Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations

Marginal note:Consolidated wastewater systems

• 4 (1) If an owner of at least two original wastewater systems — none of which treats its wastewater in a manner that would permit the deposit of effluent, via its final discharge points, that meets the condition set out in paragraph 6(1)(a) or (b) — plans to consolidate those original wastewater systems into a future consolidated wastewater system, the original wastewater systems that will be consolidated constitute a fictional consolidated wastewater system during the period beginning on the day on which a consolidation plan that meets the requirements of subsection (3) is received by an authorization officer and ending on the day on which the future consolidated wastewater system is put into service.

• Marginal note:Final discharge point

  (2) The final discharge point of the fictional consolidated wastewater system is considered to be the final discharge point of the original wastewater systems that is allocated the greatest number of points under the table to Schedule 2.

• Marginal note:Consolidation plan

  (3) The consolidation plan must contain a description of the modifications to be made to each of the original wastewater systems, including a description of the modifications to be made to their processes, so that the effluent deposited via the final discharge point of the future consolidated wastewater system will not be acutely lethal and will meet the conditions for authorization set out in subsection 6(1), along with a schedule for implementation of the plan.