Click here to lend your support with a letter to the Ontario Minister of the Environment and your local MPP.
What municipal officials need to know about water protection. Click HERE.
Hello,
I just wanted to take a moment and thank you so much for this program. The advisor was very pleasant and respectful, and was patient with how little I really knew about wells, and where the heck my septic system is!
I have things to do to make our well safe, and I look forward to accomplishing it in November so that my family will have a safer source of drinking water. Thank you again so much for all of the information both in person through the advisor, and also in the folder left with me.
As a fairly new first time well owner, I had to take the time to say thank you!
2010 Home Visit Participant
Have confidence in your water
As a well owner, you want your water to be clean, clear and safe for your family to drink. Your water may look clean and clear, but how can you be confident that it is safe?
While regular testing is important, you can prevent problems and protect the quality of your well water through proper maintenance.
We can help. A home visit from Well Aware will help you identify potential risks to your well and will give you the necessary knowledge to properly maintain the water
quality of your well.
Be Well Aware
As a private well owner, it is your job to be well aware – to understand the basics of well maintenance and operation, and to take the necessary actions to keep your water wells in safe running order.
A Well Aware home visit will provide you with recommendations about your well so you can protect your family’s drinking water source.
What is Well Aware?
Well Aware is a program of Green Communities Canada that encourages Ontario's residential well owners to protect their wells and our common groundwater supplies.
Since 2001, we have helped more than 3,700 Ontarians to gain confidence in the management of their wells and to protect their family’s drinking water. An additional 215,000 residents have benefited from our Well Aware booklet, “A Guide to Caring for your Well.”
Our trained Well Aware advisors will talk with you about your well – at your well. The visit, which is voluntary, confidential, and non-regulatory, guides you through a self-assessment to help identify and address potential risks to your well water.
During the visit you will receive:
- information on how best to protect your water
- recommendations about your well, at your well
- a written report containing information and recommendations about your well
- local resources that specifically address your needs
- ability to talk about your well with an independent, trained guide
To book your Well Aware home visit CLICK HERE.
Who are Green Communities?
Green Communities are community-based non-profit organizations that deliver innovative environmental programs and services with a focus on household and community action. We have been delivering Well Aware to rural Ontario well owners since 2001.
Lend your support
Well Aware relies on financial support from the Ontario Ministry of Environment. Help ensure the continuation of Well Aware in your community. Send a letter of support and remind the decision makers that our water and this program are valuable and worthwhile.
Award Winning Program
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2009 Sustainable Commuities - Water
