Source Protection Committee

The Lake Erie Region Source Protection Committee has the responsibility to develop and update source protection plans and report on progress implementing the plans.

Our committee oversees work in four Source Protection Areas (watersheds): Catfish Creek, Grand River, Kettle Creek and Long Point Region.

• See a map of the Lake Erie Source Protection Region. Please note this document may not be accessible to people with disabilities. If you have a disability and require a document in an alternate format, please contact us.

Committee meetings

• Meeting schedules, agendas and minutes are available in our meetings and events calendar. You may subscribe to the calendar to find out when new meetings, agendas and minutes are posted.
• Meetings are held virtually via webcast or in-person at the head office of the Grand River Conservation Authority, 400 Clyde Rd., Cambridge. 
• Our committee meets about four times a year and the meetings are open to the public.
• Our committee adopted a Rules of Procedure, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy. Please note this document may not be accessible to people with disabilities. If you have a disability and require a document in an alternate format, please contact us.

Members and composition

Ontario Regulation 288/07 details the size and different types of members that must be on the committee. There are 24 members on our committee: 

• Seven municipal representatives - arranged into seven groups to represent the 52 municipalities in the Lake Erie Source Protection Region;
• Seven economic sector representatives - three from agriculture, three from business and industry, and one from the aggregate sector;
• Seven public interest representatives; and 
• Three First Nations representatives.

The Ontario government selects and appoints the committee chair. 

Three non-voting liaison also participate in committee meetings:

• A provincial liaison named by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks;
• A representative of the health units in the Lake Erie Source Protection Region; and
• A representative of the four source protection authorities in the Lake Erie Source Protection Region.