Water sources need protection

Although the PUC’s water treatment plant does a good job in cleaning the city’s municipal drinking water, Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority focuses on the step before that: drinking water source protection.
Conventional water treatment focuses on removing and treating potential contaminants already in the water, but the focus of source protection is on prevention. It is a more effective and proactive way of ensuring residents have clean drinking water and can avoid serio