4. Municipal Drinking Water Systems –
2010 Summary reports
Réseaux municipaux d’alimentation en eau potable – rapports sommaires de
2010
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council receive the Municipal
Drinking Water Systems – 2010 Summary Reports.
RECOMMANDATION DU COMITE
Que le Conseil
prend connaissance des Rapports sommaires de 2010 – Réseaux municipaux
d’alimentation en eau potable.
Documentation
1.
Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services and Community
Sustainability report dated 9 May 2011 (ACS2011-ICS-ESD-0008)
Report
to/Rapport au:
Environment
Committee /
Comité sur l’environnement
and Council / et au conseil
9 May 2011 / le 9 mai
2011
Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy
Schepers, Deputy City Manager/Directrice municipale adjointe, Infrastructure
Services and Community Sustainability/
Services d’infrastructure et viabilité
des collectivités
Contact
Person / Personne ressource : Dixon
Weir, General Manager/Directeur
général
Environmental
Services / Services environnementaux
(613)
580-2424 x22002, dixon.weir@ottawa.ca
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Ref N°: ACS2011-ICS-ESD-0008
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SUBJECT:
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Municipal
Drinking Water Systems – 2010 Summary reports
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OBJET :
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Réseaux municipaux d’alimentation en eau
potable – rapports sommaires de 2010
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Environment Committee and Council receive
the Municipal Drinking Water Systems – 2010 Summary Reports.
RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT
Que le Comité sur l’environnement et le
Conseil prend connaissance des Rapports sommaires de 2010 – Réseaux municipaux
d’alimentation en eau potable.
BACKGROUND
The regulation that governs
Ontario Drinking Water Systems under the Safe
Drinking Water Act (2002) is Ontario
Regulation 170/03.
Schedule 22 of
this regulation requires that municipalities of large and small residential
drinking water systems prepare a report and submit it to the Members of the
Municipal Council no later than March 31 of each year. This was done on March
31, 2011 in compliance with the regulation.
In accordance with the regulation, the report must:
- List the requirements of the Act, the regulations, the system's
approval, drinking water works permit, municipal drinking water licence,
and any orders applicable to the system that were not met at any time
during the period covered by the report; and
- For
each requirement referred to in clause (a) that was not met, specify the
duration of the failure and the measures that were taken to correct the
failure.
The report must also include the following information
for the purpose of enabling the owner of the system to assess the capability of
the system to meet existing and planned uses of the system as required by the
regulation:
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A summary of the quantities and flow rates of
the water supplied during the period covered by the report, including monthly
average and maximum daily flows; and,
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A comparison of this summary to the rated
capacity and flow rates approved in the system's approval, drinking water works
permit or municipal drinking water license.
DISCUSSION
A thorough review of existing
Licenses, Permits and detailed Facility Inspections of all City operated
drinking water systems has indicated no issues directly affecting drinking
water quality. The residents of the City
of Ottawa continue to be supplied with a reliable and high quality drinking
water.
RURAL IMPLICATIONS
The 2010 MOE Summary Reports
provide compliance information for City owned and operated municipal drinking
water systems, and include: Munster Hamlet, Carp, Richmond-Kings Park, Vars and
Greely-Shadow Ridge.
CONSULTATION
Public consultation was not required.
COMMENTS BY THE WARD COUNCILLOR(S)
This is a City-wide report and comments by the Ward
Councillors were not required.
LEGAL/RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS
Requirements of Schedule
22 of Ontario Regulation 170/03 were met when the subject matter reports were
provided to the Mayor and Members of Council on March 31, 2011.
Consequently, there are no legal/risk management impediments to receiving the
information in this report.
CITY STRATEGIC PLAN
This report also supports the previous Planning and
Environment Committee’s strategic priorities (ACS2009-ICS-DCM-0003) for
Environmental Services to rebuild the brand and public trust. The MOE Summary Reports outline the
regulatory requirements for the City’s drinking water systems and they provide
a transparent analysis of the systems’ performance and water quality
compliance. These reports confirm that
the residents of the City of Ottawa continue to be supplied with reliable, high
quality drinking water.
TECHNICAL IMPLICATIONS
There are no technical implications.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
This report has no financial implications.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 1 - Memo
to Mayor and Members of Council dated March 31, 2011 from the General Manager
of Environmental Services: Municipal
Drinking Water Systems – 2010 Summary Reports (Ministry of the Environment
Ontario Regulation 170/03).
Document 2 - 2010
Summary Reports for Britannia, Lemieux, Carp, Vars, Munster Hamlet, Shadow
Ridge, and Richmond – Kings Park (distributed
separately and held on file with the City Clerk).
DISPOSITION
That the Environment Committee receive the
Municipal Drinking Water Systems – 2010 Summary Reports.
Document 1
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M E M
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N O T E D E S E R V I C E
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To /
Destinataire
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Mayor and Members
of Council / Maire et membres du Conseil
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File/N° de
fichier:
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From /
Expéditeur
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General
Manager, Environmental Services Department / Directeur général, Services
environnementaux
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Contact /
Personne-ressource :
Tammy
Rose, Manager, Drinking Water Services / Gestionnaire, Services de l’eau
potable
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Subject / Objet
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Municipal Drinking Water Systems -
2010 Summary Reports (Ministry of the Environment Ontario Regulation 170/03) / Réseaux
municipaux d’alimentation en eau potable – Rapports sommaires de 2010
(Règlement 170/03 du Ministère de l’environnement de l’Ontario)
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Date: March 31, 2011 /
Le 31 mars,
2010
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Please find
attached the Summary Reports for each of the seven municipal residential
drinking water systems owned and operated by the City covering their regulatory
compliance for the year 2010.
