Best Practices for Source Water Protection Program
Government of Ontario · The Best Practices for Source Water Protection Program provides grants to help Ontario communities develop local source water protection plans that identify wa…
Overview
The Best Practices for Source Water Protection Program provides grants to help Ontario communities develop local source water protection plans that identify water-related risks and protect drinking water sources. Funding targets rural, northern, and Indigenous communities not covered by provincially approved source protection plans under the Clean Water Act, 2006. The program supports plan development activities such as community characterization, vulnerable area mapping, and risk assessment.
Eligibility
Must be from a community not covered by Ontario's source protection planning frameworkEligible applicants include municipalities, incorporated not-for-profit organizations, and Indigenous communities and organizationsCannot be provincial government ministries, federal agencies, unincorporated informal groups, for-profit businesses, or individual private citizensProject must be geographically focused on a single Ontario community not in the provincial source protection planning frameworkEligible projects
Development of a local source water protection action planCommunity characterization and vulnerable area mappingRisk assessment of water-related threatsProjects serving municipal communities, watershed communities, lake communities, or Indigenous communitiesProjects must identify types, sizes and numbers of drinking water systems includedFinancing terms
Grants provided to support plan development activitiesApplicants must register with Transfer Payment Ontario to be eligibleHow to apply
Additional information
Ineligible projects include those in communities already covered by provincially approved source protection plans, those focused exclusively on individual sites or facilities, or those covering multiple communitiesProgram targets rural, northern and Indigenous communities not included in provincially approved source protection plansSee how well this fits your business.
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