O. Reg. 249/06: Non-Residential and Non-Municipal Seasonal Residential Systems that Do Not Serve Designated Facilities

 

ontario regulation 249/06

made under the

safe drinking water act, 2002

Made: November 23, 2005
Filed: June 5, 2006
Published on e-Laws: June 6, 2006
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 24, 2006

Amending O. Reg. 252/05

(Non-Residential and Non-Municipal Seasonal Residential Systems
 that Do Not Serve Designated Facilities)

1. Clause (a) of the definition of “service connection” in subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 252/05 is revoked and the following substituted:

(a) a point where a drinking-water system connects to plumbing, other than plumbing in a trailer park or campground, or

2. Section 5 of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:

5. This Regulation, except sections 7, 8, 8.1 and 9, does not apply to a drinking-water system if,

. . . . .

3. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Exemptions from transfer of ownership requirements of Act

8.1 Section 51 of the Act does not apply to a large municipal non-residential system or small municipal non-residential system.

4. (1) Section 1-2 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Frequency of sampling

1-2. (1) If this Regulation or an approval or order, including an OWRA order, requires at least one water sample to be taken every week and tested for a parameter, the owner of the drinking-water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that at least one sample that is taken during a week for the purpose of being tested for that parameter is taken at least five days, and not more than 10 days, after a sample was taken for that purpose in the previous week.

(2) If this Regulation or an approval or order, including an OWRA order, requires at least one water sample to be taken every two weeks and tested for a parameter, the owner of the drinking-water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that at least one sample that is taken during a two-week period for the purpose of being tested for that parameter is taken at least 10 days, and not more than 20 days, after a sample was taken for that purpose in the previous two-week period.

(3) If this Regulation or an approval or order, including an OWRA order, requires at least one water sample to be taken every month and tested for a parameter, the owner of the drinking-water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that at least one sample that is taken during a month for the purpose of being tested for that parameter is taken at least 20 days, and not more than 40 days, after a sample was taken for that purpose in the previous month.

(2) Clause 1-5 (b) of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “a professional engineer certifies” and substituting “a professional engineer states”.

5. (1) Paragraph 1 of section 4-3 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

1. A result that exceeds any of the standards prescribed by Schedule 1, 2 or 3 to the Ontario Drinking-Water Quality Standards, other than the standard for fluoride, if the result is from a sample of drinking water.

(2) Section 4-6 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsections:

(1.1) Subsection (1) does not apply to an immediate report given by the owner of a drinking-water system if the report relates to an adverse test result from a test that that was not conducted at the system.

(1.2) If the person operating a laboratory gives an immediate report under section 18 of the Act in respect of a result that exceeds any of the standards prescribed by Schedule 1 to the Ontario Drinking-Water Quality Standards for a water sample that was required, by this Regulation or an approval or order, including an OWRA approval or OWRA order, to be tested for a microbiological parameter, and the laboratory received notice of the test result for the other sample that, under section 1-3 of Schedule 1, was required to be taken and tested for free chlorine residual or combined chlorine residual, the immediate report must also specify that test result.

(3) Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Operating authorities

4-8. An operating authority that has agreed with the owner of a drinking-water system to give reports or notices on behalf of the owner under section 18 of the Act or this Schedule shall comply with the agreement.