Dan Docking is currently the Manager of Environmental Services with the City of Stratford and resides in Perth County with his wife and three children. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations and management of the City of Stratford’s water, wastewater, and stormwater systems, all of which affect the Thames – Sydenham Source Protection Area. In addition to representing the City of Stratford, Dan also represents the Town of St. Marys and the Counties of Huron and Perth on the Source Protection Committee.
Dan earned a Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree in Planning, with a minor in Geography, from the University of Waterloo. He later returned to Conestoga College to complete a post-graduate certificate in Environmental Engineering Applications. Dan also holds MECP licences and certificates in Water Treatment Class 3, Water Distribution and Supply Class 4, Wastewater Treatment Class 4 and Wastewater Collection Class 4. He has 11 years of municipal water and wastewater operations experience, gained while working for the City of Hamilton, the Town of Orangeville and the City of Stratford.
Having grown up on a family-run beef and cash-crop farm that straddles the Ausable and the Upper Thames watersheds, Dan remains interested in and engaged with rural, agricultural, environmental, and water-related issues.