Environmental Planning

Conservation Ontario created a Drinking Water Source Protection video providing more information about where your drinking water comes from, and the role everyone plays in helping to protect our sources of drinking water. Watch the video to learn more!

The Source Protection Programs Branch of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change launched a Source Protection Information Atlas Website (SPIA) in January 2017.  This interactive mapping tool has been improved to provide additional support for the implementation of source water protection efforts by our program stakeholders.

The information atlas displays more than 1,100 wellhead protection areas and intake protection zones, with features that allow you to easily search, customize and access vital source protection science and policy information.

The enhanced atlas provides added layers of information including a series of jurisdictional boundaries. We are most excited about the new watercourse flow direction feature that can help users to understand how a spill would travel along a body of water, and a new tool enabling users to upload and view their own local datasets on top of the provincial layers.

SVCA acts as a Review Agency and is circulated on all Planning Act Applications Under the Planning Act. All conservation authorities are considered “public bodies” under the Planning Act and must be given the opportunity to comment on applications and planning documents.

All conservation authorities have been delegated responsibility from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) to represent the provincial interest on matters related to Natural Hazards. SVCA will review all Planning Act applications with regards to Section 3.1 (Natural Hazards) of the Provincial Policy Statement.

Visit SCVA's website.