Our Partners

The need for effective management of water information is clear when you consider the breadth of the organizations that need to cooperate to link their information and data resources. The following lists some of the key organizations or programs WRIP works with directly or on behalf of to better understand, protect and manage Ontario’s water resources.

Water Protection

• Ministry of the Environment - Clean Water Act
• Ministry of the Environment - Source Protection Planning
• Conservation Ontario / Conservation Authorities
• Trent University - Watershed Science Centre
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Source Protection
• U.S. Geological Survey - Source Water Protection Water Resources

Water and Water-related Programs

• Ministry of the Environment - Water
• Ministry of the Environment - Permit to Take Water
• Ontario Clean Water Agency
• National Water Research Institute
• Envionment Canada - Water Use and Supply Project
• Enviornment Canada - Water Survey of Canada
• DHI Water & Environment

Data and Data Access

• Surface Water Monitoring Centre
• Land Information Ontario
• Natural Resources Canada - National Atlas
• Agriculture and AgriFood Canada - National Land and Water Information Service (NLWIS)
• Geoconnections
• ESRI ArcHydro

Geological

• Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
• Ministry of Northern Development and Mines- OGS
• Natural Resources Canada - Geological Survey of Canada

Environmental

• Ministry of the Environment - Envionmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch

Interest Groups and Non-Governmental Organizations

• Ontario Water Works Association