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Community Liaison Group

Meeting 1

November 8, 2016; 7 p.m.Fergus Sportsplex

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Agenda

Meeting Purpose:

• Review the mandate and role of the CLG

• Orient CLG members on the study process, scope and key

participants

7:00 pm Welcome, Agenda Review and Introductions

7:10 pm Role of the Community Liaison Group

7:40 pm Study Process and Key Participants

8:40 pm Roundtable – Expectations and Aspirations for this Study

9:20 pm Wrap up and Next CLG Meeting

9:30 pm Adjourn

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Roles & Responsibilities

• Tier 3 Water Budget Project Team:

– leads the Tier 3 Water Budget

– responsible for all decisions related to this project

• Provincial Peer Review Team:

– provides an external, independent, third party peer review

of the technical findings at each major milestone

• Project Consultant Team:

– responsible for conducting the Tier 3 Water Budget with

direction from the Project Team

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Roles & Responsibilities

• Community Liaison Group (CLG):

– provides a forum for the community to be informed

– provide input on the Tier 3 Water Budget and its progress

• Third Party Facilitator:

– chairs the CLG meetings

– provides facilitation and secretariat services

• General Public:

– informed about the Tier 3 Water Budget

– Provide feedback on the Tier 3 Water Budget

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Stakeholder Engagement

• Community Liaison Group

– First Tier 3 Water Budget in Ontario with stakeholder

engagement process

– Public members represent residents of Centre Wellington

• General Public

– Residents may provide input through Public Members of CLG,

or to Martin Keller (GRCA)

– Participate in the public process (i.e., public meetings)

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CLG Role

• Provides a forum for a diverse range of Tier 3

stakeholders and residents to communicate their

perspectives and observations on the technical

components of the project

• Enables the Project Team to keep the community

informed about the project and its progress, and

communicate challenges, concerns, or other relevant

information

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CLG Role

• The role of the CLG is to provide feedback and

observations within the scope of the Tier 3 study

• The CLG is not a forum for the discussion on items

such as the ethics of water bottling, current

provincial policy on Permits to Take Water, or other

issues outside the scope of the Tier 3 study

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CLG Mandate

• Provide a forum for feedback and advice to the

Project Team at key points during the Tier 3 study

• The CLG is a non-political advisory body

• Guided by Terms of Reference

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CLG Mandate

• Specifically, the role of the CLG is to:

– Provide a sense of the broader community’s reactions and

concerns and how these might be addressed within the

scope of the Tier 3 study

– Provide a forum for two-way communication between the

members and their organizations and the Project Team

– Provide feedback on any other relevant matters that the

Project Team refers to the CLG for comment

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CLG Membership

Business

Industry

Agriculture

EnvironmentConservation

General Public

Youth

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CLG Terms and Conditions

• Membership is voluntary and uncompensated

• Members understand, accept, and agree to abide by

these Terms of Reference

• Members are willing to commit to participate on the

CLG throughout the duration of the water budget

process (a minimum of 4 meetings between 2016-

2018)

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CLG Terms and Conditions

• Members agree to attend as many CLG meetings as

possible, or send an alternate

• Members agree to ensure a two-way flow of

information between the organizations they

represent and the Project Team

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CLG Roles and Responsibilities

The CLG acts in an advisory capacity to the Project Team and

is not responsible for making decisions regarding the Tier 3

Water Budget

1. Advise the Project Team of their organization’s/

community’s perspectives

2. Provide feedback and perspectives on presentations or

reports tabled by the Project Team, CLG members or

others

3. Help the CLG operate effectively by offering suggestions

and alternatives to issues, concerns, and problems

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CLG Roles and Responsibilities

4. Review all relevant project materials and provide

feedback, advice, and perspective

5. Attend CLG meetings

6. Review the results of CLG discussions to ensure the

meetings are accurately recorded in the meeting

minutes

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Questions?

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Project Team Mandate

• Project Team is responsible for undertaking Tier 3

Water Budget study for drinking water systems in the

Township of Centre Wellington with funding provided

by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate

Change

• Project Team ensures study is on track, peer review

process is followed and community liaison input is

considered

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Project Team Members

• Grand River Conservation Authority – Martin Keller, Source Protection Program Manager

– Sonja Strynatka, Senior Hydrogeologist

• Township of Centre Wellington– Colin Baker, Managing Director of Infrastructure Services

– Ray Blackport, Blackport Hydrogeology Inc.

• Wellington Source Water Protection– Kyle Davis, Risk Management Official

• Matrix Solutions Inc. (Project Consultants)– Patty Meyer, Senior Hydrogeologist (Project Manager)

– Paul Martin, Principal Hydrogeologic Engineer (Technical Advisor)

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Water Budget Participants

• Tier 3 Water Budget Project Team

• Provincial Peer Review Team

• Project Consultant Team

• Community Liaison Group

• LURA Consulting (Third Party Facilitator)

• General Public

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Provincial Peer Reviewers

• Provincial Peer Review Team

– Christopher J. Neville, S.S. Papadopulos & Associates Inc.

