The Blueprint: Guelph's One Water Plan

About the Project

The City of Guelph is known for its commitment to sustainable water management by operating three municipal services: water, wastewater, and stormwater. These municipal services are important for the City’s infrastructure. They help provide and protect water resources for residents and businesses and care for the environment.

The City of Guelph is developing a holistic, sustainable approach to managing Guelph's water resources, called "The Blueprint: Guelph's One Water Plan". An integrated water management strategy looks to care for water in all its forms (including drinking water, wastewater or stormwater) as a single, interconnected system to ensure water sustainability for future generations.

Guelph’s population is expected to grow significantly in the coming years; the City’s Official Plan Amendment 80 requires 208,000 residents and 116,000 jobs by 2051. The Blueprint will balance the needs of humans, animals and the environment by managing water resources efficiently and supports one of the objectives outlined in the City’s Future Guelph Strategic Plan to conserve and protect Guelph’s drinking water.

The project involves reviewing current water strategies and other municipalities' best practices. With this information and community input, the City can identify potential solutions to incorporate into the plan. Additionally, the process involves creating an implementation plan for The Blueprint to guide the City’s future actions.

How to participate

Your input matters

How we manage water affects you and our environment, so your input is important in defining our community’s integrated water management strategy. The City invites you to share your thoughts by joining us at the open house or visiting this page for updates and opportunities to ask questions and provide feedback.

In Person

You’re invited to an open house for the development of the City’s integrated water management strategy, called The Blueprint: Guelph’s One Water Plan.

Please join us on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, anytime between 4:30 pm and 6:30 p.m. in the Marg Mackinnon Room at City Hall. Come learn about the project and share your feedback!

Online

Can’t join us in person? Ask us questions below and check back in to this page often for more ways to participate or learn more about the project and its progress on guelph.ca/onewaterplan.

How to reach us

For more information, feel free to contact us anytime at Josh.McDonell@guelph.ca. We'll get back to you within a few business days.

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