Master Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Master Planning Process for Regional Water Supply Servicing Strategy
Overview:
The County is initiating a Master Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Master Planning Process to identify long-term drinking water servicing strategies for the municipality.
Budget information:
- Budget year: 2021
- Total cost: $143,557 plus HST
Project Status:
Plan Complete
The County issued the Notice of Completion for this plan on August 14, 2024
Notice of Completion:
The County of Prince Edward has completed the Regional Water Supply Servicing Master Plan. Click here to read the notice of completion.
This master plan identified and evaluated long-term drinking water servicing strategies and infrastructure needs to address limitations within the existing systems and support growth to buildout within each of the water servicing areas.
A preferred water servicing strategy for these areas was selected to minimize technical, socio-cultural, natural environmental and economic impacts. The preferred water servicing strategies are listed below:
- Ameliasburgh – Do Nothing
- Carrying Place/Consecon – Do Nothing
- Peats Point – Provide individual private groundwater wells (subject to consultation with residents, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks approval, and undertaking supporting studies)
- Picton/Bloomfield – Connect to Wellington Drinking Water System. Obtain full servicing capacity from a new regional water treatment plant in Wellington and decommission the existing Picton water treatment plant.
- Rossmore/Fenwood Gardens – Do Nothing. Evaluate storage if population projections increase.
The master plan and appendices are posted below.
Project Details:
The study will identify and evaluate drinking water servicing alternatives for the urban centres of Picton, Wellington and Rossmore, as well as for the villages of Bloomfield, Ameliasburgh, Peat’s Point, Consecon and Carrying Place. A preferred water servicing strategy for these areas will be selected to minimize technical, socio-cultural, natural environmental and economic impacts.
This Master Planning Process will consider independent approaches for each serviced settlement area as well as possible joint or interconnecting solutions.
Process
The Master Planning Process will be carried out in accordance with the Master Planning Process in the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment document (October 2000, amended in 2007, 2011 and 2015).
Public Consultation
Public consultation is an integral component of the Master Planning process, and we value your input during the planning process.
Public Consultation Centre #2
The municipality held the second Public Consultation Centre (PCC) on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
Click here to view the information boards presented at second PCC
Click here to view the information handout
Click here to view the comments and questions document from the PCC held on April 11
Public Consultation Centre #1
The County held a Public Consultation Centre (PCC) on Thursday, August 17, 2023.
Click here to view the information boards that were on display at the August 17 PCC
Click here to view the comments and questions document from the PCC held on August 17.
Learn more:
More details about the Master Planning process can be found in the staff report that went to Council in March 2022 recommending that the contract be awarded to CIMA Canada Inc. Click here to read the report.