EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Cover Page
Executive Summary
Preface
Glossary
CHAPTERS
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region
Chapter 3: Water Budget
Chapter 4: Drinking Water Quality Threats and Issues Approach
Chapter 5: Groundwater Sources
Chapter 6: Surface Water Sources
Chapter 7: Climate Change
Chapter 8: Data Gaps and Future Work
Chapter 9: Findings and Considerations
TABLES
Chapter 2 Tables
Chapter 3 Tables
Chapter 4 Tables
Chapter 5 Tables
Chapter 6 Tables
Chapter 7 Tables
Chapter 9 Tables
FIGURES
Chapter 2
Figure 2-1: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region
Figure 2-2: Source Protection Areas and Regions in Eastern Ontario
Figure 2-3: Ottawa St. Lawrence Lowland Basin
Figure 2-4: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Bedrock Geology
Figure 2-5: Regional Geologic Cross-Sections (A, B, C)
Figure 2-6: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Overburden Thickness
Figure 2-7: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Ground Surface Topography
Figure 2-8: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Physiographic Regions
Figure 2-9: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Land Cover
Figure 2-10: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Wetlands
Figure 2-11: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Aquatic Invertebrates Monitoring Locations
Figure 2-12: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Surface Water Quality Monitoring Locations
Figure 2-13: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Surface Water Quality, Chloride - Average Concentration
Figure 2-14: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Surface Water Quality, TKN - Average Concentration
Figure 2-15: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Surface Water Quality, Total Phosphorous - Average Concentration
Figure 2-16: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Groundwater Quality - Ammonia Concentrations
Figure 2-17: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Groundwater Quality - Chloride Concentrations
Figure 2-18: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Groundwater Quality - Nitrate Concentrations
Figure 2-19: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Settlement Areas
Figure 2-20: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Population Distribution
Figure 2-21: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Population Density
Figure 2-22: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Municipal Drinking Water Supply Systems
Figure 2-23: Northern Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Water Service Areas
Figure 2-24: Southern Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Water Service Areas
Figure 2-25: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Communal and Designated Facility Well Locations
Figure 2-26: Ottawa River Watershed and the Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region
Chapter 3
Figure 3-1: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Watersheds and Subwatersheds
Figure 3-2: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Average Annual Precipitation
Figure 3-3: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Average Annual Temperature
Figure 3-4: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Provincial Land Cover
Figure 3-5: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Surficial Geology
Figure 3-6: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Ground Surface Topography
Figure 3-7: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Surface Water Control Structures and Flow Gauges
Figure 3-8: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Overburden Thickness
Figure 3-9: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Bedrock Geology
Figure 3-10: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Water Supply Aquifer
Figure 3-11: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Potential Groundwater Recharge/Discharge Areas
Figure 3-12: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Annual Shallow Groundwater Elevations
Figure 3-13: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Annual Deep Groundwater Elevations
Figure 3-14: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Tier 1 Subwatersheds
Figure 3-15: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Tier 1 Subwatersheds Stress Levels for Groundwater
Figure 3-16: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Tier 1 Subwatersheds Stress Levels for Surface Water
Figure 3-17: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Tier 1 Subwatersheds Moderate Stresses
Chapter 5
Figure 5-1a: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - MOE Intrinsic Susceptibility Index for Individual Wells (1st Aquifer)
Figure 5-1b: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Generalized Overburden Geology
Figure 5-1c: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Aquifer Vulnerability (1st Aquifer)
Figure 5-1d: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Highly Vulnerable Aquifers (HVAs)
Figure 5-1e: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - HVA Vulnerability Scoring
Figure 5-1f: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - HVA Impervious Surfaces
Figure 5-2a: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region -Non-Municipal Drinking Water Issues
Figure 5-2b: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region -Non-Municipal Drinking Water Issue Contributing Areas
Figure 5-3a: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Preliminary Significant Groundwater Recharge Areas (SGRA)
