What provincial laws give municipalities responsibility for water management?
Ontario has enacted a number of laws creating, empowering and regulating local institutions with respect to water management and public health – municipal corporations, conservation authorities and medical officers of health. Some of the important laws that affect water quality and quantity at the local level may be summarized as follows: Municipal Act, 2001 Municipal governments in Ontario are regulated by the Municipal Act, 2001, administered by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. The Municipal Act, 2001 contains a comprehensive code for the creation, expansion, restructuring and dissolution of municipalities in Ontario. It also prescribes the composition, duties and meeting requirements of municipal councils, and establishes various officers of the municipal corporation). The Act allows municipalities to construct and operate municipal sewer and water systems, and empowers municipalities to enact and enforce by-laws on a wide variety of water-related matters, such as indu
