The health and safety of our watershed is monitored through the Technical Watershed Committee, an advisory group of technical experts that make recommendations on decisions regarding activities in the watershed.
Committee
Member organizations of the Committee have additional interests in and a long history of watershed protection, environmental stewardship, and planning processes that emerge from their own mandate, activities, and associated regulatory guidance.
The Committee’s mandate is derived entirely from a voluntary, mutual interest by member organizations in the protection of source water quality, and knowledge that, although the Committee’s activities do not currently emerge from a formalized regulatory process, the mechanisms to designate an area for drinking water protection and compel planning processes exist within the Drinking Water Protection Act if no other mechanism exists to prevent risks to source supplies.
Meetings
The committee meets on a semi-annual to quarterly basis to review current issues and development plans within the watershed that have been referred to the committee.