Iroquois Falls Water System. Drinking Water. Summary Report 2012

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1 Drinking Water Summary Report 2012 Prepared January 15, 2013 George Guppy

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3 Summary Report, 2012 The Town of Iroquois Falls Water Works Department is presenting the 2012 Summary Report to the Municipal Council of The Town of Iroquois Falls. Ontario Regulation 170/03 (Schedule 22), requires that we provide this report for the previous calendar year. Here you will find a summary of the system failures, system capabilities, water quantity data, and other information collected during For further information related to the, please contact: Mike Kearns Director of Public Works 535 Ambridge Drive Iroquois Falls, Ont. P.O. Box 430 P0K 1G0 Telephone # Basic System Information: The Iroquois Falls Well System went into production in The groundwater system draws water from three areas. The main production well (Well #1) and a standby well (#4) are located on Monteith Road. Wells located on Brousseau Road (Well #2) and Highway 67 (Well #3) provide additional capacity to the system. The groundwater from Well #1 (or #4) pumped to the Brousseau Road Pumphouse (#2). ENV Pyro 50 is added at this point to sequester the iron and manganese. Sodium Hypochlorite is added at both the Brousseau Road and Hwy 67 pump houses. All water is mixed at the Water Plant on Highway 67. Water is then pumped into the distribution system, and any excess is stored in the municipal water standpipe located north of Anson Drive, west of Victoria Road.

4 Water Supply Capacity: The Amended C. of A. rates the Water Plant at a maximum flow rate of 60.5 L/s (5,227 m 3 /day). The Water Plant and wells #1/#4, #2 and #3 were operated below the maximum allowable flow rates. The Monthly average and maximum daily flows can be found in Appendix A. Comments: Extensive testing confirms that the Municipality provided safe drinking water. A summary of test results is contained in the 2012 Annual Report. Ontario Regulation 170/03 requires that the owner of a Large Municipal Residential system sample and test for organic and inorganic parameters every 36 months, if the system obtains water from a raw water supply that is groundwater. A summary of test results is contained in the 2012 Annual Report. Non-Compliance with Regulatory Requirements There was one incident in the Iroquois Falls Drinking Water System in 2012 pertaining to low chlorine residual in the service line to the waste water treatment plant. Operators responded by testing chlorine residual in the main at the sampling station on Argyle Ave. This test proved that proper disinfection was maintained in the water main. Site Inspections A drinking water inspection was conducted on May 30, 2012 by the Ministry of the Environment. Best Practice Issues were identified during the inspection. The actual Best Practice issues and Recommendations are identified below. Ontario Ministry of the Environment Inspection Rating is included below.

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9 APPENDIX A 2012 WATER PRODUCTION SUMMARY

10 Iroquois Falls Well System 2012 Summary Date Well #1 Well #2 Well #3 Well #4 Water Plant Average Maximum Month Volume Volume Volume Volume Volume Day Day January February March 25,540 11, ,412 1,175 1,741 24,646 11, ,548 1,226 1,353 27,418 11, ,608 1,245 1,637 April 21,455 10, ,615 1,087 1,573 May 28,454 11, ,748 1,282 1,758 June 27,263 10, ,003 1,233 1,807 July 19, ,189 37,560 1,212 1,799 August 9,365 9, ,261 34,865 1,125 1,537 September 10,590 9, ,754 32,905 1,097 1,874 October 23,532 10, ,846 37,558 1,211 2,274 November 11,067 8, ,303 33,153 1,105 1,469 December 16,059 10, ,001 36,611 1,181 1,296 Yearly Volumes and Averages 245, ,792 1,928 68, ,586 1,182 1,677 Note: All volumes in m 3.

11 APPENDIX B SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT: ONTARIO REGULATION 170/03: SCHEDULE 22 SUMMARY REPORTS FOR MUNICIPALITIES SCHEDULE 22 SUMMARY REPORTS FOR MUNICIPALITIES Municipal: Large Residential Small Residential

12 Application Report This Schedule applies to the following drinking-water systems: 1. Large municipal residential systems. 2. Small municipal residential systems (1) The owner of a drinking-water system shall ensure that, not later than March 31 of each year after 2003, a report is prepared in accordance with subsections (2) and (3) for the preceding calendar year and is given to, (a) in the case of a drinking-water system owned by a municipality, the members of the municipal council; (b) in the case of a drinking-water system owned by a municipal service board established under section 195 of the Municipal Act, 2001, the members of the municipal service board; or (c) in the case of a drinking-water system owned by a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation. (2) The report must, (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 failure; and (b) for each failure referred to in clause (a), describe the measures that were taken to correct the failure. (3) The report must also include the following information for the purpose of enabling the owner of the system to assess the capability of the system to meet existing and planned uses of the system: 1. A summary of the quantities and flow rates of the water supplied during the period covered by the report, including monthly average and maximum daily flows and daily instantaneous peak flow rates. 2. A comparison of the summary referred to in paragraph 1 to the rated capacity and flow rates approved in the system s approval. (4) If a report is prepared under subsection (1) for a system that supplies water to a municipality under the terms of a contract, the owner of the system shall give a copy of the report to the municipality by March 31. (5) Revoked: O. Reg. 253/05, s. 18. OWRA approvals A provision of an OWRA approval that requires the completion and presentation of a compliance report does not apply to a drinking-water system if the owner of the system complies with section O. Reg. 170/03, Sched. 22; O. Reg. 249/03, s. 24; O. Reg. 253/05, s. 18.