Toronto, September 3 - Parents and caregivers should ask what schools are doing to prevent students from being exposed to dangerous levels of lead in their drinking water, recommends the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA).
April Weppler
Blog: Back to school means it’s time to ask about lead in school drinking water
As back-to-school gets underway, CELA recommends that parents and caregivers take steps to help protect kids from being exposed to lead in their drinking water.
August 2026 Newsletter – Intervenor, Volume 54, Number 3
Annual summer student issue, case updates, plus new fact sheets and an upcoming webinar.
Briefing Note: Understanding how source protection laws can help protect your private drinking water system
Briefing note that outlines the importance of source protection and how Ontario’s source protection laws work.
Fact Sheet: How to better safeguard your private well or surface water intake
Fact sheet that outlines how certain groups of private drinking water wells or surface water intakes may be eligible for additional legal protections.
Webinar: New pathway to protecting drinking water for non-municipal systems
How including groups of private wells and surface water intakes in a source protection plan can improve drinking water protection.