The Clean Water Act, 2006, applies to Vulnerable Areas. The Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks has identified activities that are a drinking water threat and the vulnerable areas where they may occur.

To obtain a Notice, complete and submit a Restricted Land Use Notice Application to engage in an activity in a vulnerable area for a drinking water supply.

A Risk Management Plan sets out required actions to protect a municipal drinking water source from a drinking water threat. It is site-specific legal agreement between an individual and the Risk Management Official. 

The Otonabee-Peterborough Source Protection Area is 1 of 5 source protection areas in the Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Region.