Water and Wastewater Master Plan
Updated July 19, 2023
Draft 2024 Water and Wastewater Master Plan
County Council received the Draft 2024 Water and Wastewater Master Plan on July 12, 2023. At Council’s request, the draft plan is being posted for an additional 75-day informal comment period before it moves to the final approval stage.
Under the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment process for Master Plans, this last stage will include a final 30-day public review period before the document is accepted as the final 2024 Water and Wastewater Master Plan.
The Draft 2024 Water and Wastewater Master Plan identifies the water and wastewater infrastructure needed to accommodate Oxford County’s projected population and employment growth to 2046.
Specifically, it brings forward strategies that identify how and where the County will:
- optimize existing infrastructure;
- explore new well supplies;
- expand water/wastewater treatment plants;
- extend water distribution and wastewater collection systems;
- build additional system redundancy;
- continue to employ water conservation and source water protection; and,
- introduce sewer system inflow and infiltration reduction.
Read the Draft 2024 Water and Wastewater Master Plan
Appendices:
- Appendix 1: Natural Environment Report (Part 1)
- Appendix 1: Maps (Part 2)
- Appendix 2: Consultation Summary, Part 1
- Appendix 2: Consultation Summary, Part 2
- Appendix 3: Oxford County Policies
- Appendix 4: Population and Employment Projections
- Appendix 5: Water Maps
- Appendix 6: Water Infrastructure Summary
- Appendix 7: Wastewater Maps
- Appendix 8: Wastewater Infrastructure Summary
Read the Council report: PW 2023-33: 2024 Water and Wastewater Master Plan
Read the Draft Master Plan Executive Summary
See materials from Public Consultation Centre #2 in Project Updates
About the Water and Wastewater Master Plan
Oxford County communities are growing, and so is our water and wastewater infrastructure. Supplying clean, safe drinking water to our residents and industry users and properly collecting and treating wastewater has a direct impact on the health of our community and the environment.
The Water and Wastewater Master Plan will set out the long-term water and wastewater servicing strategies to support existing needs and accommodate future growth in population and employment through to the year 2046. The Plan will ensure that the infrastructure improvements we make today will support the long-term growth and goals of Oxford County.
The Water and Wastewater Master Plan will consist of:
- a comprehensive background review of water and wastewater services, including water distribution, wastewater collection, treatment facilities, storage towers and more;
- a situation analysis of the County's current water and wastewater needs and projected changes to population, development, social and economic conditions, economy, facilities, and land use and planning initiatives;
- a summary of public feedback;
- a review of best practices; and,
- list of recommendations and proposals to guide the County’s future water and wastewater services.
About the Class EA process for Master Plans
The Water and Wastewater Master Plan is being undertaken in accordance with the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment process for Master Plans, which ensures:
- all reasonable alternatives, including "Do Nothing," are considered; and
- that a preferred alternative will have minimal impact on the natural, cultural, social, and economic environment.
Have your say
Public participation and feedback is an important part of identifying the servicing needs and priorities of communities throughout Oxford County. All of Oxford’s residents and businesses were encouraged to provide comments through the master planning process. A first phase of public consultation ran from March to October 19, 2022, and a second phase began in June 2023 with the online Public Consultation Centre #2. Watch the video recording | Download the presentation slides
You can submit a comment or question about the 2024 Water and Wastewater Master Plan by:
- FILLING OUT THE COMMENT FORM
Send your comment or question about the Water and Wastewater Master Plan to the project team using the "Comments & questions" form below. - CONTACTING THE PROJECT LEADS
You can submit a comment or question directly to one of the project's key contacts at any time:
Don Ford dford@oxfordcounty.caManager, Water and Wastewater Services Oxford County 519-539-9800 x 3191 | John Tyrrell, M.Sc. (Eng.), P.Eng. Senior Project Manager R.V. Anderson Associates Limited 519-681-9916 x 5038 jtyrrell@rvanderson.com |
To add your name to the study mailing list to receive notices of future consultation opportunities, contact Mackenzie Schultz, Supervisor of Water and Wastewater Technical Services, at mschultz@oxfordcounty.ca.
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