HomeMy WebLinkAboutINS-13-007 - Summary Water Report Jan 1 - Dec 31 2012
REPORT TO:Community & Infrastructure Services Committee
DATE OF MEETING:
February 25, 2013
SUBMITTED BY: Jim Witmer, Deputy CAO, Infrastructure Services, 741-2600
x 4657
PREPARED BY:
Matt Ryan, P.Eng. Utilities Water Engineer, 741-2600 X 4408
WARD(S) INVOLVED:
All
DATE OF REPORT:
February 20, 2013
REPORT NO.:
INS 13-007
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SUBJECT:
Summary Water Report – January 1 to December 31, 2012
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the 2012 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 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, 2012 to December 31, 2012:
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A Ministry of Environment (MOE) inspection was completed on January 14, 2013 for the
Kitchener System and an annual inspection report was prepared on January 31, 2013.
The report identified two non-compliances.
The first non-compliance was in regards to a delay in reporting a low chlorine
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residual due to confusion in regards to the ownership of the watermain by our
Construction & Maintenance staff. The required notification was provided to the
MOE once the low chlorine adverse was identified to the Engineering staff.
Subsequently, refresher training was provided to all water operators with respect
to notification requirements for adverse water quality incidents. As the refresher
training was provided, the MOE indicated that no further action was required at
this time.
The second non-conformance was in regards to the lead sampling program not
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being properly reported to the MOE. Within 30 days of the end of each lead
sampling period an “End of Period Report” summary is to be submitted to the
MOE. Conversely, we had been submitting the “Community Lead Testing
Sampling and Action Log” which is a more in depth report. Once this omission
was noted, the “End of Period Reports” were submitted and a new DWQMS
Work Instruction was created to ensure that all requirements of the community
lead sampling program are complied with in the future.
There were 25 Adverse Water Quality Incidents (AWQI’s) reported in this time period
(summarized in Table 1 attached), of which 13 were due to low chlorine residuals from
the dead end main flushing program and one problem location (Victoria Park). The
problem location in Victoria Park was caused when the watermain needed to be cut-off
and re-routed around the new Stormwater Management Pond. The watermain has now
been re-connected and will no longer be a problem location. 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. The dead ends in the distribution
system are routinely flushed to increase the levels of chlorine.
There were nine incidences of the presence of total coliform in five (5) different locations.
At four (4) of these locations the site was resampled and the results passed (absent). At
the last location there were two different times that the presence for total coliform was
observed. This location was at a temporary watermain in a street reconstruction zone.
During the first incident, at this last location, the resamples were present for total
coliforms (failed results) and the residents were taken off of the temporary watermain
and put back onto the existing municipal watermain. For the other incident at this last
location, the residents were placed onto a new municipal watermain that had just been
installed, thus resamples of the existing temporary watermain were not required.
There were four boil water advisories in 2012, which affected close to 380 homes in
total.
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The first advisory was issued on January 25 and resulted from a watermain
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break where a sewage main broke in the same open excavation as the
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watermain break. The boil water advisory was lifted on January 27, once two
rounds of samples for bacteriological analysis came back with clean results. This
advisory affected approximately 350 homes.
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The second advisory was issued on August 2 when a bacteriological sample
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indicated the presence of total coliform on a temporary watermain. After the re-
sample once again indicated the presence for total coliform, it was decided to
take the residents off of the temporary watermain and put them back onto the
existing municipal watermain (as the street was just at the very beginning of a re-
construction the municipal watermain had not yet been decommissioned). The
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boil water advisory was lifted on August 4. This advisory affected 15 homes.
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The third advisory was issued on September 5 when a bacteriological sample
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indicated the presence of total coliform on a temporary watermain. The boil
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water advisory was lifted on September 8, once two rounds of samples for
bacteriological analysis came back with clean results. This advisory affected
approximately 13 homes.
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The last advisory was issued on September 25 when a bacteriological sample
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indicated the presence of total coliform on a temporary watermain. The boil
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water advisory was lifted on September 26 as we were able to switch the
resident over to the newly installed municipal watermain. This advisory affected
only 1 home.
Lead testing sampling programs were completed in March and October 2012. There
were three (3) lead exceedances (>10 µg/L) in the distribution system. These three
locations were re-sampled and all came back with levels less than 10 ug/L. There were
five (5) 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
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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”
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.
