Ontario Drinking Water Systems Regulation Summary - Altech

<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0"> <table border="0" width="640" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" background="Images/DrinkingWater.jpg" height="416"> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="bottom">  <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <table border="0" width="80%" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <h3 style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><st1:State><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Ontario</span></b></st1:State> <b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> Drinking Water Systems Regulation</span></b></h3> <h3 style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">(O. Reg. 170/03)</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p> </span></b></h3> <p><span lang="EN-CA">The new Ontario Regulation 170/03 (O. Reg. 170/03) was made under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 and came into force on </span><st1:date Year="2003" Day="1" Month="6"> <span lang="EN-CA">June 1st, 2003</span></st1:date> <span lang="EN-CA">. This regulation prescribes strict and mandatory requirements that are the toughest in Canada.</span></p> <p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="640" cellpadding="2" height="1683"> <tr> <td width="622" height="1248" valign="top"> <span lang="EN-CA">O. Reg. 170/03 (and related regulations) revokes O. reg. 459/00 and O. Reg. 505/01 and is based on the new Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>O. Reg. 170/03 addresses eight categories of drinking water systems. This now includes water treatment systems that supply water at less than 2.9 L/s (or less than 250,000 L/day). Table 1 summarizes the definitions for each of the eight different categories of drinking water systems.</o:p> </span> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0"><span lang="EN-CA">Table 1: Definition of the Eight Drinking-Water System Categories</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p> </span></h3> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: .75pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .75pt solid windowtext; border-style: none; border-width: medium" width="572"> <tr> <td width="161" valign="middle" style="mso-border-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; border-left: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Category of Drinking Water System<o:p> </o:p> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="378" valign="middle" style="mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Definition<o:p> </o:p> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="161" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: 1.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: .75pt; mso-border-color-alt: windowtext; mso-border-style-alt: solid; border-left: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Large Municipal Residential System</span></p> </td> <td width="378" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: 1.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: 1.5pt; mso-border-color-alt: windowtext; mso-border-style-alt: solid; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">A municipal drinking water system that serves a major residential development and serves more than 100 private residences.</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="161" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Small Municipal Residential System</span></p> </td> <td width="378" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">A municipal drinking water system that serves a major residential development but serves fewer than 101 private residences</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="161" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Large Municipal Non-Residential System</span></p> </td> <td width="378" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">A municipal drinking water system that does not serve a major residential development and is capable of supplying drinking water at a rate of more than 2.9 litres per second (L/s)</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="161" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Small Municipal Non-Residential System</span></p> </td> <td width="378" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">A municipal drinking water system that does not serve a major residential development, is not capable of supplying drinking water at a rate of more than 2.9 L/s and serves a designated facility or a public facility.</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="161" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Non-Municipal Year-Round Residential System</span></p> </td> <td width="378" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">A non-municipal drinking water system that is not a seasonal system and serves a major residential development or a trailer park or campground that has more than five service connections.</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="161" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Non-Municipal Seasonal Residential System</span></p> </td> <td width="378" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">A non-municipal drinking water system that is a seasonal system and serves a major residential development or a trailer park or campground that has more than five service connections.</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="161" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">Large Non-Municipal Non-Residential System<span style="background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; mso-highlight: aqua; background-position: 0%"><o:p> </span><span style="background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua"> </o:p> </span></span></p> </td> <td width="378" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">A non-municipal drinking water system that is capable of supplying drinking water at a rate of more than 2.9 L/s and does not serve a major residential development or a trailer park or campground that has more than five service connections.