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Small water systems often fail to generate the revenue required to update aging systems or inadequate viii Progress on the Action Plan for Safe Drinking Water in British Columbia • From the Office of the Provincial Health Officer Introduction This report charts progress made on each of the eight The Action Plan for Safe Drinking Water in key principles in the Action Plan for Safe Drinking British [...] Premier Christy Clark Announces Cabinet [News Release].5 Drinking Water Source Protection In 2010, the Oil and Gas Activities Act (2008) and While the Ministry of Health remained the lead for its regulations came into force, which continued the the Provincial Drinking Water Program, the primary OGC's regulatory responsibilities for permitting/ responsibilities for the protection of water sources n [...] At the time the audit report was prepared, the main agency responsible for the management b The drinking water source protection responsibilities of what is of groundwater was the Ministry of Environment. [...] The MOE is homes were on a drinking water distribution system; the lead agency in addressing audit recommendations 4 per cent were served by individual wells; and less through the review of the Groundwater Program, than 1 per cent had truck delivery or no water service.6 the commitments in Living Water Smart; BC's Water Of the approximately 300 community drinking water Plan, the current work to mo [...] Progress on the Action Plan for Safe Drinking Water in British Columbia • From the Office of the Provincial Health Officer 5 6 Progress on the Action Plan for Safe Drinking Water in British Columbia • From the Office of the Provincial Health Officer Section 1: Public Health Protection Access to clean, safe, and reliable sources of drinking other government ministries, the health authorities, water.