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SPR/SPA:

Risk:

4.7.3-NB

Cataraqui

Low, Moderate

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

Athens Township of - (Municipality)

Strategic

Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives

Future & Existing

No progress made

Brockville City of - (Municipality)

Strategic

Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives

Future & Existing

Implemented

Elizabethtown-Kitley Township of - (Municipality)

Strategic

Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives

Future & Existing

Implemented

There are not existing or planned wastewater treatment facilities in the Township.

Front of Yonge Township of - (Municipality)

Strategic

Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives

Future & Existing

No progress made

Frontenac Islands Township of - (Municipality)

Strategic

Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives

Future & Existing

No progress made

Gananoque Town of - (Municipality)

Strategic

Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives

Future & Existing

No progress made

Not addressed to date

Greater Napanee Town of - (Municipality)

Strategic

Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives

Future & Existing

Implemented

Napanee Water Pollution Control Plant currently accepts hauled septage for a free. The WPCP Upgrade (construction began in 2025) will include a new and improved septage receiving station.

Kingston City of - (Municipality)

Strategic

Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives

Future & Existing

Implemented

The City's septage receiving facility is located at the Ravensview Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). Hauled septage is received and is treated as part of the raw wastewater inflow to the plant. The liquid stream from septage receiving is treated in accordance with regulatory requirements and is discharged from the plant to Lake Ontario as final effluent. The solid stream of septage is treated and dewatered to produce a product called biosolids that is regulated and is suitable for land application.

Leeds and the Thousand Islands Township of - (Municipality)

Strategic

Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives

Future & Existing

Implemented

TLTI does not apply septage. Treatment plant has an ECA.

Loyalist Township of - (Municipality)

Strategic

Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives

Future & Existing

Implemented

A septage receiving station is installed at the Amherstview Water Pollution Control Plant, however, the operation of this system is currently not feasible due to the high costs associated with the disposal of treated biosolids. Residents are able to dispose of septage in the City of Kingston. The sewage treatment plants in the Township have sufficient capacity for upcoming developments and upgrades are planned when/where needed to meet demands. The Township is making policy changes to allow for partial servicing in alignment with the PPS. Residents within the serviced area that have septic systems will be allowed to connect to the sewer system under changes to the Water and Sewer Connection Charges By-law.

Rideau Lakes Township of - (Municipality)

Strategic

Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives

Future & Existing

No progress made

Township does not have untreated septage wastewater facilities.

South Frontenac Township of - (Municipality)

Strategic

Specify Actions to be taken to implement plan or achieve its objectives

Future & Existing

No progress made

Not addressed to date. The Township does not own or operate any large scale septage receiving and treatment facilities. The MECP regulates septage haulers in Ontario. The City of Kingston receives septage currently from Frontenac County.

Policy Text:

Where the application of untreated septage (i.e. hauled sewage) to land, sewage treatment plant effluent discharges and on-site sewage treatment systems (i.e. septic systems and holding tanks) are moderate or low drinking water threats, and there is limited or no capacity at local wastewater treatment facilities in the Cataraqui Source Protection Area, municipalities should consider taking the following actions to protect their sources of drinking water within five years of the Source Protection Plan taking effect:

managing the treatment or stabilization of untreated septage at existing wastewater facilities and/or
upgrading existing or constructing new facilities to handle demand and/or
encouraging the use of alternative treatment or stabilization technologies.

Where this policy is implemented by a municipality, the municipality should provide the Cataraqui Source Protection Authority with a timely update.

Monitoring Text:

4.7.3-NB (b): Where this policy is implemented by a municipality, the municipality should provide the Cataraqui Source Protection Authority with a timely update.