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Date of Report:
Report No.:
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Finance and Corporate Services
March 6, 2006
Pauline Houston, General Manager of Financial Services
Angela Mick, Utilities Water Engineer
All
February 17, 2006
FIN-06-005
SUMMARY WATER REPORT - JANUARY 1ST TO
DECEMBER 31sT, 2005
RECOMMENDATION:
The 2005 Summary Drinking Water Report be accepted as per 0.Reg170/03 Section 22 of the
Safe Drinking Water Act.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
No Ministry of Environment Orders to Comply were received and therefore no corrective
measures are required.
BACKGROUND:
As outlined in Schedule 22 of the Drinking Water Systems Regulation (0.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
The report must also include:
(b) for each failure referred to in (a), describe the measures that were taken to correct the
failure. "
REPORT:
"1. A summary of the quantities and flow rates of the water supplied during the period covered
by the report. . .. "
The City of Kitchener was issued an MOE Order on September 23,2004 to address the inability
to increase the combined chlorine residual to at least 1 .Omg/L as part of the corrective action as
per 0.Reg.170/03. The City of Kitchener received Relief from this portion of the regulation on
May 12, 2005 via a new Certificate of Approval. The Relief requires that a free chlorine residual
of at least 0.2mg/L or a combined chlorine residual of 0.25mg/L is achieved as part of a low
chlorine residual corrective action. This Relief has resulted in our low chlorine residual adverse
conditions to significantly decrease from over 90 to below 25.
There were no Orders to Comply received during 2005 and there for no corrective measures are
required.
According to our records, we were non-compliant on a single occasion in 2005 - the daily
chlorine residual reading usually taken at 83 Elmsdale was missed on November 6, 2005.
The MOE conducted an unannounced inspection of the Kitchener Distribution System on June
3,2005. The following recommendations were made:
1. that the City of Kitchener continue to strive to eliminate/reduce the number of low
chlorine Adverse Water Quality Incidents for their drinking water system
2. that the Summary Report be sent to Council for formal acceptance
3. that the City of Kitchener continue with it's current backflow preventer installation
program to install the remaining backflow prevention devices
4. that the City of Kitchener consider implementing a formal hydrant usage by-law
In response to Item 1 above, the City installed an automatic flushing unit in the spring of 2005 at
one of our low chlorine locations (Springdale).
Item 2 will be complete upon Council acceptance of this report and Item 3 is a continuation of a
current program.
We are currently contemplating a hydrant usage by-law in response to Item 4.
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 1.0.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
N/A
COMMUNICATIONS:
The MOE and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo's Community Department of Health have
been informed of any adverse conditions within the system, and we continue to work to provide
safe drinking water for the residents of Kitchener.
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 that it supplies water to - Township of Woolwich.
CONCLUSION:
N/A
Angela Mick, P.Eng.
Utilities Water Engineer
Pauline Houston, CA
General Manager of Financial Services
& City Treasurer.
Table 1.0 Kitchener Distribution System
Volume of Water Conveyed from the Region of Waterloo Supply System
2005 2005
Monthly Average Day 2004 Monthly Variance from
Month Total (m3) (m3) Total (m3) Previous Year
Jan 2,039,841 65,865 2,057,433 -0.86%
Feb 1,856,329 66,207 1,967,476 -5.65%
March 2,069,729 66,756 2,081,719 -0.58%
April 2,007,246 66,899 1,942,217 3.35%
May 2,185,416 70,487 2,018,385 8.28%
June 2,422,672 80,745 2,098,847 15.43%
July 2,405,911 77,599 2,211,344 8.80%
Aug ust 2,293,641 73,978 2,213,534 3.62%
Sept. 2,121,620 71,044 2,205,708 -3.81 %
Oct. 2,085,449 67,263 2,037,640 2.35%
Nov. 1,955,593 65,177 1,955,843 -0.01 %
Dec. 2,029,630 65,589 2,026,467 0.16%
- Volume information taken from invoices submitted by the
Notes: Regional
Municipality of Waterloo
- Volume recorded in cubic metres (m3)