Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations
Marginal note:Information
19 (1) The owner or operator of a wastewater system must send, within 45 days after the end of the period referred to in subsection (2), to the authorization officer a monitoring report that contains the following information:
(a) if applicable, a statement that indicates that effluent was not deposited during that period; and
(b) in any other case,
(i) if applicable, a statement that indicates any month in that period during which effluent was not deposited,
(ii) the number of days during which effluent was deposited,
(iii) the volume of effluent that was deposited, expressed in m3,
(iv) the average carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand due to the quantity of CBOD matter in the effluent,
(v) the average concentration of suspended solids in the effluent;
(vi) the maximum concentration of un-ionized ammonia in the effluent, if the period ends on or before June 30, 2014,
(vii) if the owner or operator holds a temporary authorization issued under subsection 36(1),
(A) the result of each determination referred to in clause 17(g)(i)(A) and the date on which the sample used to make that determination was taken, and
(B) if the period includes an August, the result of the determination referred to in subparagraph 17(g)(ii) for that August, and
(viii) for each sample for which a determination of acute lethality was made in accordance with section 15, a statement that indicates
(A) the date on which the sample was taken,
(B) each procedure referred to in section 15 that was used to determine the sample’s acute lethality, and
(C) whether the sample was acutely lethal or not.
Marginal note:Period
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the period is
(a) a calendar year, if the wastewater system deposited an average daily volume of effluent via the final discharge point during the previous calendar year in respect of that calendar year of
(i) less than or equal to 17 500 m3, for an intermittent wastewater system, or
(ii) less than or equal to 2 500 m3, for a continuous wastewater system with a hydraulic retention time of five or more days; and
(b) a quarter, in any other case.
Marginal note:Period for which information reported
(3) The information referred to in subsection (1) is to be reported
(a) for the period referred to in subsection (2), if that period is a calendar year or a quarter; and
(b) for each month during that period, if that period is a quarter and the average daily volume of effluent deposited via the final discharge point during the previous calendar year in respect of that quarter was greater than 17 500 m3.
Marginal note:Electronic report
(4) The report must be sent electronically in the form and format specified by the Minister of the Environment and must bear the electronic signature of the owner or operator, or their duly authorized representative.
Marginal note:Paper report
(5) If the Minister of the Environment has not specified an electronic form and format or if it is not feasible to send the report electronically in accordance with subsection (4) because of circumstances beyond the owner’s or operator’s control, the report must be sent on paper, signed by the owner or operator, or their duly authorized representative, and in the form and format specified by the Minister of the Environment. However, if no form and format have been specified, it may be in any form and format.
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