| #Q001 | operational | health | mandatory | Transported Water Storage Container Maintenance | drinking water | If a drinking water system to which an exemption set out in section 5 applies obtains water through transportation, the transported drinking water must be stored in a container that is constructed and maintained in a manner that prevents surface water and other foreign materials from coming into contact with the drinking water. | Applies to systems obtaining transported water under section 5 exemptions. | high |
| #Q002 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Warning Notice Checking | drinking water | The owner of the drinking water system shall ensure that the warning notices are checked at least once a week to ensure that they are legible and comply with this section. | Applies to systems exempted under section 8 where warning notices are required. | high |
| #Q003 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | System Information Notice | drinking water | The owner of a drinking water system that commences operation after this section comes into force shall give the Director a written notice containing information about the system within 30 days after the system commences operation. | Applies to systems commencing operation after the section comes into force. | high |
| #Q004 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Annual Report Preparation | drinking water | The owner of a drinking water system shall ensure that an annual report is prepared in accordance with this section. | | high |
| #Q005 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Information Availability | drinking water | The owner of a drinking water system shall ensure that the following information is available for inspection in accordance with subsection (4): 1. A copy of every test result obtained in respect of a test required under this Regulation, or where continuous monitoring equipment is used under section 6-5 of Schedule 6, the daily minimum, maximum, and mean results obtained in respect of a test required under this Regulation, or under an approval, municipal drinking water licence or order, including an OWRA order. 2. A copy of every approval, drinking water works permit, municipal drinking water licence and order, including OWRA orders, that applies to the system and is still in effect, if the approval, permit, licence or order was issued after January 1, 2001. 3. A copy of every annual report prepared under section 11. 4. A copy of every report prepared under Schedule 21 or 22. 5. A copy of this Regulation. | | high |
| #Q006 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Retention of Records - 2 Years | drinking water | The owner of a drinking water system shall ensure that the following documents and other records are kept for at least two years: 1. Every record or report related to a test required under any of the following provisions: i. Section 7. ii. Schedules 6 to 12. iii. Sections 17-5 to 17-9 of Schedule 17. iv. Sections 18-5 to 18-9 of Schedule 18. 2. Every record or report related to a test required under an approval, municipal drinking water licence or order, including an OWRA approval or OWRA order, unless the record or report relates to a parameter listed in Schedule 23 or 24 to this Regulation or Schedule 3 to Ontario Regulation 169/03 (Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards). 3. Every record made under subsection 8-2 (5) of Schedule 8 or subsection 9-2 (5) of Schedule 9. 4. Every record made under subsection 3-1.1 (6) or (7) of Schedule 3. | | high |
| #Q007 | design | health | mandatory | Well Construction and Maintenance | drinking water | The owner of a drinking water system shall ensure the following: 1. Any well that serves as an entry point of raw water supply is constructed and maintained to prevent surface water and other foreign materials from entering the well. | Applies to large municipal residential systems, small municipal residential systems, large municipal non-residential systems, small municipal non-residential systems, non-municipal year-round residential systems, non-municipal seasonal residential systems, large non-municipal non-residential systems, small non-municipal non-residential systems. | high |
| #Q008 | treatment | treatment | mandatory | Treatment Equipment Operation | drinking water | The owner of a drinking water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure the following: 1. The water treatment equipment is in operation whenever water is being supplied. 2. The water treatment equipment is operated in accordance with the Ministry’s Procedure for Disinfection of Drinking Water in Ontario. 3. The water treatment equipment required by section 1-3 or 1-4 is operated in a manner that achieves the design capabilities it is required to have under that section. 4. If the drinking water system’s water treatment equipment provides chlorination or chloramination for secondary disinfection, the equipment is operated so that, at all times and at all locations within the distribution system, i. the free chlorine residual is never less than 0.05 milligrams per litre, if the drinking water system provides chlorination and does not provide chloramination, or ii. the combined chlorine residual is never less than 0.25 milligrams per litre, if the drinking water system provides chloramination. 5. Adjustments to the water treatment equipment are carried out only by certified operators or emergency substitute operators. | Applies to large and small municipal residential systems. | high |
