Municipality
The Municipality of Central Huron provides clean, safe drinking water to more than 12 people in the SAM / S.A.M. municipal 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 for plan policies that may apply to 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 S.A.M. well system:
Well Description
- The SAM well was constructed in 1979.
- Well Depth: 59.4 metres
- Location: The SAM municipal well system is located at 77301 Forest Ridge Road, 1.8 kilometres north of the Bayfield River.
- The SAM municipal well system and wellhead protection areas are in the Ausable Bayfield Source Protection Area.
Where Does the Water Come From?
The 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 adds chlorination to the well water to disinfect it. 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?
Barriers of Defence
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 S.A.M. wells are designed to the following capacity:
Design Capacity
- 1.9 litres per second
- 164 cubic metres per day
Use
The wells’ average usage is less than 10% of capacity
Ontario Drinking Water Standards (ODWS): Ontario Drinking Water Standards were met in 100 per cent of the tests from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012.
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.
