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Home My WebLink AboutINS-14-007 - Summary Water Report - January 1 to December 31 2013 StafRe r s .!department partment www1itchenera REPORT TO: Community & Infrastructure Services Committee DATE OF MEETING: February 24, 2014 SUBMITTED BY: Pauline Houston, Deputy CAO, Infrastructure Services, X 4646 PREPARED BY: Angela Mick, P.Eng. Utilities Water Engineer, X 4408 WARD(S) INVOLVED: All DATE OF REPORT: January 23, 2014 REPORT NO.: INS-14-007 SUBJECT: SUMMARY WATER REPORT—JANUARY 1st to DECEMBER 31, 2013 RECOMMENDATION: THAT the 2013 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 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, 2013 to December 31, 2013: 3 - 1 Staff Re wry Infrastructure 5er�rrres department www1itchener ra • A Ministry of Environment (MOE) inspection was completed on January 8, 2014 for the Kitchener System and an annual inspection report was prepared on January 23, 2014. The report did not identify any non-compliances for the system • There were 23 Adverse Water Quality Incidents (AWQI's) reported in this time period (summarized in Table 1 attached), of which 12 were due to low chlorine residuals from the dead end main flushing program and/or routine sampling. 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 eight (8) incidences of the presence of total coliform in four (4) different locations. At three (3) of the locations, the site was resampled and the results passed (absent). The fourth location was a temporary watermain installed during the Queen Street reconstruction project. • There was one Boil Water Advisory in 2013 on the Queen St temporary watermain, which affected 5 addresses, one of which was an apartment building. The advisory was in place August 10-14 and was lifted once two rounds of samples for bacteriological analysis came back with clean results. Eventually all residents on the temporary main were placed on the newly installed and commissioned (chlorinated) watermain. • There was one precautionary Drinking Water Advisory on a single address October 25- 29. The water service was damaged during excavation of contaminated soils. It was suspected that the material may have come into contact with the water service. Sampling was completed, which confirmed that the soil did not contaminate the water service. • Lead testing sampling programs were completed in March and September/October 2013. There was one (1) lead exceedance (>10 pg/L) in the distribution system. The location was re-sampled and came back with levels less than 10 pg /L (the limit). There were four (4) residential plumbing exceedances (>10 pg/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 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 3 - 2 Staff Re wry Infrastructure 5er�rrres department wwwkitchenerra 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 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 Kitchener Operations Facility (131 Goodrich Drive). Residents are informed via a newspaper ad. ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Pauline Houston, Deputy CAO, Infrastructure Services Department 3 - 3 Staff Re wry Infrastructure 5er�rrres department wwuwkitcheneut? Table 1-Adverse Water Quality Incident Summary-January 1 to December 31,2013 Code Adverse Type; Sample Date AWQI,No Site Name Site Address Resampie Notes Hydrant#1536 High Lead 3/18/2013 110318 Hydrant#1536 44GIenAvonCres resamplewas<1.0mg/L DEM96 Low Chlorine 4/22/2013 110713 Hydrant#4093 26 Elm St DEM100 Low Chlorine 4/25/2013 110760 Hydrant#4326 1440 Huron Road DEM82 Low Chlorine 4/26/2013 110805 Hydrant#1954 SO Groff PI DEM101 Low Chlorine 4/29/2013 1008651 Hydrant#1715 50Adam Ferrie PI DEM102 Low Chlorine 5/1/2013 110903 Hydrant#3693 King @ Kenzie Av DEM24 Low Chlorine 5/16/2013 111045 Hydrant#2533 43 Crestview PI Resamples were absent. There was an aerator on the tap that could not be easily removed.Sample location Total Coliform was moved from the dish washing KID12 Present 5/30/2013 111343 YWCA 8 Bridge St sink to the hand washing sink Total Coliform Conestoga KID17 Present 6/24/2013 111864 College 299 Doon Valley Dr Resamples were absent K34 High Chlorine 7/8/2013 112263 K34Well 163Biehn Dr Moore Ave Total Coliform temporary TEMP11 I Present 7/8/2013 112267 watermain Resamples were absent DEM103 Low Chlorine 7/23/2013 112807 Hydrant#2504 14Bettina PI DEM25 Low Chlorine 7/24/2013 112825 Hydrant#619 88 Wandsworth PI 113305, 113325, Queen St Total Coliform 113331, temporary BOIL WATER ADVISORY in affect TEMP12 Present 8/8/2013 113333 watermain from August 10-14,2013 Queen St Total Coliform temporary temporary watermain was no longer TEMP12 Present 8/27/2013 113703 watermain in service Conestoga KID17 Low Chlorine 10/7/2013 114444 College 299 Doon Valley Dr KID14 Low Chlorine 10/10/2013 114520 Hilti 935 Frederick St KID14 Low Chlorine 10/11/2013 114540 Hilti 935 Frederick St DRINKING WATER ADVISORY in affect Oct 25-29,2013 as a precaution due to a damaged service within contaminated soils (soils were being removed).Sample Benton 10/25/2013 1147361 17 Benton St results were acceptable DEM25 1 Low Chlorine 10/31/2013 114830 Hydrant#619 88 Wandsworth PI Legend DEM Adverse results from Dead End Main Flushing program KID Regular Kitchener Distribution Sampling Locations TEMP Temporary watermain during construction 3 - 4 Staff Re wry Infrastructure 5erlrrres department wwwkitchenerra Table 2 - Kitchener Distribution System Volume of Water Conveyed from the Region of Waterloo Supply System 2013 2013 Monthly Average 2012 Monthly Variance from Month Total m3 Da m3 Total m3 Previous Year January 1,814,345 58,519 1,754,670 0.03% February 1,664,425 59,435 1,636,667 0.02% March 1,810,780 58,404 1,782,817 0.02% April 1,760,845 58,687 1,765,540 0.00% May 2,039,960 65,796 2,177,864 -0.06% June 1,937,831 64,585 2,053,186 -0.06% July 2,049,678 66,109 2,332,025 -0.12% August 1,984,549 64,009 2,067,241 -0.04% September 1,859,648 61,980 1,936,260 -0.04% October 1,828,752 59,240 1,850,726 -0.01% November 1,744,634 58,146 1,731,829 0.01% December 1,808,288 58,324 1,789,767 0.01% Total 22,303,735 22,878,592 -0.03% Volume information taken from invoices submitted by the Regional Notes: Municipality of Waterloo 3 - 5