HomeMy WebLinkAboutINS-17-001 - Summary Water Report January 1 - December 31, 2016
REPORT TO: Community & Infrastructure Services
DATE OF MEETING: March 6, 2017
SUBMITTED BY: Cynthia Fletcher, Interim Executive Director (INS), 519-741-
2600 X4424
PREPARED BY: Angela Mick, Utilities Water Engineer, 519-741-2600 X4408
extension number
WARD(S) INVOLVED: All
DATE OF REPORT: February 1, 2017
REPORT NO.: INS-17-001
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SUBJECT:Summary Water Report – January 1 to December 31, 2016
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RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the 2016 City of Kitchener Summary Drinking Water Report be received for
information as required by O.Reg. 170/03 Schedule 22 of the Safe Drinking Water
Act,
AND FURTHER THAT the City of Kitchener provide a copy of the Summary
Drinking Water report to the Township of Woolwich and the City of Waterloo as
required by Schedule 22 of O.Reg. 170/03.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
During the 2016 reporting period, the Kitchener Distribution System met the
requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act and received an Inspection Summary
Rating Record of 100% from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
(MOECC).
BACKGROUND:
As outlined in Schedule 22 of the Drinking Water Systems Regulation (O.Reg.170/03) of
the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, a summary report is to be prepared and given to the
members of the municipal council. The following information is required to be included
in this report:
(a) list the requirements of the Act, the regulations, the system’s approval and any order
that the system failed to meet at any time during the period covered by the report and
specify the duration of the failures; and
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(b) for each failure referred to in (a), describe the measures that were taken to correct
the failure.
The report must also include:
1. A summary of the quantities and flow rates of the water supplied during the period
covered by the report….
REPORT:
The following matters are reported to Council in accordance with the requirements of
the Safe Drinking Water Act, for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2016:
A MOECC inspection was completed the week of January 9, 2017. The report
provided a final inspection rating of 100%.
There were 17 Adverse Water Quality Incidents (AWQI’s) reported in this time
period (see attached Table 1).
Temporary watermains are particularly sensitive as they are above ground
systems influenced by the water heating up in warmer temperatures. This may
cause the potential for bacteriological growth. Due to the sensitive nature, all
temporary watermains are sampled on an increased schedule (every 2 weeks at
multiple locations). The additional challenge with temporary watermains is the
sample port is located outside and subject to unsanitary conditions. Although
efforts are made with the design of the ports to prevent contamination, sampling
is not completed under ideal sanitary circumstances. The general nature of
reconstruction projects often leads to “false” positives, where the results received
are more reflective of what is on the sampling tap, rather than what is in the
water. Every positive result is reportable and resampling must occur in
accordance with regulations. When the resamples are clear, it is an indication
that the issue was with the sampling port, not in the water.
The presence of total coliform on a test does not necessarily mean the water is
unsafe to drink. Coliform bacteria can be found in many different environments.
There are several different types of strains of coliform bacteria. Most are
harmless and do not cause illness. Coliform bacteria are used as an “indicator
organism” to assess the possibility of other disease-causing organisms, and their
detection would prompt further investigation and/or corrective action. It is
different than E.coli which is a bacteria only associated with human or animal
faecal matter.
When total coliform is found, we resample using a different technique which
provides a number of total coliforms for us to analyze in consultation with Public
Health and the Ministry of Environment. Based on a risk assessment of a number
of factors including: the coliform count, chlorine residuals, upstream/downstream
coliform counts, the requirement for a boil water advisory is determined.
There was one precautionary (1) Boil Water Advisor y in 2016 which was due to
a contractor hitting a private water service and potentially contaminating it with
sewage. The sample results showed no contamination.
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Dead end watermain flushing is a proactive approach to increase the levels of
chlorine in the distribution system. The water is initially disinfected (primary
disinfection) at the treatment plant and sufficient chlorine is added to protect the
water from microbiological contamination as it travels through the pipes in the
distribution system (secondary disinfection). Low chlorine does not pose a threat
to human health; to have an impact to human health, there must be
microbiological contamination and no, or extremely low, chlorine.
Lead testing sampling programs were completed in February/March and
September/ October 2016. There were 2 lead exceedances in the distribution
system, however the resamples were below 10 µg/L. There were eight (8)
residential plumbing exceedances (>10 µg/L) during the year. The City is not
obligated to complete any additional corrective actions other than reporting,
unless directed by the Medical Officer of Health for the residential plumbing
exceedances.