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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 Kitchener
Operations Facility (131 Goodrich Drive). Residents are informed via a newspaper ad.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY:
Jim Witmer, Deputy CAO, Infrastructure Services Department
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Table 1 - Adverse Water Quality Incident Summary - January 1 to December 31, 2012
Adverse Sample
TypeDateAWQI NoSite NameSite AddressNotes
Lead3/13/2012105333Hydrant #12442 Tecumseh Cres
Lead3/20/2012105417Hydrant #801150 Greenbrook Dr
Low Chlorine6/8/2012106351Hydrant #44111516 Glasgow St
Low Chlorine6/13/20121064176" Blowoff37 Graber Pl
Low Chlorine6/20/20121065501" Blowoff99 Kestrel St
Low Chlorine6/22/2012106607Hilti935 Frederick St
Low Chlorine7/25/20121074532" BlowoffVictoria Park
Total Pandora Ave 228 Pandora Ave
Coliform8/2/2012107661Reconstruction(Temporary watermain)Resample Failed
Total Pandora Ave 200 Pandora Ave
Coliform8/2/2012107671Reconstruction(Temporary watermain)Resample Failed
Total Pandora Ave 228 Pandora Ave Failed re-sample
Coliform8/3/2012107685Reconstruction(Temporary watermain)of AWQI 107661
Total Pandora Ave 200 Pandora Ave Failed re-sample
Coliform8/4/2012107701Reconstruction(Temporary watermain)of AWQI 107671
Low Chlorine8/22/20121080722" BlowoffVictoria Park
Total Mill Street 213 Mill Street Resample was a
Coliform9/5/2013108309Reconstruction(Temporary watermain)pass
Low Chlorine9/7/20121083362" BlowoffVictoria Park
Total Pandora Ave 153 Pandora Ave
Coliform9/25/2012108609Reconstruction(Temporary Watermain)
Resident taken off
Low Chlorine9/25/2012108604Weber St382 Weber St Etemproary
Low Chlorine9/26/20121086122" BlowoffVictoria Park
Low Chlorine10/1/2012108710Hydrant #61988 Wandsworth Place
Lead10/16/2012108947Hydrant #529152 Adelaide St
Total Eldorado Resample was a
Coliform10/27/2012109138Plywood10 Hollinger Crespass
Total Resample was a
Coliform10/27/2012109143Shell Station4574 King St Epass
Low Chlorine10/27/2012109145Mann Interiors4553 King St E
Low Chlorine11/30/20121094442" BlowoffVictoria Park
Low Chlorine12/18/2012109588Hydrant #1037615 Manchester Rd
Total
Coliform12/22/2012109625Heffner Toyota
3111 King St E
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Table 2 - Kitchener Distribution System
Volume of Water Conveyed from the Region of Waterloo Supply System
2012 Monthly 2012 Average 2011 Monthly
Variance from
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MonthTotal (m)Day (m)Total (m)Previous Year
January1,754,67056,5941,815,788-3.37%
February1,636,66756,4291,671,844-2.10%
March1,782,81757,5021,803,414-1.14%
April1,765,54058,8431,711,9743.13%
May2,177,86470,2441,838,84618.44%
June2,053,18668,4301,975,9433.91%
July2,332,02575,2162,363,769-1.34%
August2,067,24166,6762,081,002-0.66%
September1,936,26064,5331,834,4355.55%
October1,850,72659,6931,799,4992.85%
November1,731,82957,7201,697,5392.02%
December1,789,76757,7251,736,2803.08%
22,878,59222,330,3332.46%
Total
Volume information taken from invoices submitted by the Regional
Notes:
Municipality of Waterloo
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Volume recorded in cubic meters (m)
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Drinking-Water Systems Regulation O. Reg. 170/03
OPTIONAL ANNUAL REPORT TEMPLATE
Drinking-Water System Number:260 001 458
Drinking-Water System Name:
Kitchener Distribution System
Drinking-Water System Owner: City of Kitchener
Drinking-Water System Category:
Distribution
Period being reported: January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012
Complete if your Category is Large Municipal Complete for all other Categories.
Residential or Small Municipal Residential
Does your Drinking-Water System serve Number of Designated Facilities served:
more than 10,000 people? Yes [X] No [ ]
Is your annual report available to the public Did you provide a copy of your annual
at no charge on a web site on the Internet? report to all Designated Facilities you
Yes [X] No [ ]serve?
