TO :	Mayor and Members of Council
DESTINATAIRE :	Maire et membres du Conseil
FROM :	Dixon Weir, General Manager Environmental Services Department	Contact : Tammy Rose, Manager, Drinking Water Services 613-580-2400, x23931 tammy.rose@ottawa.ca
EXPÉDITEUR :	Dixon Weir, Directeur général Services environnementaux	Personne ressource : Tammy Rose,Gestionnaire, Service de l’eau potable 613-580-2400, x23931 tammy.rose@ottawa.ca
DATE :	April 26, 2012
	Le 26 avril 2012
REF N^O. :	ACS2012-COS-ESD-0002-IPD
SUBJECT :	MUNICIPAL DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS – 2011 SUMMARY REPORTS
OBJET :	RÉSEAUX MUNICIPAUX D’ALIMENTATION EN EAU POTABLE – RAPPORTS SOMMAIRES DE 2011

BACKGROUND

The regulation that governs Ontario Drinking Water Systems under the Safe Drinking Water Act (2002) is Ontario Regulation 170/03.

Schedule 22 of this regulation requires that municipalities of large and small residential drinking water systems prepare a report and submit it to the Members of the Municipal Council no later than March 31 of each year. This was done on March 31, 2012 in compliance with the regulation.

In accordance with the regulation, the report must:

· List the requirements of the Act, the regulations, the system's approval, drinking water works permit, municipal drinking water licence, and any orders applicable to the system that were not met at any time during the period covered by the report; and

· For each requirement referred to above that was not met, specify the duration of the failure and the measures that were taken to correct the failure.

The report must also include the following information for the purpose of enabling the owner of the system to assess the capability of the system to meet existing and planned uses of the system as required by the regulation:

· A summary of the quantities and flow rates of the water supplied during the period covered by the report, including monthly average and maximum daily flows; and,

· A comparison of this summary to the rated capacity and flow rates approved in the system's approval, drinking water works permit or municipal drinking water license.

DISCUSSION

A thorough review of existing Licenses, Permits and detailed Facility Inspections of all City operated drinking water systems has indicated no issues directly affecting drinking water quality.

At the time of the issuance of the 2011 Summary Reports to the Mayor and Councillors on March 31, and as noted in the transmittal memo, the City had not yet received the results of the Ministry inspections for the Britannia and Lemieux Island Water Purification Plans and Central Water Distribution systems. We are pleased to report that these inspection reports have been recently received and both systems received perfect scores. When coupled to other drinking water system 2011 scores, we are pleased to report that this is the third consecutive year that all seven (7) City owned and operated drinking water systems have received these perfect scores.

The residents of the City of Ottawa continue to be supplied with a reliable and high quality drinking water.

Dixon Weir, P.Eng.

General Manager

Environmental Services Department

CC: Steve Kanellakos, Deputy City Manager, City Operations

Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager, Planning and Infrastructure

John Moser, General Manager, Planning and Growth Management

Wayne Newell, General Manager, Infrastructure Services

Dr. Isra Levy, Medical Officer of Health

Siobhan Kearns, Manager, Environmental Health Protection & Outbreak Management, OPH

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION:

Document 1 - Memo to Mayor and Members of Council dated March 31, 2012 from the General Manager of Environmental Services: Municipal Drinking Water Systems – 2011 Summary Reports (Ministry of the Environment Ontario Regulation 170/03).

Document 2 - 2011 Summary Reports for Britannia, Lemieux, Carp, Vars, Munster Hamlet, Greely – Shadow Ridge, and Richmond – Kings Park (on file with the City Clerk).

Document 1

M E M O / N O T E D E S E R V I C E

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To / Destinataire

Mayor and Members of Council / Maire et membres du Conseil

File/N° de fichier:

From / Expéditeur

General Manager, Environmental Services Department / Directeur général, Services environnementaux

Contact / Personne-ressource :

Tammy Rose, Manager, Drinking Water Services / Gestionnaire, Service de l’eau potable

Subject / Objet

Municipal Drinking Water Systems - 2011 Summary Reports (Ministry of the Environment Ontario Regulation 170/03) / Réseaux municipaux d’alimentation en eau potable – Rapports sommaires de 2011 (Règlement 170/03 du Ministère de l’environnement de l’Ontario)

Date: March 31, 2012 /

Le 31 mars, 2012

Please find attached the Drinking Water Summary Reports for each of the seven municipal residential drinking water systems owned and operated by the City covering their regulatory compliance for the year 2011.