A summary of the quantities of the water supplied by the Regional Municipality of
Waterloo during the period covered by the report is noted on the attached Table
2.
ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
The recommendation of this report supports the achievement of the city’s strategic
vision through the delivery of core service.
The Annual Summary Water Report relates to the Foundation Plan – Efficient and
Effective Government – Communications goal to “Proactively communicate with
Kitchener residents in an effort to share information; educate and engage the public,
and promote enterprises, programs and services; to create a corporate culture where
internal communications is a priority for all City”
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
INFORM – This report has been posted to the City’s website with the agenda in
advance of the council / committee meeting.
The Ministry of the Environment and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo’s Community
Department of Health have been informed of any adverse conditions within the system.
Under Schedule 22 of O.Reg. 170/03, the City of Kitchener is required to provide a copy
of their Summary Report to each Municipality to which it supplies water, namely the
Township of Woolwich and the City of Waterloo.
A similar report - The City of Kitchener Water Distribution Annual Report is provided
electronically on the Kitchener Utilities website, and hard copy is available at the
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Kitchener Operations Facility (131 Goodrich Drive). Residents are informed via a
newspaper ad.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Cynthia Fletcher, Interim Executive Director, Infrastructure
Services Department
Table 1 – Adverse Water Quality Incident Summary –
January 1 to December 31, 2016
Number Adverse Adverse AWQI # Site Name Site
Type Date Location
1 Lead March 8, 128550 Hydrant 263 King St
2016 #859
2 Lead March 8, 128500 Hydrant 70 Eton Dr
2016 #734
3 Total coliform May 11, 129402 Temp main 122 Lakeside
Present 2016
4 Total coliform May 13, 129431 KID 15 600 Heritage
present 2016
5 Low chlorine June 28, 129953 Hydrant 40 Cedarview
2016 #4036 Place
6 E.coli and
July 12, 130181 KID 116 19 Forest
Total coliform 2016 Creek
present
7 Low chlorine July 14, 130243 KID 14 935 Frederick
2016
8 Low chlorine Aug 12, 130736 KID 65 620 Bridge St
2016
9 Total coliform Aug 26, 130941 KID 20 1401 River
present 2016 Rd
10 Low chlorine Sept 1, 2016 131023 KID 40 501 Krug
11 Low chlorine Sept 9, 2016 131145 KID 14 935 Frederick
12 Total coliform Sept 15, 131213 KID 7 321 Fischer
present 2016 Hallman
13 Total coliform Sept 15, 131217 KID 58 700 Queens
present 2016 Blvd
14 Low chlorine Oct 6, 2016 131441 KID 14 935 Frederick
15 Precautionary Dec 2, 2016 131978 10 Adencliffe
BWA
16 Low chlorine Dec 7, 2016 132013 Hydrant 142 Hickson
#932
17 Sodium Dec 16, 132081 911 Queens
2016 Blvd
Resamples were acceptable for all but sodium, the source supply is high in sodium.
Sodium has an aesthetic objective of 200mg/L. The local Medical Officer of Health is
notified when sodium concentration exceeds 20 mg/L, so that this information may be
passed onto local physicians.
Table 2 - Kitchener Distribution System
Volume of Water Conveyed from the Region of Waterloo Supply System
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201620162015
Monthly Average Monthly Variance from
333
Month Total (m)Day (m)Total (m)Previous Year
January 1,770,033 57,0981,769,0310.1%
February 1,636,370 58,4421,650,465-0.9%
March 1,689,724 54,5071,845,596-8.4%
April 1,688,358 54,4631,714,752-1.5%
May 1,891,735 61,0242,021,830-6.4%
June 2,050,493 66,1451,814,77813.0%
July 2,092,658 66,1191,985,3405.4%
August 1,933,457 62,3701,911,5281.1%
September 1,810,045 58,3891,865,008-2.9%
October 1,736,868 56,0281,783,842-2.6%
November 1,600,064 51,6151,683,191-4.9%
December 1,673,013 53,9681,725,029-3.0%
Total 21,572,818 21,770,390-0.9%
Volume information taken from invoices submitted by the
Notes:Regional Municipality of Waterloo
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