Additional protections have been applied in the townships of Melancthon, Amaranth and East Garafraxa in Wellington County.
The GRCA source water protection plan came into effect July 1, 2016.
Ontario’s conservation authorities were mandated to develop source water protection plans following a disastrous poisoning of Walkerton’s water supply with E. coli bacteria. Seven people died and more than 2,000 were sickened.
