Environment and Waste Management

Users of the Sonya municipal drinking water system may experience periods of pressure fluctuations and/or low pressure on Tuesday July 15, 2025.

These fluctuations will be temporary and regular pressure levels will resume once the system upgrades have been completed. During the upgrades, the drinking water supply will be supplemented with water from another municipal drinking water system. While the difference in drinking water source may result in a change to taste and odour, please note that this will not affect the quality of water. The water will remain safe to drink.

Kawartha Lakes – The municipality is advising residents connected to the municipal drinking water system in Lindsay that a mechanical failure occurred within the water reservoir on July 4, 2025, resulting in higher-than-normal flows through the system.

The issue was promptly addressed, with full repairs completed and normal operations restored later that evening.

Kawartha Lakes – At the June 24, 2025 Regular Council meeting, Council approved an amendment to Building By-law 2024-219 that introduces a new fee exemption for property owners who remove illegal storm water connections from the municipal sanitary sewer system. 

Kawartha Lakes – Please note the following changes to our hours of operation and service schedules on Tuesday July 1 (Canada Day).

Administration Offices
All Administration and Municipal Service Centres are closed on Tuesday July 1. Municipal Service Centres will return to regular business hours on Wednesday July 2.

Kawartha Lakes – Kawartha Lakes is excited to share some of our great waste diversion programs available to residents this spring and summer:

Need woodchips (mulch) for your gardens? Save yourself some money and pick it up at the Lindsay Ops landfill for free on Wednesdays throughout the spring/summer.

Kawartha Lakes – Spring curbside leaf and yard waste collection returns this June. Residents are asked to please place leaf and yard material in dry paper bags at their curb before 7am on your designated date. 

Kawartha Lakes – Spring curbside leaf and yard waste collection returns this June. Residents are asked to please place leaf and yard material in dry paper bags at their curb before 7am on your designated date. 

Kawartha Lakes – In preparation for future waste disposal at the Somerville landfill, construction on a new landfill cell began on Monday May 5, 2025. The estimated completion date of the project is Friday May 30, 2025.

Kawartha Lakes – In response to the recent ice storm, the municipality launched a curbside storm debris clean-up program to help residents with fallen tree and brush debris.

You can now track the progress of this program using the Storm Debris Clean-up Map on our website:

Kawartha Lakes – Our landfill hours are changing temporarily on Friday May 23, 2025.

The Lindsay Ops landfill will only be open from 8am to 11am on Friday May 23. It returns to regular hours on Saturday May 24 from 8am to 3pm.