| #Q009 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Sample Location | drinking water | Unless otherwise specified, a person who is required to ensure that samples are taken under this Regulation, or under an approval, municipal drinking water licence or order, including an OWRA order, shall ensure that they are taken from the point at which water enters the drinking water systems’ distribution system or plumbing that is connected to the drinking water system. | | high |
| #Q010 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Sample Handling | drinking water | If this Regulation or an approval, municipal drinking water licence or order, including an OWRA order, requires a water sample to be tested for a parameter by a laboratory, the owner of the drinking water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that, subject to the other provisions of this Regulation, the sample is taken and handled in accordance with the directions of the laboratory to which the sample will be delivered for testing, including directions with respect to, (a) collection procedures; (b) the use of specified kinds of containers or of containers that are provided by the laboratory; (c) the labelling of samples; (d) the completion and submission of forms that are provided by the laboratory; (e) methods of transporting samples, including temperature conditions that must be maintained during transportation; and (f) time periods for delivery of samples. | | high |
| #Q011 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Sample Records | drinking water | The owner of a drinking water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that, for every sample required by this Regulation or by an approval, municipal drinking water licence or order, including an OWRA order, a record is made of the following information: 1. The date and time the sample was taken, the location where the sample was taken and the name of the person who took the sample. 2. If the sample is taken under section 7 of this Regulation or Schedule 7, 8 or 9, the date and time the sample was tested, the name of the person who conducted the test, and the results of the test. 3. If the sample is taken from a drinking water system’s distribution system under section 15.1-4 or 15.1-5 of Schedule 15.1, the addresses of all premises served by the plumbing from which samples were taken on the same day in accordance with subsection 15.1-6 (3). 4. If the sample is taken under section 15.1-7 of Schedule 15.1 and tested for pH, i. the date and time of the test, ii. the name of the person who conducted it, and iii. the results of the test. | Does not apply to a sample tested by continuous monitoring equipment or microbiological in-line testing equipment. | high |
| #Q012 | operational | operational | mandatory | Testing by Certified Operators | drinking water | The owner of a drinking water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that every test required by this Schedule is conducted by a certified operator, emergency substitute operator or water quality analyst. | Does not apply to tests conducted by continuous monitoring equipment. | high |
| #Q013 | reporting | health | mandatory | Lead - Warning Notice and Reporting | drinking water | If the operating authority for a drinking water system or the owner of a drinking water system receives a report of a test result for a test conducted on any sample referred to in subsection (2.1), the operating authority or owner shall, within seven days after receiving the report, give the following to the occupant of the premises served by the tap from which the sample was taken and, if the sample was taken from a private residence within a multi-unit residential building, the owner of the building or their agent: 1. A copy of the report. 2. A statement of whether the report indicates a result that exceeds any Schedule 2 standard. 3. If the report indicates a result described in paragraph 2, any advice given by the medical officer of health to the operating authority or owner with respect to any steps that the occupant should take. 4. The telephone number of a person who is available to answer questions about the report. | | high |
| #Q014 | corrective_action | health | mandatory | Lead Corrective Action | drinking water | If a report is made under subsection 15.1-9 (2), the owner of the drinking water system and the operating authority for the system shall take such steps as are directed by the medical officer of health, including, if directed by the medical officer of health, providing information to occupants of the premises served by the plumbing from which the sample was taken that is in addition to the information provided under paragraph 3 of subsection 15.1-9 (1). | | high |
| #Q015 | reporting | health | mandatory | Duty to Report Other Observations | drinking water | If an observation other than an adverse test result prescribed by section 16-3 indicates that a drinking water system that provides or is required to provide disinfection is directing water to users of water from the system that has not been disinfected in accordance with the Ministry’s Procedure for Disinfection of Drinking Water in Ontario, (a) the owner of the system shall report to the Ministry and the medical officer of health immediately after the observation is made; or (b) if an operating authority is responsible for the operation of the system, the operating authority shall report to the Ministry, the medical officer of health and the owner of the system immediately after the observation is made. | | high |
