Township of Wellington North Schedule B Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Arthur Water System Supply Redundancy and Storage
Notice of Completion
The Township of Wellington North (Township) is undertaking a Schedule ‘B’ Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study to establish a preferred alternative for the existing Arthur water system to address the need for water supply redundancy and additional water storage to support expected population growth. The existing water supply wells and towers in the Arthur municipal water system are shown on the map below. The Arthur Urban Boundary represents the Study Area.
Through consultation with Agencies, Members of the Public, and Indigenous Communities, the preferred alternative identified through this Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study is the addition of a new well to supplement the existing municipal wells and the construction of a new water storage facility to supplement the existing Spheroid Tower and decommissioning of the existing Multi-Leg Tower.
This project was planned in accordance with the requirements of a Schedule ‘B’ undertaking of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (MCEA) process (October 2000, and as amended in 2007, 2011, 2015, 2023 and 2024), which is an approved process under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act.
A Project File Report has been prepared to document the planning and decision-making process for this Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study. A copy of the Project File Report is being placed on the public record for a 30-day review period from December 4, 2025 to January 25, 2026. The Project File Report is available for review on the Township’s website at: www.wellington-north.com/government/capital-projects, or you may contact one of the Project Team members listed below with any questions comments or concerns regarding this study, please contact one of the Project Team members below by January 25, 2026:
Corey Schmidt, Manager, Environmental and Development Services
Township of Wellington North
7490 Sideroad 7W, PO Box 125
Kenilworth, ON N0G 2E0
519-848-3620 Ext. 4627
cschmidt@wellington-north.com
Lindsay Scott, P.Eng., Consultant Project Manager
Triton Engineering Services Limited
105 Queen St W, Unit 14
Fergus, ON N1M 1S6
519-843-3920 Ext. 251
lscott@tritoneng.on.ca
In addition, a request may be made to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) for an order requiring a higher level of study, or that conditions be imposed, only on the grounds that the requested order may prevent, mitigate or remedy adverse impacts on constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights. Requests on other grounds will not be considered. Requests should include the requester contact information and full name.
Requests should specify what kind of order is being requested (additional conditions or a comprehensive environmental assessment), explain how an order may prevent, mitigate or remedy those potential adverse impacts, and any information to support the request. The request should be sent in writing or by email to the Project Team members noted above and the following:
Minster of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
777 Bay Street, 5th Floor
Toronto, ON M7A 2J3
Minister.mecp@ontario.ca
Director, Environmental Assessment Branch
Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks
135 St. Clair Ave. W, 1st Floor
Toronto, ON M4V 1P5
EABDirector@ontario.ca
Please visit the ministry’s website for more information on requests for orders under section 16 of the Environmental Assessment Act at: https://www.ontario.ca/page/class-environmental-assessments-part-ii-order
All personal information included in your request – such as name, address, telephone number and property location – is collected, under the authority of section 30 of the Environmental Assessment Act and is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public. As this information is collected for the purpose of a public record, the protection of personal information provided in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) does not apply (s.37). Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public, unless you request that your personal information remain confidential.
Comments submitted to the Project Team for the purpose of providing feedback regarding this Municipal Class Environmental Assessment are collected under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act. Information will be collected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record. Questions relating to the collection, use and disclosure of this information may be addressed to Corey Schmidt, Manager, Environmental and Development Services, Township of Wellington North at (519) 848-3620 Ext. 4627 or cschmidt@wellington-north.com
This Notice first issued December 4th, 2025.