Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations

Marginal note:Deposit without or with partial treatment

• 43 (1) An owner or operator of a wastewater system may apply to an authorization officer for a temporary authorization to bypass at least one of the treatment processes normally applied to wastewater in the system and, as a result, to deposit effluent that contains any deleterious substance prescribed in section 5.

• Marginal note:Conditions precedent

  (2) An application for a temporary bypass authorization is not to be made unless

  • (a) the requirement to bypass those treatment processes arises from

    • (i) construction work to make changes to the system,

    • (ii) the maintenance of the system, or

    • (iii) the response to an anticipated event that is beyond the control of the owner or operator of the system; and

  • (b) the bypass is designed, within the constraints of technical and economic feasibility, to minimize the volume of effluent deposited and the concentration of deleterious substances prescribed in section 5 in the effluent deposited.

• Marginal note:Period for application

  (3) An application for a temporary bypass authorization must be made at least 45 days before the day on which the requirement referred to in paragraph (2)(a) is to arise.