HomeMy WebLinkAboutINS-11-001- Summary Water Report January 1-December 31, 2010REPORT TO:Community & Infrastructure Services Committee
DATE OF MEETING:
March 21, 2011
SUBMITTED BY: Pauline Houston, Deputy CAO, Infrastructure Services, 741-
2646
PREPARED BY:
Angela Mick, P.Eng., Utilities Water Engineer, 741-2408
WARD(S) INVOLVED:
All
DATE OF REPORT:
January 19, 2011
REPORT NO.:
INS-11-001
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SUBJECT:
Summary Water Report – January 1 to December 31, 2010
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the 2010 City of Kitchener Summary Drinking Water Report be received for information
as required by O.Reg170/03 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 as required by Schedule 22 of O.Reg.170/03
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
(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, 2010 to December 31, 2010:
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A Ministry of Environment (MOE) inspection was completed on July 20, 2010 for the
Kitchener System and an annual inspection report was prepared on September 14,
2010. The report identified one non-compliance – at the time of the inspection the City of
Kitchener’s Drinking Water System Information Profile needed to be updated with the
population increase, number of private residences served increase and the number of
service connections increase. The information was updated on August 30, 2010 and no
further action was required.
There were 39 Adverse Water Quality Incidents (AWQI) the majority of which were
related to low chlorine residuals from the dead end main flushing program and two
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problem sites (). The water is initially disinfected 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 life; to have an impact to human health, there
must be microbiological contamination and no, or extremely low, chlorine. The dead
ends in the system are routinely flushed to increase the levels of chlorine.
There were two locations where total coliform were present, however both the resamples
passed (absent)
There were two problem locations relating to low chlorine – the Breithaupt Centre and
Nelson Stone Centre. Nelson Stone Centre is located at a dead end and an automatic
flushing unit was installed and has eliminated the issue. The Breithaupt Centre is fed
from a dead end watermain on Union. In the Breithaupt Centre, various internal
plumbing modifications were undertaken throughout 2010, however it is still difficult to
maintain the chlorine residuals. The service is planned to be replaced in May 2011
(budget has been approved in 2011).
There was one boil water advisories/drinking water advisory in 2010 which affected ten
homes. The advisory occurred in October 2010 and resulted from a watermain break
where the sewage line was damaged. Residents were placed on a temporary water
source from October 19-22. Since there wasn’t sufficient time to complete adequate
bacteriological testing on the temporary watermain, a boil water advisory was placed on
the residents.
Lead testing sampling programs were completed in March and September/October
2010. There were no lead exceedances in the distribution system however there were
four (4) residential plumbing exceedances (>10µg/L) in the spring and residential
plumbing exceedances in the fall. The City is not obligated to complete any additional
corrective actions other than reporting, unless directed by the medical officer of health.
A summary of the quantities of the water supplied by the Regional Municipality of
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Waterloo during the period covered by the report is noted on the attached .
ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
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”
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FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
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.
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 Elmsdale.
Residents are informed via a newspaper ad.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY:
Pauline Houston, Deputy CAO, Infrastructure Services Department
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Table 1 - Adverse Water Quality Incident Summary - January 1 to December 31, 2010
