Grey and Bruce counties have new "Drinking Water Protection Zone" road signs.
They are being installed to create public awareness that certain activities have the potential to impact drinking water supplies.
The signs will be placed within the most vulnerable source water areas such as municipal wells and areas around surface water intakes.
150 signs will be posted in the Saugeen, Grey Sauble, Northern Bruce Peninsula Region on municipal roads and on provincial highways.
“It’s important that we are all aware of where our drinking water sources are most vulnerable so that we can help protect them,” says Carl Seider, project manager with the local Drinking Water Source Protection office. “The signs will also be a signal to emergency responders so that public water sources can be protected in the event of a spill.”
The signs are part of an initiative to protect sources of municipal drinking water and is directed and funded by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change under the Clean Water Act, 2006.
For more information, visit www.waterprotection.ca