Yes [ ] No [ ]
Location where Summary Report required
under O. Reg. 170/03 Schedule 22 will be Number of Interested Authorities you
available for inspection. report to:
Kitchener Operations Facility
Did you provide a copy of your annual
131 Goodrich Drive, Kitchener
report to all Interested Authorities you
report to for each Designated Facility?
Yes [ ] No [ ]
Note: For the following tables below, additional rows or columns may be added or an
appendix may be attached to the report
List all Drinking-Water Systems (if any), which receive all of their drinking water from
your system:
Drinking Water System Name Drinking Water System Number
Breslau (Elroy Acres) Distribution System 260 022 152
Did you provide a copy of your annual report to all Drinking-Water System owners that
are connected to you and to whom you provide all of its drinking water?
Yes [X] No [ ]
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Indicate how you notified system users that your annual report is available, and is free of
charge.
[X] Public access/notice via the web
[X] Public access/notice via Government Office
[X] Public access/notice via a newspaper
[ ] Public access/notice via Public Request
[ ] Public access/notice via a Public Library
[ ] Public access/notice via other method _______________________________________
Describe your Drinking-Water System
The City of Kitchener owns, operates and maintains the distribution system and all
associated appurtenances (valves, hydrants, etc.) that supply water to the residents of
Kitchener. The distribution system receives its supply from the Region of Waterloo
pumping and treatment centres including Mannheim Water Treatment Plant,
Mannheim Reservoir, Greenbrook, Strange Street Pumping Station and Parkway
Pumping Station
List all water treatment chemicals used over this reporting period
N/A – See Region of Waterloo
Were any significant expenses incurred to?
[ ]
Install required equipment
[ ]
Repair required equipment
[ ]
Replace required equipment
Please provide a brief description and a breakdown of monetary expenses incurred
N/A – See Region of Waterloo
Provide details on the notices submitted in accordance with subsection 18(1) of the Safe
Drinking-Water Act or section 16-4 of Schedule 16 of O.Reg.170/03 and reported to
Spills Action Centre
IncidentParameter Result Unit of Corrective Action Corrective
Date MeasureAction Date
01/25/12 Precautionary Boil Water was issued as sanitary sewer 01/27/12
broke apart in the same trench when repairing a
watermain break. Bacteriological samples were negative
and therefore the water was safe.
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03/13/12 Lead 297 ug/L Flush & 03/23/12
Resample
03/20/12 Lead 19.2 ug/L Flush & 04/04/12
Resample
06/08/12 Low Chlorine Free – 0.00 mg/LFlush & 06/08/12
Total – 0.11 mg/LResample
06/13/12 Low Chlorine Free – 0.00 mg/LFlush & 06/13/12
Total – 0.06 mg/LResample
06/20/12 Low Chlorine Free – 0.04 mg/LFlush & 06/20/12
Total – 0.00 mg/LResample
06/22/12 Low Chlorine Free – 0.03 mg/LFlush & 06/22/12
Total – 0.16 mg/LResample
07/25/12 Low Chlorine Free – 0.03 mg/LFlush & 07/2512
Total – 0.22 mg/LResample
08/02/12 Total Coliform Present on a Took residents off of 08/04/12
Temporary watermain temporary watermain and
put them back on the
municipal watermain
08/22/12 Low Chlorine Free – 0.04 mg/LFlush & 08/2212
Total – 0.20 mg/LResample
09/05/12 Total Coliform Present on a Flush & 09/08/12
Temporary watermain Resample
09/07/12 Low Chlorine Free – 0.04 mg/LFlush & 09/07/12
Total – 0.08 mg/LResample
09/25/12 Total Coliform Present on a Took resident off of 09/26/12
Temporary watermain temporary watermain and
connected them to the new
municipal watermain
09/25/12 Low Chlorine Free – 0.01 mg/LFlush & 09/28/12
Total – 0.25 mg/LResample
09/26/12 Low Chlorine Free – 0.03 mg/LFlush & 09/26/12
Total – 0.06 mg/LResample
10/01/12 Low Chlorine Free – 0.01 mg/LFlush & 10/02/12
Total – 0.14 mg/LResample
10/16/12 Lead 38.6 ug/L Flush & 10/31/12
Resample
10/27/12 Total Coliform Present Flush & 10/30/12
Resample
10/27/12 Total Coliform Present Flush & 10/30/12
(Different Site) Resample
10/27/12 Low Chlorine Free – 0.00 mg/LFlush & 10/27/12
Total – 0.00 mg/LResample
11/30/12 Low Chlorine Free – 0.00 mg/LFlush & 11/30/12
Total – 0.03 mg/LResample
12/18/12 Low Chlorine Free – 0.03 mg/L Flush & 12/18/12
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Total – 0.00 mg/L Resample
12/22/12 Total Coliform Present Flush & 12/23/12
Resample
Microbiological testing done under the Schedule 10, 11 or 12 of Regulation 170/03,
during this reporting period.