As per the Safe
Drinking Water Act, O. Reg. 170/03, an annual Summary Report must be
prepared for all municipal residential drinking water systems and circulated to
all Members of the Municipal Council by March 31 of the year following the year
for which the Summary Report has been prepared. The attachment fulfills this
reporting requirement for the following municipal drinking water systems owned
and operated by the City of Ottawa:
- Britannia Water Purification Plant & Central
Water Distribution System
- Lemieux Island Water Purification Plant & Central
Water Distribution System
- Carp Drinking Water System
- Vars Drinking Water System
- Munster Hamlet Drinking Water System
- Richmond – Kings Park Drinking Water System
- Greely – Shadow Ridge Subdivision Drinking Water
System
Regulation of Municipal Drinking Water in Ontario
In Ontario, municipal water supply systems are regulated
by provincial legislation, and governed by the Ministry of the Environment
(MOE). Under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act, several key
regulations have been defined in recent years covering all aspects of municipal
water supply including: treatment requirements, quality standards, testing
frequency, operations and maintenance, operator qualifications, operating
licenses, laboratory testing, inspections, reports and public notification.
Regulatory
directions to municipal drinking water systems are delivered through a
combination of Provincial Officer Orders, Permits, Municipal Drinking Water
Licenses, or Annual Facility Inspection Reports conducted by the Ministry of the
Environment. The Summary Reports
(attached) for each drinking water system contain detailed descriptions of
these as they apply to individual drinking water systems. A brief summary of findings for 2010 are
listed below.
Provincial Officer Orders
There are no Provincial Officer
Orders for any of the drinking water systems.
Outstanding Municipal Drinking Water License
Requirements
Under the Safe
Drinking Water Act, the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) requires all
owners of municipal drinking water systems to obtain a Municipal Drinking Water
License (MDWL) for the operation of
each drinking water system. On June 18,
2009, the City of Ottawa was granted a MDWL for each of its drinking water
systems, based on achieving four out of five required elements (Permit to Take
Water, Drinking Water Works Permit, Quality Management System Operational Plan
and Operating Authority DWQMS Accreditation).
On April 28, 2010, the City
submitted its application for Full Scope-Entire DWQMS accreditation and on
September 1st, the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) confirmed
that the updated Operational Plan continues to conform to the Drinking Water
Quality Management Standard. The City is
awaiting an on-site verification audit by CGSB to obtain its full accreditation
as an Operating Authority.
The fifth element
of the MDWL requires municipalities to prepare a Financial Plan in accordance
with O.Reg. 453/07 that demonstrates
the City’s ability to maintain and sustain the drinking water systems over the
long term. The City submitted its
Financial Plan to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing on June 30,
2010.
Annual Facility Inspections by the MOE
As part of the
drinking water regulations, the Ministry inspects each municipal drinking water
system annually. These are very detailed
inspections with significant requirement for documentation and records. In the table below, we have identified any
issues identified through the Ministry’s inspections and any follow up actions
required, as well as the score received based on a risk ranking of inspection
findings. For more specific details,
please refer to the corresponding Summary Report.
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System
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Inspection Date
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Prov. Officers Orders
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Non-Compliance Issues
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Best Practice Issues
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Final Inspection Rating
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Issue Cited
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Action Req’d
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Issue Cited
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Action Req’d
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Britannia
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Mar. 1-2, 2011
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MOE’s Inspection Report not yet received. At the time of inspection, no provincial
officer’s orders were issued, and there were no regulatory non-compliance
issues cited by the MOE
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100%1
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Lemieux
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Mar. 3-4, 2011
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MOE’s Inspection Report not yet received. At the time of inspection, no provincial
officer’s orders were issued, and there were no regulatory non-compliance
issues cited by the MOE
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100%1
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Richmond – Kings Park
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Jan.
12, 2010
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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100%
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Vars
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Feb.
2-3, 2011
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MOE’s Inspection Report not yet received. At the time of inspection, no provincial
officer’s orders were issued, and there were no regulatory non-compliance
issues cited by the MOE
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100%1
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Munster Hamlet
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Dec.
15, 2010
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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100%
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Carp
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Nov.
30, 2010
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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100%
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Greely – Shadow Ridge
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Jan.
26-27, 2011
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MOE’s Inspection Report not yet received. At the time of inspection, no provincial
officer’s orders were issued, and there were no regulatory non-compliance
issues cited by the MOE
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100%1
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The drinking water supply received a final inspection
rating of 100% for the previous 2009-2010 MOE inspection period.
Overall Review
We are pleased to report that a thorough review of
existing Licenses, Permits and detailed Facility Inspections of all City
operated drinking water systems has indicated no issues directly affecting
drinking water quality. The residents of
the City of Ottawa continue to be supplied with a reliable and high quality
supply of drinking water.
Should you have
any questions, please do not hesitate to contact myself or Tammy Rose, Manager,
Drinking Water Services at 580-2424 extension 23931.
Original Signed By
Dixon Weir, P.Eng.
General Manager
Environmental Services Department
Attach. 2010
Summary Reports for Britannia, Lemieux, Carp, Vars, Munster Hamlet,
Shadow Ridge, and Richmond – Kings Park
cc: Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services
and Community Sustainability
John
Moser, General Manager, Planning and Growth Management Department
Wayne
Newell, General Manager, Infrastructure Services Department
Siobhan Kearns, Manager,
Environmental Health Protection & Outbreak Management, Public Health