| #Q016 | corrective_action | health | mandatory | Improper Disinfection Corrective Action | drinking water | If a report is required to be made under section 16-4 of Schedule 16 in respect of water that has not been properly disinfected, the owner of the drinking water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that the following corrective action is taken: 1. Immediately restore the proper disinfection. 2. Take such other steps as are directed by the medical officer of health. | Applies to large municipal residential systems. | high |
| #Q017 | corrective_action | health | mandatory | E. Coli Corrective Action | drinking water | If a report is required to be made under section 18 of the Act in respect of Escherichia coli (E. coli), the owner of the drinking water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that the following corrective action is taken: 1. Immediately resample and test. 2. Immediately increase the chlorine or chloramine dose and flush the watermains to ensure that, i. a free chlorine residual of at least 0.2 milligrams per litre is achieved at all points in the affected parts of the distribution system, if the drinking water system provides chlorination and does not provide chloramination, or ii. a combined chlorine residual of at least 1.0 milligrams per litre is achieved at all points in the affected parts of the distribution system, if the drinking water system provides chloramination. 3. Maintain the free chlorine residual or combined chlorine residual concentration referred to in paragraph 2 in the affected parts of the distribution system, and continue to resample and test, until Escherichia coli (E. coli) is not detected in any of the samples from two consecutive sets of samples taken 24 to 48 hours apart or as otherwise directed by the medical officer of health. 4. Take such other steps as are directed by the medical officer of health. | Applies to large municipal residential systems. | high |
| #Q018 | corrective_action | health | mandatory | Total Coliforms Corrective Action | drinking water | If a report is required to be made under section 18 of the Act in respect of total coliforms, the owner of the drinking water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that the following corrective action is taken: 1. Resample and test as soon as reasonably possible. 2. If total coliforms are detected under paragraph 1, immediately increase the chlorine or chloramine dose and flush the watermains to ensure that, i. a free chlorine residual of at least 0.2 milligrams per litre is achieved at all points in the affected parts of the distribution system, if the drinking water system provides chlorination and does not provide chloramination, or ii. a combined chlorine residual of at least 1.0 milligrams per litre is achieved at all points in the affected parts of the distribution system, if the drinking water system provides chloramination. 3. Maintain the free chlorine residual or combined chlorine residual concentration referred to in paragraph 2 in the affected parts of the distribution system, and continue to resample and test, until total coliforms are not detected in any of the samples from two consecutive sets of samples taken 24 to 48 hours apart or as otherwise directed by the medical officer of health. 4. Take such other steps as are directed by the medical officer of health. | Applies to large municipal residential systems. | high |
| #Q019 | reporting | health | mandatory | Warning Notice of Potential Problems | drinking water | The owner of a drinking water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that warning notices are posted in accordance with this section if, (a) the owner or operating authority is required under Schedule 18 to take all reasonable steps to notify all users of water from the system to use an alternate source of drinking water or, if no alternate source is available, to bring water to a rapid rolling boil for at least one minute before use; or (b) the owner or operating authority is not complying with Schedule 11, 12 or 18. | Applies to small municipal residential systems, large/small municipal non-residential systems, and non-municipal systems. | high |
| #Q020 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Engineering Evaluation Reports | drinking water | If, after this Regulation comes into force, a drinking water system commences operation or an alteration is made to a drinking water system, the owner of the system shall ensure that, not later than 30 days after the system commences operation or the alteration is completed, a licensed engineering practitioner who has experience in sanitary engineering related to drinking water systems prepares a report that complies with section 21-5. | Applies to specific non-residential and non-municipal drinking water systems. | high |
| #Q021 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Summary Reports for Municipalities | drinking water | The report must, (a) list the requirements of the Act, the regulations, the system’s approval, drinking water works permit, municipal drinking water licence, and any orders applicable to the system that were not met at any time during the period covered by the report; and (b) for each requirement referred to in clause (a) that was not met, specify the duration of the failure and the measures that were taken to correct the failure. | | high |
