Public Consultation Process

Meaningful and effective public and stakeholder consultation was critical to the success of the Water and Wastewater Master Plan Update. The public consultation strategy involved the local municipalities, key stakeholders and the public and was a very important component of the study. A Technical Advisory Committee (comprising Regional staff and staff from the local municipalities) was established to provide input at key points throughout the study. Further, study related information was posted on the Region's website for public comments and several newsletters were published during the course of the study.

The update process involved three rounds of Public Consultation Centres on the Water and Wastewater Master Plan update and the York Region Transportation Master Plan update. 

We completed the First Round of Public Consultation Centre meetings, in Aurora, Keswick, and Vaughan, from November 21-23, 2006.  Please click here to see the meeting notes, information panels and presentation slides that were shown at this session. 

A joint public consultation centre with Durham Region, focusing on the York-Durham Sewage System (YDSS), was held on April 17, 2007.  Please click here to see the information panels and presentation slides that were shown at that session.

The Second Round of PCCs on the Water and Wastewater Master Plan and the Transportation Master Plan was completed in November 2007.  Please click here for more information. 

York Region also participated in two Water and Wastewater Master Planning Public Information Centres hosted by Durham Region on February 21, 2008 in Ajax; and February 25, 2008 in Pickering. For more details please click here.

The Third Round, and last of PCCs was completed earlier in 2009.  It focused on the preferred servicing strategy. We presented preferred servicing strategies for each local municipality. To see a copy of the Presentation and the Information Panels that were being displayed in these meetings, as well as information on water servicing strategies for most local communities in the Region, please click here [7.45 Mb PDF].

Durham Region Consultation - York Region and Durham Region jointly hosted a drop-in style Public Information Centre on September 10, 2009 to discuss the York Region Water and Wastewater Master Plan Update as it relates to the York Durham Sewage System. Information was also available regarding Durham Region's Water and Wastewater Master Plan. To view a copy of the Notice of Public Information Centre, please click here.