Moraine Management

樣 。 The Oak Ridges Moraine is a source of drinking water for more than 250,000 Ontarians. The Moraine is also home to more than 70 threatened and endangered species. Every day, Ontario allows millions of litres of surface and ground water to be pumped from the Moraine to water golf courses, sort sand and gravel, keep water bottling companies in business and, during the winter, to make snow. But the Ontario government's failure to monitor and report exactly how much is pumped threatens your access and right to clean and safe drinking water. MORAINE MANAGEMENT 1. MISSING DATA: 2. UNCOORDINATED ACTION: 3. PERMIT CLUSTERS: We found a lack of monitoring Conservation authorities, municipalities and the three provincial ministries responsible for monitoring and protecting the Moraine are not effectively coordinating their efforts. Certain areas of the Moraine have and enforcement in Ontario's Permit to Take Water program. Permit approvals also do not consistently factor the amount of water available and the clusters of permits, where a failure to determine the possible effects of excessive water usage may threaten one of the Moraine's major functions: providing more than 250,000 with safe and clean drinking government doesn't make any of the water usage information readily available. water. ONTARIO'S PERFORMANCE BREAKDOWN 4. NO PRIORITIES: Ontario does not use a consistent approach that prioritizes your community, which draws clean drinking water from the Moraine, over golf courses or water bottling companies that are permitted to drain massive amounts of water each day. 1 2 The Oak Ridges Moraine covers approximately 190,000 hectares of land and stretches 160 kilometres from Rice Lake in the east to the Niagara Escarpment in the west. 67% FOR YOUR 0 GEORGIAN BAY INFORMATION Wasaga Вeach LAKE SIMCOE Barrie Peterborough Burnley C Salt Creek Trent River Baxter Creek Cold Creek ewmark Shelter Valley Creek etc. Cobourg Brook Gage Creek Ganaraska River Graham Creek Wilmot Creek Bowmanville Creek Markham Whitby Farewell Creek Oshawa Creek of Ontarians believe the provincial government isn't doing enough to protect environmentally sensitive areas of the province such as the Oak Ridges Moraine.* Pickering Lynde Creek Duffins Creek Brampton TORONTO Mississauga Don River LAKE ONTARIO Humber River Credit River OUR VISÍON The Oak Ridges Moraine is a natural water filtration system. It sustains Ontario communities by providing safe and clean drinking water. We believe that Ontarians have a right to clean water and that it is the role of the government to protect that resource. *Ontario Omnibus Survey Report about Ontario ground water protection and monitoring by Oraclepoll Research for Earthroots: June 15, 2012 HOW CAN YOU PROTECT THE MORAINE? LEARN SHARE CONSERVE COJustice LA EARTHROOTS ecOjustice Discover how much water you use or discover your local watershed. Help us spread the message by sharing this info with others. Visit ecojustice.ca/moraine-drain to learn how we're helping you protect the Oak Ridges Moraine. Using less is a great way to protect your water. Nottawasad Brook Scugog River Pigeon River RICE LAKE 樣 。 The Oak Ridges Moraine is a source of drinking water for more than 250,000 Ontarians. The Moraine is also home to more than 70 threatened and endangered species. Every day, Ontario allows millions of litres of surface and ground water to be pumped from the Moraine to water golf courses, sort sand and gravel, keep water bottling companies in business and, during the winter, to make snow. But the Ontario government's failure to monitor and report exactly how much is pumped threatens your access and right to clean and safe drinking water. MORAINE MANAGEMENT 1. MISSING DATA: 2. UNCOORDINATED ACTION: 3. PERMIT CLUSTERS: We found a lack of monitoring Conservation authorities, municipalities and the three provincial ministries responsible for monitoring and protecting the Moraine are not effectively coordinating their efforts. Certain areas of the Moraine have and enforcement in Ontario's Permit to Take Water program. Permit approvals also do not consistently factor the amount of water available and the clusters of permits, where a failure to determine the possible effects of excessive water usage may threaten one of the Moraine's major functions: providing more than 250,000 with safe and clean drinking government doesn't make any of the water usage information readily available. water. ONTARIO'S PERFORMANCE BREAKDOWN 4. NO PRIORITIES: Ontario does not use a consistent approach that prioritizes your community, which draws clean drinking water from the Moraine, over golf courses or water bottling companies that are permitted to drain massive amounts of water each day. 1 2 The Oak Ridges Moraine covers approximately 190,000 hectares of land and stretches 160 kilometres from Rice Lake in the east to the Niagara Escarpment in the west. 67% FOR YOUR 0 GEORGIAN BAY INFORMATION Wasaga Вeach LAKE SIMCOE Barrie Peterborough Burnley C Salt Creek Trent River Baxter Creek Cold Creek ewmark Shelter Valley Creek etc. Cobourg Brook Gage Creek Ganaraska River Graham Creek Wilmot Creek Bowmanville Creek Markham Whitby Farewell Creek Oshawa Creek of Ontarians believe the provincial government isn't doing enough to protect environmentally sensitive areas of the province such as the Oak Ridges Moraine.* Pickering Lynde Creek Duffins Creek Brampton TORONTO Mississauga Don River LAKE ONTARIO Humber River Credit River OUR VISÍON The Oak Ridges Moraine is a natural water filtration system. It sustains Ontario communities by providing safe and clean drinking water. We believe that Ontarians have a right to clean water and that it is the role of the government to protect that resource. *Ontario Omnibus Survey Report about Ontario ground water protection and monitoring by Oraclepoll Research for Earthroots: June 15, 2012 HOW CAN YOU PROTECT THE MORAINE? LEARN SHARE CONSERVE COJustice LA EARTHROOTS ecOjustice Discover how much water you use or discover your local watershed. Help us spread the message by sharing this info with others. Visit ecojustice.ca/moraine-drain to learn how we're helping you protect the Oak Ridges Moraine. Using less is a great way to protect your water. Nottawasad Brook Scugog River Pigeon River RICE LAKE