Lake Ontario Symposium | January 13, 2023

Working together to manage Lake Ontario’s drinking water intakes

Water directors from the Region of Peel, Durham Region and City of Toronto invited participants to a symposium focusing on the proactive management of Lake Ontario drinking water intakes.

The objective of the symposium was to create greater awareness among municipal and government staff of the monitoring and modelling of the Lake Ontario nearshore area. This work supports the timely response to threats, including spills, to the lake-based drinking water for over six million people. The symposium also aimed to highlight opportunities to deepen collaboration across the north shore of Lake Ontario.

Welcoming remarks: The value of Lake Ontario

The dynamic nature of Lake Ontario’s nearshore and its connection with tributaries

Great Lakes, drinking water and the Clean Water Act, 2006

Lake Ontario Water Quality Forecasting System: A decision support tool for proactively managing spills and threats to PDT lake-based intakes

Communications/response protocols – municipal drinking water intakes

Open panel – Planning for and responding to threats to Lake Ontario drinking water intakes