Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations

Marginal note:Required information

• 25 (1) An application for a transitional authorization in respect of a wastewater system must contain the following information:

  • (a) the owner’s and the operator’s name, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and, if any, email address and fax number;

  • (b) the name, title, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and, if any, email address and fax number of a contact person;

  • (c) if any, the wastewater system’s name and civic address;

  • (d) the period of 12 consecutive months referred to in subsection 24(1) upon which the application is based;

  • (e) information that establishes that at the time of the application

    • (i) half or more of the monitoring reports sent in respect of the two most recent calendar years during which a deposit occurred indicate that one of the conditions set out in paragraphs 6(1)(a) and (b) was not met,

    • (ii) the condition was not met because of the design characteristics of the wastewater system,

    • (iii) it was not technically or economically feasible before the time of the application to have modified the wastewater system, including its processes, in order to meet that condition, and

    • (iv) the requirement set out in section 24 is met;

  • (f) a plan for the modifications to be made to the wastewater system, including a description of the modifications to be made to its processes, so that the effluent deposited via its final discharge point is not acutely lethal and meets the conditions for authorization set out in paragraphs 6(1)(a) and (b), along with a schedule for implementation of the plan;

  • (g) the latitude and longitude of the final discharge point expressed in decimal degrees in accordance with subsection 18(3);

  • (h) the number of points allocated under the table to Schedule 2;

  • (i) a statement as to which of the waters set out in paragraphs 5(a) to (g), column 2, of the table to Schedule 2 describes the water where the effluent is deposited, or may enter from the place where the effluent is deposited, via the final discharge point and, among the points set out in column 3 for those waters, the highest number of points;

  • (j) the average daily volume of effluent deposited via the final discharge point, as determined in accordance with section 7, for the period of 12 consecutive months referred to in subsection 24(1) upon which the application is based, and the number of points set out in item 1, column 3, of the table to Schedule 2 that applies to that volume based on the ranges of volume set out in column 2;

  • (k) the averages referred to in paragraphs 6(1)(a) and (b) on which the application is based, as determined in accordance with subsection 24(1.1);

  • (l) the number of points determined in accordance with the formula set out in item 2, column 2, of the table to Schedule 2 when using in that formula the averages set out in paragraph (k);

  • (m) [Repealed, SOR/2024-97, s. 19]

  • (n) where chlorine, or one of its compounds, was used in the treatment of wastewater in the wastewater system, the number of points set out in item 3, column 3, of the table to Schedule 2 if

    • (i) the average concentration of total residual chlorine in the effluent deposited via the final discharge point — for the period of 12 consecutive months referred to in subsection 24(1) upon which the application is based — exceeded 0.02 mg/L, or

    • (ii) the wastewater system’s effluent is not dechlorinated before it is deposited via the final discharge point;

  • (o) the maximum concentration of un-ionized ammonia in the effluent, expressed in mg/L as nitrogen (N), at 15°C ± 1°C, over the earliest period of 12 consecutive months since the coming into force of these Regulations, when

    • (i) for a continuous wastewater system, at least four samples have been collected, each at least 60 days after the previous sample was taken, and the concentrations determined in accordance with section 14, and

    • (ii) for an intermittent wastewater system, at least one sample has been collected during each period referred to in paragraph 3(a) and the concentration determined in accordance with section 14;

  • (p) if the maximum concentration referred to in paragraph (o) is greater than or equal to 1.25 mg/L, expressed as nitrogen (N), at 15°C ± 1°C, the number of points set out in item 4, column 3, of the table to Schedule 2;

  • (q) if the duration of the transitional authorization sought in the application relies on an allocation of points under Schedule 3, in addition to points allocated under the table to Schedule 2, for any combined sewer overflow point that is, under Schedule 3, allocated a number of points greater than or equal to the number of points allocated under the table to Schedule 2 to the final discharge point

    • (i) the percentage referred to in item 1, column 1, of Schedule 3 that is described in whichever of paragraphs 1(a) to (d), column 2, of that Schedule that applies,

    • (ii) the number of deposits referred to in item 2, column 1, of Schedule 3 that are described in whichever of paragraphs 2(a) to (d), column 2, of that Schedule that applies, for the period of 12 consecutive months referred to in subsection 24(1) upon which the application is based,

    • (iii) a statement as to which of the waters set out in paragraphs 3(a) to (c), column 2, of Schedule 3 describes the water where the effluent is deposited, or may enter from the place where the effluent is deposited, via that combined sewer overflow point, and

    • (iv) the number of points set out in column 3 of Schedule 3 for the applicable paragraph set out in column 2 of that Schedule as determined for the purposes of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) and the number of those points that applies for each statement referred to in subparagraph (iii);

  • (r) the information set out in paragraph 18(1)(g) for the combined sewer overflow point referred to in paragraph (q);

  • (s) for an application referred to in paragraph (q), a plan that describes the modifications to be made to the wastewater system, and any other measure to be taken, to reduce, after the expiry of the period for which the transitional authorization is sought, the quantity of deleterious substances prescribed in section 5 in the effluent deposited via overflow points of a combined sewer and a schedule for implementation of the plan; and

  • (t) a statement signed and dated by the owner or operator or their authorized representative that certifies that information provided in the application is true, accurate and complete

    • (i) in the case of information that was prepared by the owner or operator, to the best of the owner’s or operator’s information and belief, and

    • (ii) in the case of information that was prepared by other persons with sufficient knowledge to evaluate that information, to the best of the owner’s or operator’s information and belief, based on representations made to them by those persons.

• Marginal note:Required information — fictional consolidated wastewater system

  (2) Despite subsection (1), an application for a transitional authorization made by an owner or operator of a fictional consolidated wastewater system referred to in section 4 must contain the latitude and longitude of the final discharge point considered in accordance with subsection 4(2) and a copy of the consolidation plan referred to in subsection 4(3) instead of the plan referred to in paragraph (1)(f).