Number
Range of E.Coli Range of Total Number Range of HPC
of Or Fecal Coliform of HPC Results
Samples Results ResultsSamples (min #)-(max #)
(min #)-(max #) (min #)-(max #)
Raw
Treated
Distribution
1729* All absent 1726 absent, 3 674 0 - 390
0CFU/100mLpresentCFU/100mL
*number of samples completed by the laboratory, additional samples are also completed on
newly commissioned watermains.
Operational testing done under Schedule 7, 8 or 9 of Regulation 170/03 during the
period covered by this Annual Report.
NOTE
: For
Number of Range of
Unit of Measure
Grab Samples Results
continuous
(min #)-(max #)
monitors use 8760
Turbidity
as the number of
Chlorine
1729 Total* 0.16-1.99mg/L
samples.
1729 Free* 0.02-1.28mg/L
Fluoride
(If the
DWS provides
fluoridation)
*includes samples taken by the laboratory:
additional chlorine residual are completed on
newly commissioned watermains, water quality investigations, Springdale auto-flusher, and
as part of dead end main flushing programs – these are not included.
Summary of additional testing and sampling carried out in accordance with the
requirement of an approval, order or other legal instrument.
Date of legal instrument Parameter Date Sampled Result Unit of Measure
issued
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Summary of Inorganic parameters tested during this reporting period or the most
recent sample results
Parameter Sample Date Result Value Unit of Measure Exceedance
Antimony
Arsenic
Barium
Boron
Cadmium
Chromium
*Lead
Mercury
Selenium
Sodium
Uranium
Fluoride
Nitrite
Nitrate
only for drinking water systems testing under Schedule 15.2; this includes large municipal non-
*
residential systems, small municipal non-residential systems, non-municipal seasonal residential
systems, large non-municipal non-residential systems, and small non-municipal non-residential
systems
Summary of lead testing under Schedule 15.1 during this reporting period
,
(applicable to the following drinking water systems; large municipal residential systemssmall
municipal residential systems, and non-municipal year-round residential systems)
Number of Range of Lead Results Unit of Number of
Location Type
Samples(min#) – (max #) MeasureExceedances
Plumbing
234 <1.0 - 27.4 ug/L 5 samples at 3
locations (1 was a
resample)
Distribution
28 <1.0 - 297ug/L ug/L 3 samples at 3
locations
Summary of Organic parameters sampled during this reporting period or the most
recent sample results
Parameter Sample Result Unit of Exceedance
Date ValueMeasure
Alachlor
Aldicarb
Aldrin + Dieldrin
Atrazine + N-dealkylated metobolites
Azinphos-methyl
Bendiocarb
Benzene
Benzo(a)pyrene
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Bromoxynil
Carbaryl
Carbofuran
Carbon Tetrachloride
Chlordane (Total)
Chlorpyrifos
Cyanazine
Diazinon
Dicamba
1,2-Dichlorobenzene
1,4-Dichlorobenzene
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) +
metabolites
1,2-Dichloroethane
1,1-Dichloroethylene
(vinylidene chloride)
Dichloromethane
2-4 Dichlorophenol
2,4-Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D)
Diclofop-methyl
Dimethoate
Dinoseb
Diquat
Diuron
Glyphosate
Heptachlor + Heptachlor Epoxide
Lindane (Total)
Malathion
Methoxychlor
Metolachlor
Metribuzin
Monochlorobenzene
Paraquat
Parathion
Pentachlorophenol
Phorate
Picloram
Polychlorinated Biphenyls(PCB)
Prometryne
Simazine
THM
18.60 µg/L no
(:)
NOTEshow latest annual average
Temephos
Terbufos
Tetrachloroethylene
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2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol
Triallate
Trichloroethylene
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4,5-T)
Trifluralin
Vinyl Chloride
List any Inorganic or Organic parameter(s) that exceeded half the standard prescribed
in Schedule 2 of Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards.
Parameter Result Value Unit of Measure Date of Sample
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