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| Author: | Sylvestre, B. Rodriguez, M. J. |
| Title: | Protection strategies for drinking groundwater sources in small Quebec municipalities |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2008 : JUL, VOL. 88:1, p. 28-42 |
| Index terms: | water supply industry water resources regulations multivariate analysis regression analysis surveys Canada |
| Freeterms: | groundwater sources protection wellhead well drinking water Groundwater Catchment Regulation(GWCR) |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In the Province of Quebec, Canada, the Groundwater Catchment Regulation (GWCR) was promulgated in 2002 to protect water quality in public wells. The goal of the present study was to document groundwater protection in the context of emerging regulations and identify factors explaining the propensity of municipalities applying protection strategies. Two types of information were used in this study: data from a questionnaire-based survey conducted among 665 municipalities in the Province of Quebec and complementary information gathered from various sources. Data from the survey revealed that fewer than half of the municipalities have been able to comply with the GWCR, mainly because of financial limitations and close to half of the municipalities have either identified or are expecting land use conflicts to arise between protection areas required by the GWCR and other land usage, with agriculture being the main conflicting activity. It is argues that: 1) multivariate logistic regression models served to identify factors explaining the likelihood of municipalities to take groundwater protection measures. 2) those factors were municipality revenue, history of water contamination in distribution systems, land use near wellheads, location of municipalities within a provincial priority watershed and the importance of groundwater use in a region. 3) results of the study may prove helpful for government authorities in better understanding the groundwater protection issue and in implementing strategies that improve the ability of municipalities to protect groundwater. |
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