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ERO-025-1104- Regulatory changes for accelerating and improving protections for Ontario’s drinking water source

Algae bloom.

The government’s proposal places disproportionate weight on “streamlining” and “efficiency,” as though Source Protection Plan (SPP) amendments are administrative bottlenecks rather than critical public safety safeguards. Altering or adding a municipal well or intake is not a technical footnote — it is a major hydrological intervention that alters the behaviour of the entire source watershed or aquifer system.