The Niagara Water Quality Protection Strategy is a multi-stakeholder initiative based on public and agency consultation. The NWQPS was developed by the Regional Municipality of Niagara, in partnership with the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, and the Ministry of the Environment with help from watershed municipalities, and local stakeholders. One of the recommendations of the NWQPS was to complete watershed plans for all of the watersheds in the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority's jurisdiction. The NWQPS identified 32 Local Management Areas (LMAs) that are based on watershed boundaries. To this end, the completed watershed plans and those underway have adopted the vision as presented in the Niagara Water Quality Protection Strategy:

"Niagara's watersheds will contribute to an improved quality of life for all living things. There will be enough water, of the necessary quality, to sustain healthy rural and urban communities, in harmony with a natural environment, and rich in species diversity. Citizens and neighbours of Niagara will share the responsibility of efficient water use, and will respect the long-term sustainability of all our water systems and the life that depends on them."

Click here to view of a map of the subwatersheds in the NPCA's jurisdiction.

Once the Watershed Planning Division completes a Watershed Plan for a particular LMA, the report is then forwarded onto the Watershed Restoration Division, whuch will focus on completing actual works identified in the WS Plan.

Currently, plans have been completed for a number of LMAs and can be found at the following links:


One Mile Creek: Click here

Twelve Mile Creek:  Click here

Twenty Mile Creek:  Click here

Central Welland River:  Click here

15-16-18 Mile Creeks:  Click here

South Niagara Falls: Click here

Niagara-on-the-Lake Watershed:  Click here

Beaverdams and Shriners Creek Background Draft 2009: Click here

Lake Erie North Shore: Click here

Upper Welland River: Click here