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4.5.9 Detailed Field Work - 2005 ..........................................................................................182 4.5.10 Identification of Data Gaps..........................................................................................184 4.5.11 Present Field Assessment.............................................................................................185 4.6 Fisheries Characterization .............................................................................................188 4.6.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................188 4.6.2 Work Completed...........................................................................................................188 4.6.3 Next Steps.....................................................................................................................199 4.7 Benthic Macroinvertebrates...........................................................................................200 4.7.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................200 4.7.2 Work Completed...........................................................................................................200 4.7.3 Next Steps.....................................................................................................................204 4.8 Water Quality Characterization....................................................................................205 4.8.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................205 4.8.2 Methodology.................................................................................................................208 4.8.3 Interpretation of Existing Data .....................................................................................209 4.8.4 Water Temperature Results ..........................................................................................228 4.8.5 Sediment Chemistry Sampling .....................................................................................233 4.8.6 Next Steps.....................................................................................................................233 4.9 Septic System Impact Assessment .................................................................................234 4.9.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................234 4.9.2 Information Review......................................................................................................235 4.9.3 Level II Study ...............................................................................................................236 5.0 EXISTING SERVICING CONDITIONS ................................................................ 239 5.1 Introduction.....................................................................................................................239 5.1.1 Background...................................................................................................................239 5.1.2 Servicing Component ...................................................................................................239 5.1.3 Class Environmental Assessment Process....................................................................240 5.2 Description of Existing Servicing Infrastructure .........................................................243 5.2.1 Description of Existing Water Supply System .............................................................243 5.2.2 Wastewater Servicing ...................................................................................................250 5.3 Problem Statement..........................................................................................................251 5.3.1 Preliminary List of Water Servicing Alternatives ........................................................252 5.3.2 Preliminary List of Wastewater Servicing Alternatives ...............................................252 5.4 Background Information and Data Requirements ......................................................253 5.4.1 Planning Information....................................................................................................253 5.4.2 Environmental Information ..........................................................................................253 5.4.3 Servicing Information...................................................................................................254 5.4.4 Summary of Information Required and Methods for Data Collection .........................255 6.0 TRANSPORTATION............................................................................................. 257 6.1 Introduction.....................................................................................................................257 6.2 Existing Road Network...................................................................................................257 6.3 Existing Traffic................................................................................................................258 6.3.1 Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) .......................................................................258 6.3.2 Truck Traffic.................................................................................................................258 6.3.3 Existing Intersection Level of Service..........................................................................259 6.4 Background Traffic Growth Forecasts – Regional Road 136..................................... 259 6.5 Issues, Conclusions and Next Steps ..............................................................................264 6.5.1 Issues ............................................................................................................................264 6.5.2 Conclusions of Phase 1................................................................................................. 264 6.5.3 Next Steps.....................................................................................................................265 iii
7.0 DRAFT GOAL, OBJECTIVES AND PRELIMINARY COMMUNITY DESIGN PRINCIPLES ...................................................................................................................... 266 7.1 Introduction.....................................................................................................................266 7.2 Draft Goal ........................................................................................................................266 7.3 Draft Objectives ..............................................................................................................266 7.3.1 Draft Planning Objectives.............................................................................................266 7.3.2 Draft Environmental Objectives ...................................................................................267 7.3.3 Draft Servicing Objectives ...........................................................................................267 7.4 Preliminary Community Design Principles..................................................................268 7.5 Next Steps ........................................................................................................................269 8.0 COMMUNITY CONSULTATION........................................................................... 270 8.1 Background .....................................................................................................................270 8.2 A Community Vision for the Village of Alton ..............................................................271 8.3 Summary of Issues ..........................................................................................................272 9.0 NEXT STEPS .............................................................................................................. 273 9.1 Phase 2 Introduction.......................................................................................................273 GLOSSARY......................................................................................................................... 274 REFERENCES.................................................................................................................... 