Ontario Drinking Water Stewardship Program |
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| The Clean Water Act created the Ontario Drinking Water Stewardship Program (ODWSP) to provide funding to landowners, farmers and businesses who undertake projects that help protect sources of municipal drinking water. | ||
| Who's Eligible In order to be considered eligible, landowners, municipalities, or businesses must own a property containing a condition or undertaking an activity that is a significant drinking water threat, or transport pathway, identified in the Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region’s Assessment Report. This will typically include properties located very close to municipal wells (Almonte, Carp, Kemptville, Merrickville, Munster, Richmond, and Westport) or municipal intake pipes (Carleton Place, Perth, Smiths Falls and Lemieux Island in Ottawa). Retroactive applications for work completed after December 1, 2010 may be eligible for funding. |
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| Maps of Eligible Areas | ||
| Map of Completed Projects Completed Projects (2006 to 2010) |
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| Timing Limited funding is available. Applicants are encouraged to make contact as soon as possible. All work must be completed and the claim submitted by December 1, 2012. |
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| What's Eligible | ||
| Projects undertaken must address significant drinking water threats or transport pathways that have been prioritized by the Source Protection Committee. The prioritized significant drinking water threats and transports pathways identified by the Source Protection Committee include: | ||
The Source Protection Committee reserves the right to revise their priority list as new information becomes available. The Risk Management Measure used to address these threats or transport pathways must be present in the Risk Management Measures Catalogue. For examples, please refer to the Early Response Project Examples document. Further information can be found in the Early Response Applicant Guide. For more information or to make an application, please contact:
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