Figure 5-3b: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Significant Groundwater Recharge Areas (SGRA) > 25 hectares
Figure 5-3c: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Final Significant Groundwater Recharge Areas (SGRA)
Figure 5-3d: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - SGRA Vulnerability Scoring
Figure 5-3e: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - SGRA Impervious Surfaces
Figure 5-4: Theoretical Aquifer Cross-Section
Figure 5-5a: Location of Almonte Municipal Groundwater Supply Wells
Figure 5-5b: Almonte Conceptual Hydrogeological Cross-Section
Figure 5-5c: Almonte Wellhead Protection Areas
Figure 5-5d: Almonte Wellhead Protection Areas - Uncertainty
Figure 5-5e: Almonte Wellhead Protection Areas - Vulnerability
Figure 5-5f: Almonte Wellhead Protection Areas - Vulnerability Scoring
Figure 5-5g: Almonte Wellhead Protection Areas - Vulnerability Scoring Close Up
Figure 5-5h: Almonte Wellhead Protection Area - Managed Lands and Livestock Density
Figure 5-5i: Almonte Wellhead Protection Areas - Impervious Surfaces
Figure 5-5j: Almonte Wellhead Protection Areas - Areas of Potential Significant Threats
Figure 5-6a: Location of Carp Municipal Groundwater Supply Wells
Figure 5-6b: Carp Conceptual Hydrogeological Cross-Section
Figure 5-6c: Carp Wellhead Protection Area
Figure 5-6d: Carp Wellhead Protection Area - Uncertainty
Figure 5-6e: Carp Wellhead Protection Area - Vulnerability
Figure 5-6f: Carp Wellhead Protection Area - Vulnerability Scoring
Figure 5-6g: Carp Wellhead Protection Area - Vulnerability Scoring Close Up
Figure 5-6h: Carp Wellhead Protection Area - Managed Lands and Livestock Density
Figure 5-6i: Carp Wellhead Protection Area - Impervious Surfaces
Figure 5-6j: Carp Wellhead Protection Area - Areas of Potential Significant Threats
Figure 5-8: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - All Wellhead Protection Areas
Figure 5-9: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - All Wellhead Protection Areas with Vulnerability Scores of 8 - 10
Chapter 6
Figure 6-1a: Location of Carleton Place Municipal Surface Water Supply Intake
Figure 6-1b: Carleton Place Intake and Upstream Areas
Figure 6-1c: Carleton Place IPZ-1 and IPZ-2 Components
Figure 6-1d: Carleton Place IPZ-1 and IPZ-2 Delineation
Figure 6-1e: Carleton Place IPZ-3 Delineation
Figure 6-1f: Carleton Place Vulnerability Scoring - Closest to Intake
Figure 6-1g: Carleton Place Vulnerability Scoring - Full Extent
Figure 6-1h: Carleton Place Intake Protection Zones - Managed Lands and Livestock Density
Figure 6-1i: Carleton Place Intake Protection Zones - Impervious Surfaces
Figure 6-1j: Carleton Place Intake Protection Zones - Areas of Potential Significant Threats
Figure 6-2a: Location of Ottawa Municipal Surface Water Supply Intake
Figure 6-2b: Ottawa Intakes and Upstream Areas
Figure 6-2c: Ottawa (Britannia) IPZ-1 and IPZ-2 Components
Figure 6-2d: Ottawa (Britannia) IPZ-1 and IPZ-2 Delineation
Figure 6-2e: Ottawa (Britannia) IPZ-1 and IPZ-2 Delineation Including Quebec
Figure 6-2f: Ottawa (Britannia) IPZ-3 Delineation - Closest to Intake
Figure 6-2g: Ottawa (Britannia) IPZ-3 Delineation - Full Extent
Figure 6-2h: Location of AECL Chalk River Laboratory
Figure 6-2i: Ottawa (Britannia) Vulnerability Scoring - Closest to Intake
Figure 6-2j: Ottawa (Britannia) Vulnerability Scoring - Full Extent
Figure 6-2k: Ottawa (Britannia) Intake Protection Zones - Managed Lands and Livestock Density
Figure 6-2l: Ottawa (Britannia) Intake Protection Zones - Impervious Surfaces
Figure 6-2m: Ottawa (Britannia) Intake Protection Zones - Areas of Potential Significant Threats
Figure 6-3a: Ottawa (Lemieux Island) IPZ-1 and IPZ-2 Components
Figure 6-3b: Ottawa (Lemieux Island) IPZ-1 and IPZ-2 Delineation
Figure 6-3c: Ottawa (Lemieux Island) IPZ-1 and IPZ-2 Delineation Including Quebec
Figure 6-3d: Ottawa (Lemieux Island) IPZ-3 Delineation - Closest to Inake
Figure 6-3e: Ottawa (Lemieux Island) IPZ-3 Delineation - Full Extent
Figure 6-3f: Location of AECL Chalk River Laboratory
Figure 6-3g: Ottawa (Lemieux Island) Vulnerability Scoring - Closest to Intake
Figure 6-3h: Ottawa (Lemieux Island) Vulnerability Scoring - Full Extent
Figure 6-3i: Ottawa (Lemieux Island) Intake Protection Zones - Managed Lands and Livestock Density
Figure 6-3j: Ottawa (Lemieux Island) Intake Protection Zones - Impervious Surfaces
Figure 6-3k: Ottawa (Lemieux Island) Intake Protection Zones - Areas of Potential Significant Threats
Figure 6-4: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - All Intake Protection Zones
Figure 6-5: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - All Intake Protection Zones with Vulnerability Scores of 8 - 10
Chapter 9
Figure 9-1: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Highly Vulnerable Aquifers
Figure 9-2: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - Significant Groundwater Recharge Areas
Figure 9-3: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - All Wellhead Protection Areas
Figure 9-4: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - All Intake Protection Zones
Figure 9-5: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - All Wellhead Protection Areas and Intake Protection Zones
Figure 9-6: Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region - All Vulnerable Areas with Scores of 8 - 10
Figure 9-7: Source Water Protection Areas and Regions in Eastern Ontario
APPENDICES
Appendix A-1
Chapter 1 Appendix
Chapter 2 Appendices
Chapter 3 Appendices
Chapter 5 Appendices
Chapter 6 Appendices
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