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Passing the torch

Tough job of implementing the Clean Water Act, 2006 is now handed over to Ontario's municipalities

by CONNELL M, RIDER P
Passing the torch
Published in August 2015 - Page 5

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Walkerton drinking water tragedy – a black mark in Ontario’s environmental protection history that caused the death of seven people and significant health problems for thousands more when a municipal drinking water supply was contaminated with e-coli.

In addition, 2015 also promises to be the year that the most important recommendations from the public inquiry into the tragedy, the source protection program under the Clean Water Act,

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