CVC operates within the Credit River watershed and smaller adjacent watersheds that drain directly into Lake Ontario, as well as along a section of the Lake Ontario shoreline.

CVC works in partnership with municipal governments, schools, businesses, and community organizations to deliver locally based environmental programs.

[2] CVC was founded in 1954 when much of the Credit River watershed was used for rural agriculture and pasture.

Since then, there has been rapid urban development within the southern portion of the Credit River watershed, within the Cities of Mississauga and Brampton.

The average daily flow of the Credit River is 690,000 cubic metres, 65% of which comes from groundwater.