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Risk:

2-5-E

Quinte

Significant

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

MECP - Wastewater/Sewage Works

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Existing

Implemented

The ministry continues to identify and review existing Environmental Compliance Approvals as a result of source protection plan amendments on an annual basis. For those existing instruments that are screened by the Ministry and subject to existing threat prescribed instrument policies, the existing instruments will be reviewed to determine if the Standard Operating Policy can be applied or if amendments are needed to protect municipal drinking water sources.

Policy Text:

Where existing sewage infrastructure is a significant drinking water threat the Ministry of the Environment shall ensure that the prescribed instrument (Certificate of Approval or Environmental Compliance Approval) include appropriate terms and conditions so that it ceases to be a significant drinking water threat.
The Director shall consider including conditions within the prescribed instrument to inspect sewage infrastructure to ensure it is functioning as designed and inclusion of an Emergency Plan.

Applicable Areas:
a) Sanitary Sewer Networks/Pipes:
- WHPA A and B (vulnerability score of 10) - Deloro, Madoc and Tweed;
- IPZ 1 (vulnerability score of 10)- Picton and
- Issues Contributing Area–Tweed.

b) Pumping Stations and STP Storage Tanks:
- IPZ 1 and 2 (vulnerability score of 9 or higher) - Belleville (IPZ 1), Deseronto (IPZ 1), Napanee (IPZ 1) and Picton (IPZ 1 and 2)
- Issues Contributing Area –Tweed.

c) Stormwater Ponds, Effluent Discharges, and By-pass discharges:
- IPZ 1, 2 and 3 (vulnerability score of 8 or higher) - Bayside (IPZ 1), Belleville (IPZ 1 and 2), Deseronto (IPZ 1 and 2), Napanee (IPZ 1 and 2), and Picton (IPZ 1, 2 and 3a).

Effective Date: Within three years of the Plan, or any plan amendment, as applicable, taking effect.

Monitoring Text:

The Ministry shall prepare an annual summary of the actions it has taken to achieve the outcomes of this Source Protection Plan policy and make that report available to the Quinte Source Protection Authority February 1st each year.