– Dr. David L. Rudolph, University of Waterloo

– Dr. Hugh R. Whiteley, University of Guelph

• Provincial Peer Reviewers provide external,

independent, third party peer review of the technical

findings of the Tier 3 Water Budget at each major

milestone

• The purpose of the review is to ensure the technical

merits of the study

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Provincial Interest

• High level of uncertainty around sustainability of

municipal drinking water system due to growth and

interest from other takers (e.g., Nestle)

• Minister request for Lake Erie Region to initiate Tier 3

Water Budget study for Centre Wellington

• Provincial funding to Lake Erie Region and Centre

Wellington for Tier 3 study

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Provincial Interest

• Proposed Provincial 2 year moratorium on new takings

for water bottling and commitment to advancing

knowledge of water resources during that time

• Recognition that areas such as Centre Wellington need

better information to support water taking decisions

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Centre Wellington – Water System

• Operated under Safe Drinking Water Act license

• 9 water supply wells

• Total Firm Max Day Capacity = 13,064 m3/day

• 3-year Avg Max Day = 7,103 m3/day

• Avg Daily (2014) = 5,080 m3/day

Elora

Fergus

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Water System Overview

• Water Storage and Distribution– Four Elevated Storage tanks with a combined capacity of

11,818 m3 (11.8 ML)• Daniel Crescent, Elora

• Bridge Street, Elora

• Gartshore Street, Fergus

• Scotland Street, Fergus

– Responsible for the operation and maintenance of: • 1065 water valves

• 637 fire hydrants and

• 108 km of watermain

– Booster Pumping Station connecting the two communities water systems• Three pressure zones: 2 in Fergus, 1 in Elora

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Source Water Protection

• Well Head Protection Areas– Completed in

2006

– Estimate travel time within specific aquifer

– Pumping rate based on future estimate

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Growth Projections

Source: Stantec. Township of Centre Wellington Growth Management Plan

– Background Report. May 20, 2016

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Why Groundwater Modelling?

Informed

Decision

Making

Conceptual

Understanding

Monitoring

Data

Modelling

Assessment

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What is a Water Budget?

Quantifies the volume

of water entering,

moving through and

leaving the area to

help determine

sustainable water use

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Water Budget Study Objectives

• Detailed study to identify

if the Fergus and Elora

groundwater supply wells

can meet current and

anticipated municipal

water demand

• Estimate the potential

impact of municipal

groundwater pumping on

other water uses (e.g.,

streams)ecgoldkey.us

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Main Project Components

4. Risk

Assessment

3. Groundwater Flow

Modelling

2. Characterization/ Conceptualization

1. Data Collection & Review

Project will

follow MOECC

Technical Rules

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Background Review and Data Collection

Project Data

Geology

Hydrogeology

Hydrology

Ecology

ClimatePTTW / WTRS

Previous Reports

Growth Plan

Infrastructure

Land Use

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Physical CharacterizationDeliverable: Report 1:

Characterization

+ Municipal well infrastructure

+ Land use

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Groundwater ModellingDeliverable: Report 2:

Groundwater Model

Calibrated Model

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Risk Assessment

• Using calibrated model

• Assess how water levels

decrease due to

increases in municipal

pumping rates, land

development and

climate change

• Cumulative impact

Deliverable: Report 3:

Risk Assessment

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Summary of Tier 3 Approach

•Main phases of a Tier 3 Water Budget project

� Characterization / Conceptualization Report

� Groundwater Modelling Report

� Risk Assessment Report

• Reports are sequential, require provincial peer

review and sign-off before next phase

• Community Liaison Group input at each of the

three phases

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CLG Input

&

Peer Review

Draft Report

Undergoes Provincial

Peer Review

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Desired Outcomes – Centre Wellington

• Long term sustainability of municipal water supply

• Use the model as a tool to:

– source locations for future water supply wells that

don’t interfere with existing wells

–Optimize existing wells to increase overall capacity

• Support the Long Term Water Supply master plan when it

starts – testing of future rates

• Ensure additional water supply capacity is available to

service future population and employment growth

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Desired Outcomes - Province

• Province would like to have a better understanding

of the sustainability of the Centre Wellington

drinking water system under growth pressures

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Tier 3 Study Communication

www.sourcewater.ca/CW-Scoped-Tier3

Posted:

- Agendas and CLG meeting minutes

- Meeting material and reports

- FAQs (under development)

Questions between meetings?

- Contact Martin Keller, GRCA

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Expectations and Aspirations for Study

•What knowledge and skills do you bring to the

table?

• Bearing in mind the study scope, what

outcomes are you hoping to see in this study?

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Next Steps

• Technical Work

– Issue summary of CLG minutes

• Provide comments on minutes; finalize minutes with

comments; post minutes and presentation on website

–Continue data collection and background review

–Start to develop conceptual geologic, hydrologic

and hydrogeologic understanding and initial water

budget understanding

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Next Steps

• Next CLG meeting

–Aim for Q1 2017

–Present the

characterization/

conceptual understanding

–Timing, day of week, etc.

4. Risk

Assessment

3. Groundwater Flow Modelling

2. Characterization/ Conceptualization

1. Data Collection & Review