Water Taking

Volumes of water taken daily and annually under a Permit-to-Take-Water, as reported to the ministry under the Water Taking and Transfer Regulation 387/04.

The Ontario Water Resources Act (Act) requires anyone who takes more than 50,000 litres of water in a day to obtain a Permit to take Water (PTTW) with some exceptions. Under the Act, the Water Taking and Transfer Regulation requires all holders of a PTTW to report the volume of water taken at each permitted source for each day of water taking. The data includes information from the permit on the purpose of the water taking, water source types and locations, as well as the daily and annual volume of water taken from each source.

Ministry contact: Environment, Conservation and Parks

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Geographic coverage
Ontario
Maintainer branch
Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch
Last Validated Date
July 29, 2022
Update frequency
Yearly

Water Taking

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Date range: January 1 - December 31, 2020

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    2020 Daily Water Taking English

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    2020 Annual Water Taking English

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Date range: January 1 - December 31, 2019

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    2019 Daily Water Taking English

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    2019 Annual Water Taking English

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    Metadata English

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