Groundwater Quality Protection Practices

Download or read book Groundwater Quality Protection Practices written by Canada. Environment Canada and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews the applicability of groundwater protection practices developed within other jurisdictions to the Fraser River basin. Begins with background information on groundwater sources within the four regions of the basin and discussion of the common sources of groundwater contamination, including sources designed to discharge or store substances, transport or transmission sources, sources discharging substances as a consequence of other activities, and naturally occurring sources affected by human activity. Groundwater protection measures (non-regulatory and/or regulatory) are the reviewed, and the final chapter outlines the steps involved in the development of a municipal groundwater quality protection plan. Protection measures include monitoring, waste collection, land acquisition, sewage control, forest management, zoning, design and operation controls, and inspection/compliance measures. Appendices include a detailed evaluation of nine selected groundwater protection plans that have been implemented at a municipal level.