<span style="background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; mso-highlight: aqua; background-position: 0%"><o:p> </span><span style="background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua"> </o:p> </span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td width="161" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: 1.5pt; mso-border-right-alt: .75pt; mso-border-color-alt: windowtext; mso-border-style-alt: solid; border-left: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">Small Non-Municipal Non-Residential System<span style="background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; mso-highlight: aqua; background-position: 0%"><o:p> </span><span style="background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua"> </o:p> </span></span></p> </td> <td width="378" valign="top" style="mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">A non-municipal drinking water system that is not capable of supplying drinking water at a rate of more than 2.9 L/s, serves a designated facility or public facility and does not serve a major residential development or a trailer park or campground that has more than five service connections.<span style="background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; mso-highlight: aqua; background-position: 0%"><o:p> </span><span style="background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua"> </o:p> </span></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span lang="EN-CA">Drinking water systems require a Professional Engineer to prepare an evaluation report and certify that the water system is in compliance with the regulatory requirements and must be operated by certified operators. The minimum treatment requirements are:</o:p> </span></p> <ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="EN-CA">Chlorination for ground water sources not under the influence of surface water, and</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="EN-CA">Filtration and Chlorination for surface water sources and ground water sources under the direct influence of surface water.</span></li> </ol> <p><span lang="EN-CA">The deadlines for meeting the minimum treatment requirements, along with the Engineering Evaluation Report and Owner�s Notice to the MOE Director for each of the eight categories are listed in O. Reg. 170/03. Please note that the Engineering Evaluation Report and the Engineer�s Certification Letter are required every 5 years for a surface water or groundwater under the direct influence of surface water and every 10 years for a groundwater site not under the direct influence of surface water.</o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">The requirement for an Engineering Evaluation Report does not apply if the drinking water system received an OWRA Section 52 Certificate of Approval after </span><st1:date Year="2000" Day="1" Month="8"> <span lang="EN-CA">Aug 1, 2000</span></st1:date> <span lang="EN-CA">. All that is required is a certification letter from a professional engineer indicating that he/she has visited the site and that the system complies with the existing approval. The assumption is that the engineering report for the existing approval has already been prepared.</span><span lang="EN-CA"></o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">There is no relief from minimum treatment requirements for surface water and groundwater under the direct influence of surface water. For groundwater sources not under the direct influence of surface water there is potential for relief if it can be shown that there is no risk to the public and that the water is safe. Relief would also require the development of a risk analysis and management plan.</o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Finally, the following are related Regulations:</o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span lang="EN-CA">O. Reg. 169/03: Ontario</span></st1:State> <span lang="EN-CA"> Drinking Water Quality Standards</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span lang="EN-CA">O. Reg. 170/03: Drinking-Water Systems</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .25in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span lang="EN-CA">O. Reg. 171/03: Definitions of Words and Expressions used in the Act (Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span lang="EN-CA">O. Reg. 172/03: Definitions of �Deficiency� and �Municipal Drinking Water System�</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span lang="EN-CA">O. Reg. 173/03: Schools, Private Schools and Day Nurseries</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span lang="EN-CA">O. Reg. 174/03: Amends Ontario</span></st1:place> <span lang="EN-CA"> Regulation 525/98</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span lang="EN-CA">O. Reg. 175/03: Revokes</span><st1:place> <span lang="EN-CA">Ontario</span></st1:place></st1:State> <span lang="EN-CA"> Regulation 459/00</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span lang="EN-CA">O. Reg. 176/03: Revokes</span><st1:place> <span lang="EN-CA">Ontario</span></st1:State> <span lang="EN-CA"> Regulation 505/01</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span lang="EN-CA">O. Reg. 177/03: Amends Ontario</span></st1:State> <span lang="EN-CA"> Regulation 435/93</span></p> <p style="tab-stops:-60.0pt -.5in 0in .25in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 6.5in 8.0in 8.5in 9.0in 9.5in 10.0in 10.5in 11.0in 11.5in 12.0in 12.5in 13.0in">For more information on how Altech can assist please contact Henri van Rensburg by <a href="mailto:hvanrensburg@altech-group.com">email</a> or phone at 1-800-323-4937 Ext. 230.</p> <p> </td> </tr> </table> </body>