Abstract
In 1987 the Regional Municipality of Waterloo completed a Master Water Supply Study, the primary recommendation of which was to develop an artificial aquifer recharge system using water withdrawn from the Grand River. The Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) process used to plan the project is evaluated. Class EAs were developed to achieve a reasonable application of the Environmental Assessment Act of Ontario to provincial and municipal projects which occur frequently and have a predictable range of relatively effects on the environment (MOE, 1988a). Projects of a more serious nature are dealt with as Individual Environmental Assessments, a process that is generally more comprehensive and rigorous. It is argued that the Master Water Supply Study should not have been developed as a Class EA because it incorporates relatively unknown technology, is not a minor undertaking, and has some potentially serious environmental considerations. As a result of not submitting the project to the full, Indi...
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