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Policy Id:

SPR/SPA:

Risk:

7.2.11-CW

Cataraqui

Significant

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

MECP - Wastewater/Sewage Works

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Future

Implemented

Since May 2015, the Ministry has been screening environmental compliance approval (ECA) applications to determine if the activity is located in an area where the activity could be a significant drinking water threat. This is called the “primary screening”. Based on a set of criteria, an ECA application is flagged for a more detailed ‘secondary screening’ to determine if the activity associated with the application is a significant drinking water threat.

Policy Text:

The Ministry of the Environment shall not permit the establishment of new sewage works that collects, stores, treats or disposes of sewage in Brockville, James W. King and Sydenham Intake Protection Zones 1 and 2 where the following activities would be significant drinking water threats:

combined sewer discharges from a stormwater outlet to surface water
sewage treatment plant bypass discharge to surface water
industrial effluent discharges
sewage treatment plant effluent discharges (including lagoons)
storage of sewage (e.g., treatment plant tanks).

Monitoring Text:

(7.2.13-CW): In order to monitor the implementation of policies 7.2.9-CW and 7.2.11-CW, the Ministry of the Environment shall publish information to demonstrate implementation in a timely manner and in a location that is readily accessible to the Cataraqui Source Protection Authority.