Provinces & Territories

Public Utilities Board Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1970

Repealed: 1980

Municipal Government Act (opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1994

Last Amended: 2003

Both

Surface

 (PDF file) Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 2000

Last Amended: 2020

Both

Both

 (PDF file) Water Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2000

Both

Both

 (PDF file) Public Health Act (opens in new window) 

Original Version: 2000

Last Amended: 2020

Both

Both

Standards and Guidelines for Municipal Waterworks, Wastewater and Storm Drainage Systems (opens in new window) 

Original Version: 2012

Last Amended: 2021

Both

Surface

Water Regulation (external link, opens in new window) 

1988

Both

Both

Water Protection Act (external link, opens in new window) 

1996

Both

Both

Water Act (opens in new window) 

1996

Both

Both

Water Utility Act (external link, opens in new window) 

1996

Quantity

Surface

Fish Protection Act → Directed to Riparian Areas Protection Act (external link, opens in new window) 

1996

Quality

Surface

Dike Maintenance Act (external link, opens in new window) 

1996

Quantity

Both

Drainage, Ditch and Dike Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1996

Repealed: 2002

Quantity

Both

British Columbia Dam Safety Regulation (external link, opens in new window) 

2000

Quantity

Both

Sensitive Streams Designation and Licensing Regulation (external link, opens in new window) 

2000

Quality

Surface

Drinking Water Protection Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2001

Quality

Both

Reviewable Projects Regulation (opens in new window) 

Original Version: 2002

Last Amended: 2009

Both

Both

Drinking Water Protection Regulation (external link, opens in new window) 

2003

Quality

Both

Environmental Management Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2003

Both

Ground

Ground Water Protection Regulation (external link, opens in new window) 

2004

Quality

Ground

Code of Practice for the Discharge of Produced Water from Coalbed Gas Operations (opens in new window) 

2005

Both

Ground

Environmental Assessment Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2018

Both

Both

Water Rights Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1987

Last Amended: 2005

Both

Both

Protection of Water Sources Regulation (external link, opens in new window) 

1988

Both

Both

Sanitary Areas Regulation (opens in new window) 

1988

Quality

Surface

Water Supplies Regulation (external link, opens in new window) 

1988

Quality

Surface

Water Works, Sewerage, and Sewage Disposal Regulation (external link, opens in new window) 

1988

Both

Surface

Water Resources Conservation and Protection Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2000

Both

Both

Ground Water and Water Well Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2001

Quality

Both

Drinking Water Safety Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2002

Quality

Both

Water and Wastewater Facility Operations Regulation (external link, opens in new window) 

2003

Quality

Both

Water Supply Commissions Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2005

Both

Both

Water Protection Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2005

Both

Both

Public Health Act (opens in new window) 

2006

Both

Both

Clean Environment Act (opens in new window) 

1973

Both

Surface

Municipalities Act (opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1973

Last Amended: 1995

Both

Surface

Public Utilities Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1973

Repealed: 2007

Both

Surface

Clean Water Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1989

Last Amended: 2019

Quality

Both

Public Health Act (opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1998

Last Amended: 2012

Both

Both

Energy and Utilities Board Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 2006

Last Amended: 2019

Both

Surface

Public Health Act (opens in new window) 

1996

Quality

Surface

Municipalities Act (external link, opens in new window) 

1999

Both

Both

Environmental Protection Act (opens in new window) 

2002

Both

Both

Water Resources Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2003

Both

Both

Public Utilities Act (external link, opens in new window) 

1988

Quantity

Surface

Environmental Rights Act (external link, opens in new window) 

1988

Both

Both

Environmental Protection Act (external link, opens in new window) 

1988

Both

Both

Water Resources Agreements Act (external link, opens in new window) 

1988

Both

Both

Northwest Territories Water Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1992

Repealed: 2014

Both

Surface

Public Health Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2007

Both

Surface

Public Water Supply Regulations - Pursuant to Public Health Act (opens in new window) 

2009

Both

Surface

 (PDF file) Environment Act (opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1994

Last Amended: 2017

Both

Both

 (PDF file) Municipal Government Act (opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1998

Last Amended: 2020

Both

Both

Water Resources Protection Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2000

Both

Both

Water and Wastewater Facilities and Public Drinking Water Supplies Regulations (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 2005

Last Amended: 2019

Both

Both

Qulliq Energy Corporation Act (opens in new window) 

1988

Quantity

Surface

Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2002

Both

Surface

Drainage Act (opens in new window) 

1990

Both

Surface

Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act (external link, opens in new window) 

1990

Both

Surface

Freshwater Fish Marketing Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1990

Repealed: 2019

Both

Surface

Beds of Navigable Waters Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1990

Last Amended: 2002

Both

Surface

Environmental Bill of Rights (external link, opens in new window) 

1993

Both

Both

Ontario Water Resources Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1993

Last Amended: 2001

Both

Both

The Walkerton Inquiry Report (external link, opens in new window) 

2000

Quality

Surface

Safe Drinking Water Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 2002

Last Amended: 2021

Quality

Surface

Sustainable Water and Sewage Systems Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2002

Both

Both

Nutrients Management Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2002

Quality

Ground

Ontario Clean Water Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2006

Both

Both

Great Lakes Protection Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2015

Both

Both

Ontario Great Lakes Strategy (external link, opens in new window) 

2016

Both

Both

Chief Drinking Water Inspector Annual Report (external link, opens in new window) 

2018

Both

Surface

Minister’s annual report on drinking water (external link, opens in new window) 

2019

Both

Both

 (PDF file) Water and Sewerage Act (opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1988

Last Amended: 2005

Both

Surface

 (PDF file) Environmental Protection Act (opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1988

Last Amended: 2005

Quality

Both

 (PDF file) Water Wells Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1988

Last Amended: 2004

Both

Both

 (PDF file) Drinking Water and Wastewater Facility Operating Regulations (opens in new window) 

2004

Both

Surface

Sewage Disposal Systems Regulation (opens in new window) 

2004

Both

Both

Watercourses Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1964

Last Amended: 2003

Quantity

Surface

Public Health Act (opens in new window) 

2001

Quality

Surface

Water Resources Preservation Act

Original Version: 2001

Repealed: 2009

Both

Both

Environment Quality Act (opens in new window) 

2005

Quality

Both

Ground Water Regulations 172/66 (opens in new window) 

1966

Both

Ground

Public Health Act (external link, opens in new window) 

1978

Both

Surface

Conservation and Development Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1978

Last Amended: 2005

Both

Both

Saskatchewan Water Corporation Act (opens in new window) 

Original Version: 2002

Last Amended: 2019

Both

Both

Environmental Management and Protection Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2002

Both

Both

 (PDF file) Water Regulations (external link, opens in new window) 

2002

Quality

Both

Health Hazard Regulations (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 2002

Last Amended: 2020

Quality

Both

Saskatchewan Watershed Authority Act (opens in new window) 

2005

Both

Ground

 (PDF file) Rural Municipalities Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2006

Both

Both

 (PDF file) Environment Act (external link, opens in new window) 

Original Version: 1991

Last Amended: 2002

Both

Both

 (PDF file) Public Health and Safety Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2002

Both

Surface

 (PDF file) Public Utilities Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2002

Both

Both

 (PDF file) Waters Act (external link, opens in new window) 

2003

Both

Both

Drinking Water Regulation (external link, opens in new window) 

2007

Both

Surface