As per the Safe Drinking Water Act, O. Reg. 170/03, an annual Summary Report must be prepared for all municipal residential drinking water systems and circulated to all Members of the Municipal Council by March 31 of the year following the year for which the Summary Report has been prepared. The attachment fulfills this reporting requirement for the following municipal drinking water systems owned and/or operated by the City of Ottawa:

Britannia Water Purification Plant & Central Water Distribution System
Lemieux Island Water Purification Plant & Central Water Distribution System
Carp Drinking Water System
Vars Drinking Water System
Munster Hamlet Drinking Water System
Richmond – Kings Park Drinking Water System
Greely – Shadow Ridge Subdivision Drinking Water System

Regulation of Municipal Drinking Water in Ontario

In Ontario, municipal water supply systems are regulated by provincial legislation, and governed by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE). Under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act, several key regulations have been defined in recent years covering all aspects of municipal water supply including: treatment requirements, quality standards, testing frequency, operations and maintenance, operator qualifications, operating licenses, laboratory testing, inspections, reports and public notification.

Regulatory directions to municipal drinking water systems are delivered through a combination of Provincial Officer Orders, Permits, Municipal Drinking Water Licenses, or Annual Facility Inspection Reports conducted by the Ministry of the Environment. The Summary Reports (attached) for each drinking water system contain detailed descriptions of these as they apply to individual drinking water systems. A brief summary of findings for 2011 are listed below.

Provincial Officer Orders

There are no Provincial Officer Orders for any of the drinking water systems.

Outstanding Municipal Drinking Water License Requirements

Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) requires all owners of municipal drinking water systems to obtain a Municipal Drinking Water License (MDWL) for the operation of each drinking water system. On June 18, 2009, the City of Ottawa was granted a MDWL for each of its drinking water systems. On October 3, 2011, the City of Ottawa was awarded its Full Scope – Entire Accreditation as an Operating Authority by the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB). This accreditation, awarded through a detailed review of its Operational Plan and completion of an on-site verification audit, demonstrates its success in meeting the requirements of Ontario’s Drinking Water Quality Management Standard. By achieving accreditation, the City of Ottawa has demonstrated that it has an operational and effective drinking water quality management system.

Annual Facility Inspections by the MOE

As part of the drinking water regulations, the Ministry inspects each municipal drinking water system annually. These are very detailed inspections with significant requirement for documentation and records. In the table below, we have identified any issues identified through the Ministry’s inspections and any follow up actions required, as well as the score received based on a risk ranking of inspection findings. For more specific details, please refer to the corresponding Summary Report.

System	Inspection Date	Prov. Officers Orders	Non-Compliance Issues		Best Practice Issues		Final Inspection Rating
			Issue Cited	Action Req’d	Issue Cited	Action Req’d
Britannia	Feb. 14-17, 2012	MOE’s Inspection Report not yet received. At the time of inspection, no provincial officer’s orders were issued, and there were no regulatory non-compliance issues cited by the MOE.					100%¹
Lemieux	Feb. 21-23, 2012	MOE’s Inspection Report not yet received. At the time of inspection, no provincial officer’s orders were issued, and there were no regulatory non-compliance issues cited by the MOE					100%¹
Richmond – Kings Park	Aug. 24, 2011	0	0	0	0	0	100%
Vars	Nov. 15-16, 2011	0	0	0	0	0	100%
Munster Hamlet	May 5, 2011	0	0	0	0	0	100%
Carp	Oct. 11, 2011	0	0	0	0	0	100%
Greely – Shadow Ridge	Nov. 15-16, 2011	0	0	0	0	0	100%

[1] Provisional rating – final report not received to date from MOE; A final MOE inspection rating of 100% was received for the previous 2010 inspection period.

Overall Review

We are pleased to report that a thorough review of existing Licenses, Permits and detailed Facility Inspections of all City operated drinking water systems has indicated no issues directly affecting drinking water quality. The residents of the City of Ottawa continue to be supplied with a reliable and high quality supply of drinking water.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact myself or Tammy Rose, Manager, Drinking Water Services at 580-2424 extension 23931.