drinking_water_screening_tool.pdf Drinking Water Source-to-Tap Screening Tool], which is a ste-by-step questionnaire developed for water suppliers to help aid them in identifying risks to their drinking water sources and systems (Photo Source: Ministry of Health Services and Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, 2004<ref> Ministry of Health Services and Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection. 2004. Drinking Water Source-to-Tap Screening Tool. Accessed 6 June 2022. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/air-land-water/water/documents/bc_drinking_water_screening_tool.pdf</ref>)]]
Finally, the last step is to create a "Monitoring and Evaluation Plan", which sets up specific prescribed procedures for ongoing monitoring of the area to ensure water quality contaminants are mitigated and a formalized source water protection plan review process is implemented (Government of Nova Scotia, n.d.<ref> Government of Nova Scotia. n.d. Developing a Municipal Source Water Protection Plan. A Guide for Water Utilities and Municipalities. Accessed June 7 2022. https://novascotia.ca/nse/water/docs/WaterProtectionPlanSummary.pdf</ref>). All of this information and more can be found here on [https://novascotia.ca/nse/water/sourcewater.asp Nova Scotia's Environment and Climate Change's Source Water Protection Home Page]
Finally, the last step is to create a "Monitoring and Evaluation Plan", which sets up specific prescribed procedures for ongoing monitoring of the area to ensure water quality contaminants are mitigated and a formalized source water protection plan review process is implemented (Government of Nova Scotia, n.d.<ref> Government of Nova Scotia. n.d. Developing a Municipal Source Water Protection Plan. A Guide for Water Utilities and Municipalities. Accessed June 7 2022. https://novascotia.ca/nse/water/docs/WaterProtectionPlanSummary.pdf</ref>). All of this information and more can be found here on [https://novascotia.ca/nse/water/sourcewater.asp Nova Scotia's Environment and Climate Change's Source Water Protection Home Page]
===British Columbia (BC)===
===British Columbia (BC)===