AWQI*
Adverse TypeSample DateNo
CodeSite NameSite Address
KID91Low Chlorine1/14/201093072Breithaupt Center350 Margaret Avenue
KID65Low Chlorine1/28/201093298Nelson Stone Centre620 Bridge Street East
DEM 81Low Chlorine2/17/201093502Hydrant #601758 Union Street
KID65Low Chlorine2/26/201093668Nelson Stone Centre620 Bridge Street East
KID91Low Chlorine3/12/201093866Breithaupt Center350 Margaret Avenue
KID65Low Chlorine3/25/201094046Nelson Stone Centre620 Bridge Street East
DEM 82Low Chlorine4/21/201094428Hydrant # 195450 Groff Pl
DEM 83Low Chlorine4/22/201094446Hydrant # 2488230 Centennial Court
DEM 84Low Chlorine4/27/201094492Hydrant #42841565 Zeller Drive
DEM 20Low Chlorine4/27/201094492Hydrant # 2134620 Bridge Street East
DEM 85Low Chlorine4/27/201094492Hydrant #2145Dumart Place
DEM 86Low Chlorine4/29/201094511Hydrant #3402576 Falconridge Dr
DEM 87Low Chlorine4/29/2010945111"blowoff99 Kestrel St
DEM 10Low Chlorine4/29/201094511Hydrant # 659111 Maplewood Place
DEM21Low Chlorine4/29/201094511Hydrant # 601758 Union Street
DEM72Low Chlorine4/29/201094511Hydrant #793Margaret Ave
DEM11Low Chlorine4/29/201094511Hydrant # 64554 Valewood Place
DEM24Low Chlorine5/3/201094559Hydrant # 253343 Crestview Place
DEM48Low Chlorine5/3/201094559Hydrant #4036Cedarview Place
DEM 88Low Chlorine5/6/201094600Hydrant #44821500 Blockline Rd
DEM60Low Chlorine5/7/201094619Hydrant #36931455 Weber St E
DEM13Low Chlorine5/7/201094621Hydrant # 325494 North Hill Place
DEM18Low Chlorine5/12/201094680Hydrant # 33774355 King St East
DEM17Low Chlorine5/12/201094680Hydrant # 3718114 Pioneer Tower Road
temp10Total Coliform 5/20/201094822Linden 2" temporary36 Linden Ave
DEM 89Low Chlorine5/27/201094976Hydrant #817240 Palmer Ave
DEM 90Low Chlorine5/27/201094976Hydrant #28759 Bedford Road
res1Low Chlorine6/9/20109525913 Springdale13 Springdale
KID91Low Chlorine7/2/201095794Breithaupt Center350 Margaret Avenue
KID40Total Coliform 7/2/201095807Guardian Drugs501 Krug Street
sd6Low Chlorine7/20/201096351Springdale Autoflusher34 Springdale Dr
KID91Low Chlorine7/29/201096673Breithaupt Center350 Margaret Avenue
KID14Low Chlorine8/19/201097393Hilti935 Frederick Street
KID91Low Chlorine8/26/201097556Breithaupt Center350 Margaret Avenue
DEM69Low Chlorine8/26/201097573Hydrant 601Union
sd6Low Chlorine9/21/201098176Springdale Autoflusher34 Springdale Dr
KID91Low Chlorine9/23/201098237Breithaupt Center350 Margaret Avenue
sd6Low Chlorine9/23/201098249Springdale Autoflusher34 Springdale Dr
DEM69Low Chlorine9/23/201098237Hydrant 601Union
KID91Low Chlorine9/27/201098294Breithaupt Center350 Margaret Avenue
KID91Low Chlorine9/27/201098297Breithaupt Center350 Margaret Avenue
DEM69Low Chlorine9/28/201098297Hydrant 601Union
breit1Low Chlorine10/5/201098468Breithaupt Centre - basement 350 Margaret
KID83Low Chlorine10/21/201098756Kieswetter Motors4202 King St E
KID83Low Chlorine11/2/201098942Kieswetter Motors4202 King St E
DEM 91Low Chlorine11/8/201099043hydrant # 3071185 Washburn
DEM47Low Chlorine11/12/201099127Hydrant #1448Riverbend Drive
DEM 77Low Chlorine11/15/201099130Hydrant #1921Blockline Rd
DEM 92Low Chlorine11/15/201099133Hydrant # 3035Rockwood
KID83Low Chlorine11/16/201099145Kieswetter Motors4202 King St E
* more than one location can be associated with an AWQI number
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Legend
DEMAdverse results from Dead End Main Flushing program
KIDregular Kitchener Distribution Sampling Locations
temptemporary watermain
sdspringdale autoflusher
resresidential sample
breit1Breithaupt Centre - basement tap (new internal location)
Table 2 Kitchener Distribution System
olume of Water Conveyed from the Region of Waterloo Supply
V
System
2010 2010 2009
Monthly Average Monthly
Variance from
333
MonthTotal (m)Day (m)Total (m)Previous Year
2.19%
Jan1,916,08361,8001,958,928
0.96%
Feb1,736,25762,0011,753,045
-0.98%
March1,941,58962,6231,922,769
-0.09%
April1,896,33063,2021,894,697
-2.24%
May2,123,20768,4812,076,743
4.45%
June1,960,90765,3552,052,302
-2.67%
July2,092,54567,4922,038,055
-3.60%
August2,077,03566,9922,004,897
4.08%
Sept.1,900,93563,3561,981,694
2.28%
Oct.1,880,76060,6611,924,661
4.12%
Nov.1,764,73158,8161,840,593
1.71%
Dec.1,859,62559,9791,892,071
-0.82%
Total23,150,00423,340,455
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