1. Northwestern Ontario Municipal Water Association Annual General Meeting, Marathon, ON Doug Parker, Executive Director Ontario Municipal Water Association (OMWA) April 22, 2010

2. 2 Who Are We?  190 Municipal Members serving over 7 million Ontarians  20% of OMWA members are from Northern Ontario  OMWA Board includes 14 directors, 3 from Northern Ontario  Peter Veltheer of Greater Napanee, President

3. 3 Our Northern Ontario Board Members  Dryden Mayor Anne Krassilowsky, Vice President  Nick Benkovich, Great Sudbury, President 2009  Mark Howson, Sault Ste Marie, President 1998  Neil Howson, Sault Ste Marie, President, 1979

4. 4 Come to our Events!  Annual meeting, regional meetings, special events  Meet and get to know our 190 members  Understand the day to day challenges our members face

5. 5 Serving our Northern Ontario members  Attend and participate in key conferences and meetings in your area –Participation in NOMA –Northwestern Ontario Water Wastewater Conference in Thunder Bay –Northeastern Water & Wastewater Conference.

6. 6 W hat OMWA has learned about Northern Ontario  The North’s natural beauty and enthusiasm of the people!  Great distances between communities, cost and difficulties of travel  Hardships faced by the closure of pulp & paper mills and related industries  Good understanding of how OMWA can serve you better.

7. 7 OMWA Activities  Called on Province to establish fund to assist small remote municipalities to comply with the DWQMS  Letter to Premier McGuinty regarding Bill 237  Training for local elected officials, re. Section 19 of the SDWA Standard of Care  Recruitment of staff to manage and operate municipal water systems

8. 8 OMWA Activities  Called on Province to establish fund to assist small remote municipalities to comply with the DWQMS  Letter to Premier McGuinty regarding Bill 237  Training for local elected officials, re. Section 19 of the SDWA Standard of Care  Recruitment of staff to manage and operate municipal water systems

9. 9 OMWA Activities  Called on Province to establish fund to assist small remote municipalities to comply with the DWQMS  Letter to Premier McGuinty regarding Bill 237  Training for local elected officials, re. Section 19 of the SDWA Standard of Care  Recruitment of staff to manage and operate municipal water systems

10. 10 OMWA Activities (cont ’ d)  Bursaries for college students

11. 11 Please Contact Us! Our Website: www.omwa.orgwww.omwa.org Email: dparker@omwa.orgdparker@omwa.org Tel: 1-888-231-1115 Fax: 613-966-3024 Address: 43 Chelsea Crescent Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5