Groundwater

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Learn about me - your drinking water. Learn about where I live, how I get to your tap and what you can do to help keep me healthy.

Latest blog posts:

• What to do with your leftover salt at the end of the season
• Five questions you should ask yourself before salting
• How to green your snow and ice clearing
• No RSVP required. Your exclusive tour of groundwater's home.
• What you need to know before purchasing winter salt or ice melter
• The hidden costs of winter salt and ice melter
• Six mistruths about winter salt
• Nine actions you can take as a water protector
• How the heck do you even get groundwater
• Four cool facts about groundwater
• Water: it's what connects us

Help keep water clean:

• limit use of winter salt and ice melter
• set your water softener to the correct water hardness to reduce salt use
• return unused medication to your local pharmacy
• report chemical spills
• only allow rain down the storm drain
• visit the Region of Waterloo Protecting Water web page for more ideas

Reduce your water use:

• take shorter showers
• fix leaks in toilets and other home appliances
• use a rain barrel for outdoor watering
• visit the Region of Waterloo Conserving Water web page for more ideas

Help educate future water protectors:

• support water education
• teachers can book a water presentation for your elementary class

Through water protection programs, the Region of Waterloo is:

• monitoring water quality of drinking water sources
• supporting youth education through the Be Good To Your Water water education program and the Waterloo Wellington Children's Groundwater Festival
• working with businesses to improve best practices to protect water quality through Source Water Protection Plan policies

• water education resources for teachers
• make an ice cream aquifer
• water fun activity sheet
• aquifer in a cup