Policy Edit

Policy Id:

SPR/SPA:

Risk:

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

Policy Text:

To ensure existing or new septic systems and holding tanks, with a design flow of less
than or equal to 10,000 Litres per day and subject to approval under the Ontario
Building Code Act or the Ontario Water Resources Act, ceases to be or never becomes
a significant drinking water threat, where this activity is, or would be, a significant
drinking water threat, the County shall implement an on-site septic system maintenance
inspection program. Inspections should be prioritized based on the proximity to the
drinking water supply.

Monitoring Text:

BC-CW-1.9: The County shall provide a report to the Source Protection Authority, by February 1st of
each year, summarizing the actions taken to implement the Source Protection Plan Policies.

Where the County is required to implement education and outreach programs as the
primary means of managing the risk associated with significant drinking water threats,
the report must indicate, at minimum, the properties where these programs were
implemented and additional details on how the significant drinking water threat was
managed and/or ceased to be significant.