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Policy Id:

SPR/SPA:

Risk:

6.2.13-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 prohibit the establishment of new sewage works in Cana, Lansdowne and Miller Manor WHPA-A and WHPA-B where the vulnerability score is 10 for the following activities that would be significant drinking water threats including: sanitary sewers and related pipes (Cana and Lansdowne only), septic systems and holding tanks, sewage treatment plant effluent discharges including lagoons, and storage of sewage.

This prohibition does not apply to the replacement, expansion or upgrade of existing sewage works or facilities provided that the design incorporates appropriate risk management measures to protect the source of drinking water.

Monitoring Text:

(6.2.19-CW): In order to monitor the implementation of policies 6.2.11-CW, 6.2.13-CW, 6.2.14-CW, 6.2.15-CW and 6.2.17-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.