HURON – The province of Ontario has reappointed Matt Pearson as chair of the Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley drinking water source protection committee. Pearson has served on the committee — the first in Ontario — since it was first formed in 2007. Article content“It is an honour to be reappointed chair of the committee,” he said. My role as chair is to focus their collective wisdom on protecting our drinking water sources by developing policies that are sensible and successful.” A press release said the source protection committee helps to reduce risk to municipal drinking water sources through the creation and implementation of policies in locally developed, provincially approved source protection plans.