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Risk:

SEW-7-LB-PI-MC

Mississippi Valley, Rideau Valley

Significant

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

MECP - Wastewater/Sewage Works

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Future

Implemented

Where a source protection plan policy outcome is to manage a significant threat to drinking water sources through the prescribed instrument for sewage works, the ministry is meeting the policy’s obligations by including design and operational measures in an Environmental Compliance Approval. To assist in the implementation of this approach, anyone subject to policy requiring management of a significant drinking water threat is required to include in their application a description of the measures necessary to protect drinking water and submit a ‘Source Protection Supplementary Report’ to outline how the activity for the sewage works will be managed so that the activity will not become a significant drinking water threat.

Policy Text:

Where new or replacement sanitary sewers and related pipes would be a significant drinking water threat as described in Appendix B, the MOE shall ensure that the Prescribed Instrument (Environmental Compliance Approval required under the Ontario Water Resources Act) includes appropriate terms and conditions to manage the threat so that it does not become significant. Where the Director considers it appropriate, terms and conditions will include requiring that new or replacement sanitary sewers and related pipes be constructed of watermain quality pipe and pressure tested in place at a pressure of 350 kPa (50 psi) using the testing methodology in Ontario Provincial Standard Specification 412 (OPSS 412).

Monitoring Text:

MON-7-LB Annual Report from the MOE — Legally Binding Policies
By February 1 of each year, the MOE shall provide the Source Protection Authority with a summary of implementation activities for the previous calendar year related to significant/moderate/low threat policies where the MOE is the implementer.