Committee of the Whole · March 04, 2025 · Item 11.1
Guelph City Council receive the 2024 Water Services’ Annual Report and Summary Report. That Guelph City Council receive the 2024 Water Efficiency Strategy Progress Report.
Main motion under the agenda item 2024 Water Services’ Annual report, Summary Report and Water Efficiency Strategy Progress Report, 2025-83
Carried (12 to 0)
12 in favour, 0 against — unanimous
What was voted on
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That Guelph City Council receive the 2024 Water Services’ Annual Report and Summary Report. That Guelph City Council receive the 2024 Water Efficiency Strategy Progress Report.
Moved by Councillor Allt, seconded by Councillor O'Rourke.
How the room voted
In favour (12)
- Allt
- Billings
- Busuttil
- Caron
- Caton
- Chew
- Downer
- Gibson
- Goller
- Guthrie
- O'Rourke
- Richardson
What council was given
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- 2024 Water Services’ Annual Report, Summary Report and Water Efficiency Strategy Progress Report - 2025-83.pdf
An annual accounting of Guelph's drinking water system, filed to meet provincial rules under the Safe Drinking Water Act, which Council must formally receive. It covers water quality test results, any problems found and corrective actions taken, major expenses, and water use. A companion progress report tracks the 2016 Water Efficiency Strategy, which aims to cut average daily water production by 9,147 cubic metres by 2038.
- Attachment-1 2024 Water Services Annual Report.pdf
- Attachment- 2 2024-Water Services Summary Report.pdf
- Attachment-3 Water Efficiency Strategy 2024 Progress Report.pdf
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What was said
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2:48:07that wants thank you Marica three are there any members of council who would like to pull this agenda item
2:48:14seeing none I actually just really wanted to thank the the water staff for their work we have full
2:48:20confidence in our water system every year I'm so impressed that our population is growing and our
2:48:26water consumption is either holding steady or decreasing I wanted to encourage the public that
2:48:32might be watching to be aware that the city does offer some water conservation programs for both
2:48:39residential multi-residential and commercial and industrial that really go a long way towards
2:48:45water conservation in the city so if you love water as we all do and you know we're a groundwater
2:48:50community please take a look take a look at those reports from our water folks and also
2:48:55participate in the consultation around our one water approach which is a new approach to how we
2:49:02manage our water and storm water I'm missing one wastewater and and and we're in this period of
2:49:11consultation now and so I just really encourage people to participate in that and to understand
2:49:17how those systems are integrated so as always well done thanks very much thank you do you mind
2:49:23if I just resume chair just to do to move the motion by all means yeah councillor oh would you
2:49:28be willing to move consent thank you how about yourself arorca as the seconder of consent thank
2:49:33you I'll call the vote then on that is there anyone against that report nobody so that's
2:49:40unanimous who from water is glad that I did that yeah yeah yeah all right because we are going to
2:49:48take lunch now so please be aware that we will come back here at 12 35 we're taking a 20 minute
2:49:57break at 12 35 we will come back and we will do the last two items which is the single use item
2:50:04strategy and the vision zero action plan so see you in 20 minutes thank you okay folks we'll call
3:16:00this meeting back to order we are now in the infrastructure development and environment
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