Free webinar on October 17th, 2023 to learn about government proposals to exempt waste management systems, storm water management, and water-taking from licensing requirements.
Tag: Clean Water Act
Blog: Two Decades After Walkerton are New Provincial Laws Risking Another Drinking Water Crisis?
Recently enacted Ontario laws threaten the framework for protecting drinking water sources adopted after the Walkerton tragedy of two decades ago.
Presentation: The Challenge of Protecting Drinking Water Two Decades After Walkerton
CELA Counsel Joseph Castrilli presented at the American Water Works Association conference.
Blog: CELA Wins Five-Year FOI Fight on Water Well Safety
CELA lawyer Richard Lindgren provides an update on CELA’s successful 5 year-long battle to obtain Environment Ministry records on water well safety.
Healthy Waters and Sustainable Planning
Given cumulative assaults on regional forests and wetlands as well as the deterioration in local water quality and aquatic and amphibian species, a valid question arises: Is Ontario’s current system of land use planning protecting our waters?
Submission: Best Practices for Source Water Protection
CELA lawyers recently submitted a letter to Ontario’s Environment Minister regarding the province’s voluntary Best Practices for Source Water Protection.