Source Water Planning
Québec
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Program Component
Status
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Groundwater protection planning is required
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Groundwater protection planning is not required for CWSs in the province of Québec .
Watershed scale protection planning is required
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Watershed management plans incorporate aspects of source water protection planning.
Dedicated protection plans are required at the community water system scale
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Municipalities are responsible for protecting sources of drinking water within Québec.
Dedicated funding is available to implement plans
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The Enhanced Source Drinking Water Protection Program (PPASEP) provides support to compensate for financial loss to agriculture when establishing Source Water Protection Plans.
Periodic updates to plans are required
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Periodic updates to source water plans are not required for Québec.
For FY 2022, the State Revolving Fund program allowed set-aside funding for source water protection programs
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