Municipality
The Municipality of Central Huron provides clean, safe drinking water to more than 24 people in the Kelly well system. Your positive actions can help to keep that water safe and clean.
Impacts of Plans
Your local source protection committee, for the Maitland Valley and Ausable Bayfield areas, has prepared drinking water source protection plans. The Province of Ontario has approved these plans which took effect in April of 2015.
These plans help to keep your drinking water safe. Plan policies may require action from you if you are located in municipal wellhead protection area (WHPA) zone A, B or C. Please click on the map link for wellhead protection areas.
Please click on the Plans tab to find our more about plan policies and what may be required from you.
Information
Current information is available by visiting the Assessment Reports section of this website. The following is for local information purposes and may be subject to change.
Your Community Well System
The following is a description of the Kelly well system:
Well Description
- There is one municipal well in the Kelly municipal well system.
- The Kelly well was constructed in 1981.
- Well Depth: 45.7 metres.
- Location: The Kelly municipal well system is located seven kilometres south of Goderich and 170 metres from the Lake Huron shoreline.
Where Does the Water Come From?
The Kelly municipal well draws groundwater from an aquifer. Aquifers collect water underground much like a sponge collects water. The municipality draws that water from underground through the municipal well.
How is the Water Treated and Distributed?
The Municipality of Central Huron uses chlorination and iron sequestration to treat the drinking water. Operators must adhere to strict requirements for the treatment, testing and distribution of drinking water specified in the Safe Drinking Water Act. Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards require compliance.
How is the Drinking Water Source Protected?
Ontario’s Clean Water Act, 2006 was created to protect drinking water at the source as the first of several barriers of protection. Other barriers of defence include monitoring, distribution, and the three Ts (testing; treatment; and training of water operators).
The Kelly wells are designed to the following capacity:
Design Capacity
- 2.3 litres per second
- 196.1 cubic metres per day
Use
The wells’ average usage is: 0.3 litres per second, 25 cubic metres per day
Ontario Drinking Water Standards (ODWS): Ontario Drinking Water Standards were met in 97 per cent of the tests from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012. Ontario Drinking Water Standards were not met 100 per cent of the time due to water quality monitoring. Naturally occurring fluoride exceeded standards. Drinking water source protection planning does not deal with naturally occurring threats.
If there is a discrepancy between the information included here and the Approved Amended Assessment Reports, the information in the Assessment Reports usually prevails.
Contact us with your questions, by phone or email, or click on your community link to find maps and information on policy impacts, and how you can help to keep your community’s drinking water safe and clean. Thank you.
