The Halton-Hamilton SPR is made up of two Source Protection Areas, Halton Region and The City of Hamilton.Click Here for Metadata. Official SWP Protection Boundary, identifying the Halton-Hamilton Source Water Protection Region and the Halton-Hamilton Source Water Protection Areas. Is a Hydrologically Correct watershed boundary based on input from CA staff and adjacent CA's.Under the Clean Water Act, 2006, areas where drinking water sources are vulnerable to human activities occurring on the land surface have been mapped. Planning policy protects the water resources in these areas from degradation. Regulated boundaries held by MOE and referred to in 1(2) in the Areas and Boundaries Regulation of the Clean Water Act 06: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06c22?search=Source+Protection

Click Here for Metadata. Under the Clean Water Act, 2006, areas where drinking water sources are vulnerable to human activities occurring on the land surface have been mapped. Planning policy protects the water resources in these areas from degradation. Three percent of the population of the source protection region rely on municipal wells for safe, clean drinking water. The municipal supplies are used in parts of the communities of Campbellville, Carlisle, Freelton, Greensville, Georgetown, and Milton.The level of risk to the groundwater quality at the well is in relation to the time it takes for a contaminant to travel to the well and the time available for water operators to assess and mitigate the situation. For example, if a chemical spill occurs a considerable distance away from a well, an assessment will be required. The assessment considers whether the spilled chemical will reach the well and how long it will take; whether the chemical is a health risk or an aesthetic parameter; whether the concentrations of the chemical at the well will exceed the provincial standard; and whether the existing treatment process is adequate to remove or reduce the concentrations of that chemical. If sufficient time is available, a mitigation system may be installed to limit the movement of the chemical to the well or the water treatment process may be modified to adequately lower the concentrations. If time is available, the risk to the water supply is lower.Accordingly, for the purposes of source protection planning, the wellhead protection area has been divided into the following parts:WHPA-A – an area of 100 metre radius around the wellheadWHPA-B – the zone through which it takes groundwater to travel between two years and the 100 metre distanceWHPA-C – the zone through which it takes groundwater to travel between five and two yearsWHPA-D – the zone through which it takes groundwater to travel between 25 and five years

Click Here for Metadata. The ELC layer is a visualization of the mapping and interpretation of the ecological vegetation communities that occur within the Conservation Halton watershed. The entire Community series mapping, mapping done through air photo interpretation, describes the vegetation communities in general terms such as “Deciduous Forest” and “Meadow Marsh”. This is a broad scale assessment and has been completed for all natural areas in the CH watershed. Areas where access has been obtained and field surveys have been conducted may have been assessed on the ground to determine Vegetation Type. The Vegetation Type code allows the vegetation community present to be described, mapped, and communicated in detail. This Vegetation Type level of mapping can only be attained through a site visit to the location being mapped. Vegetation Type level mapping is more detailed than Community Series and describes the vegetation communities to the dominant species occurring there along with the prevailing ecological conditions e.g. “Dry – Fresh Sugar Maple Deciduous Forest”.

The ELC codes and vegetation classification methods used are from the Ecological Land Classification for Southern Ontario: First Approximation and its Application by Harold Lee et all. 1998. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.

The “2017 air photo version” of the ELC was reviewed and updated using the 2017 air photos and reflects the vegetation conditions as seen in those air photos at that time. The previous ELC layer (CH_ELC) was used as a base comparison and all previously interpreted polygons were reviewed for accuracy on a broad scale against the 2017 air photos with scale information provided for each polygon, for accuracy purposes. All areas that had not been previously interpreted were digitized against the 2017 air photos.

This is a schedule of Development Charges that are in effect as of April 1 2023 for the City of Burlington, Region of Halton and Education. The document includes residential and non-residential fees, relevant by-laws in effect and contact information for each agency.

This is a schedule of Development Charges that are in effect as of April 1, 2024 for the City of Burlington, Region of Halton and Education. The document includes residential and non-residential fees, relevant by-laws in effect and contact information for each agency.

This is a schedule of Development Charges that are in effect as of the date stated in the filename for the City of Burlington, Region of Halton and Education. The document includes residential and non-residential fees, relevant by-laws in effect and contact information for each agency.

Click Here for Metadata. Under the Clean Water Act, 2006, areas where drinking water sources are vulnerable to human activities occurring on the land surface have been mapped. Planning policy protects the water resources in these areas from degradation. Lake Ontario is the source of drinking water for about 92 percent of those who live in the Halton-Hamilton Source Protection Region. Six intake pipes deliver water to four treatment plants located along the shoreline from Oakville to Hamilton. Each pipe is surrounded by a protection zone that identifies where it takes surface water two hours or less to flow to the intake or where significant drinking water threats exist. The protection zones include areas of land adjacent to streams and storm sewers where runoff water can quickly reach the intake. These zones are vulnerable to contamination and management measures are in place to reduce the riskA feature representing a vulnerable scoring area (VSA) that affects Surface Water. A vulnerable score is a number, between 0.1 and 10, representing how easily a well or intake can become polluted with a contaminant. The higher the score, the greater the contamination risk. Both zones and scores are important to determine how the plan treats your proposed activity (i.e. landfill site). Show how susceptible a drinking water source is to contamination. In general, WHPA and IPZ that score 8 and above are very vulnerable and certain activities will be prohibited or required to be managed more effectively. 0-3.9: water sources in this area are least vulnerable to contamination. 4-7.9: water sources in this area are less vulnerable to contamination. 8-10: water sources in this area are vulnerable to contamination.