Refer to the page What You Can Do to Help Protect Drinking Water Sources to find out what we recommend to protect drinking water sources!
General
- Water Quality and Water Quantity: The Issues – Conservation Ontario
- What Landowners Can Do to Protect Water – Conservation Ontario
- Runoff, Erosion Protection and Additional Best Management Practices – Conservation Ontario
- Educational Source Protection Brochures – Raisin‐South Nation Source Protection Region
Septic Systems
- Septic Systems – Conservation Ontario
- SepticSmart! ‐ Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Videos and SepticSmart! DVD)
- SepticSmart! – Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (Booklets)
- SepticSmart! – United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Your Septic System: Protecting Your Investment and the Environment
- About Your House: Your Septic System – Canadian Mortgage Housing Corporation
- Septic Systems Tips (YouTube Video) – Lower Trent Conservation Coalition
Home Heating Oil:
- Home Heating Oil Storage – Conservation Ontario
- Best Practices, Best Solutions for Safe Oil Storage (Video) – Canadian Oil Heat Association
- Top 10 Recommendations for Safe Oil Storage – Canadian Oil Heat Association
- Homeowners Guide to Heating Oil Tank Systems – Nova Scotia Environment
Wells:
- Private Wells – Conservation Ontario
- Well Aware
- How to Take a Water Sample from Your Well – Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit
Other Resources:
- Orange Drop Program (Dispose of Household Hazardous Waste)
- Smart About Salt – Winter Salt Management Program
- Dense Non‐Aqueous Phase Liquids (DNAPLs) – South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Region
- Keeping Chemicals Out of Our Drinking Water Sources – Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Source Protection Region
- Managing Stormwater Runoff to Prevent Contamination of Drinking Water – United States Environmental Protection Agency
