Assessment Report
The Assessment Report describes the vulnerable areas around each municipal drinking water system where spills, pollution, contamination and overuse could harm the source water. Threats to water quality and quantity are identified and ranked as low, moderate or significant.
The first Quinte Region Assessment Report was approved in April, 2011. That Assessment Report was updated and then approved by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks in September, 2019.
The Assessment Report is an important component to the Quinte Region Source Protection Plan. The report contains the technical and scientific information that the Quinte Source Protection Committee used to develop policies within the plan. These policies protect the 11 sources of municipal drinking water in the Quinte Source Protection Area.
The Assessment Report assesses the state of municipal drinking water sources. It describes the amount of water that is available for drinking and the quality of that water. It brings together the key findings about the source water for each of the 11 drinking water systems in the Quinte Source Protection Area. It also describes areas where groundwater is prone to contamination and where the movement of water into the ground, also called recharge, is important.
Municipal and public consultation was required by regulation and was an important part of the process of compiling the Assessment Report. Municipalities, The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, other stakeholders and the public were invited to review and comment on the Draft and Proposed versions of the Assessment Report.
Appendix A - Terms of Reference
Appendix B - Watershed Characterization
Appendix C - Water Budgets and Peer Review
View Appendix D- Technical Rules and Tables of Threats
Appendix E - Municipal Well Studies
Studies have been completed for each municipal system and were used as a basis for the preparation of the Assessment Reports. Due to the size and number of reports, please send us an email at info@quinteconservation.ca if you wish to review these technical reports.
Appendix F - Municipal Intake Studies
Technical studies have been completed for each municipal system and were used as a basis for the preparation of the Assessment Reports. Due to the size and number of reports, please email us at info@quinteconservation.ca if you wish to review these technical reports.
Source Protection Plan
The Quinte Region Source Protection Plan directs local efforts to protect and keep sources of municipal drinking water clean.