276 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENT APPENDICES (Under Separate Cover) Appendix A Terrestrial Appendix B Geomorphology Appendix C Fisheries Appendix D Water Quality Appendix E Hydrogeology/Septic Impact Study LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1.3.1 ALTON VILLAGE STUDY AREA...........................................................................................6 FIGURE 1.5.1 ALTON VILLAGE STUDY PROCESS.....................................................................................7 FIGURE 2.1.1 GREENBELT PLAN DESIGNATIONS..................................................................................13 FIGURE 2.3.1 CALEDON OFFICIAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATIONS...............................................27 FIGURE 2.3.2 CALEDON OPA 179 LAND USE DESIGNATIONS .............................................................28 FIGURE 2.3.3 SCHEDULE L CHPMARA......................................................................................................30 FIGURE 2.3.4 WELLHEAD PROTECTION AREAS.....................................................................................31 FIGURE 2.5.1 SHAWS CREEK STUDY STATIONS ....................................................................................37 FIGURE 3.1.1 ALTON STUDY AREA: GEORGE R. TREMAINE MAP 1859 ............................................41 FIGURE 3.1.2 ALTON STUDY AREA: HISTORICAL ATLAS OF PEEL COUNTY 1877.........................42 FIGURE 3.1.3 ALTON VILLAGE PLAN: GEORGE R. TREMAINE MAP 1857.........................................43 FIGURE 3.1.4 ALTON VILLAGE PLAN: HISTORICAL ATLAS OF PEEL COUNTY 1877 .....................44 FIGURE 3.1.5 ALTON VILLAGE PATTERN OF LAND SUBDIVISION PLAN ........................................46 FIGURE 3.1.6 ALTON VILLAGE AND STUDY AREA ASSESSED LAND USES ....................................50 FIGURE 3.1.7 MAJOR LAND USES AND SIGNIFICANT FEATURES IN STUDY AREA.......................51 FIGURE 3.1.8 COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND FEATURES....................................................................52 FIGURE 3.1.9 AGRICULTURAL CAPABILITY ..........................................................................................57 FIGURE 3.1.10 UNDEVELOPED LAND AND AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST.........................58 FIGURE 3.1.11 STORM SEWERS AND CURBS............................................................................................65 FIGURE 3.1.12 SIDEWALKS...........................................................................................................................66 FIGURE 3.1.13 TRAILS AND PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ..................................................................................68 FIGURE 3.2.1 AIR PHOTO OF ALTON STUDY AREA.............................................................................75 iv
Page 1 and 2: ALTON VILLAGE STUDY PHASE I BACKGRO
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The 1859 plan shows the layout of a
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TABLE 3.1.1 Residential Building Pe
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3.1.4 Existing Land Uses There are
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List of Businesses in and near Alto
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There is only one active church in
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There are three parcels of vacant/u
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According to the 2001 Census, 575 o
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Shopping Patterns The numbers in Ta
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Trails, Park and Recreation Facilit
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Library Facilities The library in A
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The Transportation Study found that
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Alton was originally founded at thi
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3.2.8 Community Services The variou
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geologic and hydrogeologic understa
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described as sandy silt till with c
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Formation shale, the Manitoulin For
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The low flow estimations were calcu
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Water Balance A water balance was c
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Table 4.3.5: Stormwater Management
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Floral and faunal lists have been c
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Table 4.4.4: Wetland Communities Vi
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Table 4.4.7: Bird Species Recorded
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Topography In addition to investiga
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Table 4.5.1: General Reach Characte
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Table 4.5.2: Historical Assessment
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Figure 4.5.3: Historic Channel Plan
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According to the Caledon Creek and
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iological indicators. Semi-quantita
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4.5.9 Detailed Field Work - 2005 Fi
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4.6 Fisheries Characterization 4.6.
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Resident Coldwater These communitie
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4.7 Benthic Macroinvertebrates 4.7.
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Table 4.7.1 Definitions of metrics
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Metrics calculated above (Table 4.7
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Existing Information and Data Exist
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Table 4.8.2: Existing Long Term Wat
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Shaws Creek is not a Policy 2 water
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Nitrate is a dissolved nitrogen spe
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1.00 0.80 TKN, mg/L 0.60 0.40 0.20
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Diurnal Monitoring Two sets of diur
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Compared to the DO results from the
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Table 4.8.5: Summary Statistics of
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450 400 350 300 Iron, ug/L 250 200
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There are significant variations in
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of sampling occasions) as shown in
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300 250 Chloride, mg/L 200 150 100
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Figure 4.8.17: Facing downstream to
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In general, these results indicate
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4.9 Septic System Impact Assessment
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Review Summary The groundwater flow
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Summary of Septic Impact Results an
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for Alton during emergency conditio
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The current permit to take water (P
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The maximum flow under the current
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with the drinking source water prot
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presents a preliminary list of serv
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assimilative capacity is defined as
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Table 5.4.1 Information Required In
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Beech Grove Sideroad is an unpaved
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FIGURE 6.4.1 REGIONAL ROAD 136 AND
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6. To size water and wastewater sys
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8.0 COMMUNITY CONSULTATION 8.1 Back
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determined to be in the range of 20
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GLOSSARY Aquifer. A natural undergr
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REFERENCES Chapter 2 Policy Context
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Chapter 4 Environmental Component A
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Credit Valley Conservation. Shaws C
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Province of Ontario. 1999. Natural
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