| #Q022 | operational | operational | mandatory | Outdoors Card Carriage Requirement | recreational water, other | A person who is required to hold an outdoors card in order to obtain a licence to engage in sport fishing shall carry the outdoors card on his or her person at all times while sport fishing, regardless of whether the sport fishing licence is listed on the card. | Applies to persons required to hold an outdoors card for sport fishing. | high |
| #Q023 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Outdoors Card Holder Information Update | other | The holder of an outdoors card shall notify the Minister of any change in name, address, contact information or residency no later than 10 days after the change occurs. | Applies when name, address, contact info, or residency changes. | high |
| #Q024 | operational | operational | mandatory | Lake Trout Tagging Requirement | aquatic life, recreational water | A licence holder who catches and retains a lake trout from the waters referred to in subsection (1) shall attach the seal provided with the tag to the lower jaw of the lake trout immediately after catching it at the site where it was caught, and shall keep the seal attached to the lake trout while it is being transported and until it is consumed. | Applies to catching/retaining lake trout in Echo Bay, Clearwater Bay, or Cul de Sac Lake (Lake of the Woods). | high |
| #Q025 | reporting | health | mandatory | Fish Disease Reporting | aquatic life | The holder of an aquaculture licence shall immediately report to the Minister the discovery in fish of any of the disease organisms listed in Schedule C or of any other disease organism of which the Minister has notified the holder. | Discovery of disease organisms in cultured fish. | high |
| #Q026 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Bait Possession and Receipt Requirement | aquatic life, recreational water | No person shall use bait for fishing or possess bait for use in fishing within a bait management zone unless... the bait originated from the holder of a commercial bait licence... and the person... is able to produce immediately on request by a conservation officer a legible receipt. | When using or possessing bait in a Bait Management Zone (BMZ) not associated with primary residence. | high |
| #Q027 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Ice Fishing Hut Seasonal Removal | recreational water | A person shall not place, use, occupy or leave an ice fishing hut on the ice... after March 1 in any year, in fisheries management zones 17 and 20; after March 15... in FMZs 14, 16, 18 and 19; after March 31... in FMZs 9, 10, 11 and 15. | Seasonal removal of ice huts based on Fisheries Management Zone. | high |
| #Q028 | operational | operational | mandatory | Outdoors Card Production Duty | recreational water | On request of a conservation officer, a person who holds an outdoors card shall produce it and show it to the officer. | Upon request by a conservation officer. | high |
| #Q029 | operational | operational | mandatory | Licence Document Integrity Maintenance | recreational water | The holder of a sport fishing licence shall ensure that the following documents remain intact and legible: 1. Every component of the licence, including any document that is deemed to be a sport fishing licence under this Part. 2. Every document that the holder of the sport fishing licence is required to carry on his or her person while fishing under this Regulation. | Ongoing requirement for licence holders. | high |
| #Q030 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Aquaculture Cage Water Quality Monitoring | aquatic life | It is a condition of an aquaculture licence that authorizes aquaculture involving the use of a cage on public lands that the holder test and at all times maintain water quality as required in the licence and, where required, report on water quality to the Minister. | Applies to aquaculture involving cages on public lands. | high |
| #Q031 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Diseased Fish Disposal Prohibition | aquatic life | Unless the Minister directs otherwise, no holder of an aquaculture licence shall sell or otherwise dispose of fish taken from a location set out in the holder’s licence if the fish are infected with a disease organism listed in Schedule C or any other disease organism of which the Minister has notified the holder of the licence. | Applies when fish are infected with organisms in Schedule C or as notified by the Minister. | high |
| #Q032 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Commercial Bait Record Keeping | aquatic life, recreational water | The holder of a commercial bait licence shall, (a) keep a log book, in the form required by the Minister, with information respecting the buying, selling, and taking of leeches, frogs or baitfish, including the quantities bought, sold or taken, and the relevant dates; and (b) make and submit an annual return in the form required by the Minister not later than one month after the expiry of the licence. | Ongoing for commercial bait licence holders. | high |
| #Q033 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Scientific Fish Collection Reporting | aquatic life | The holder of a licence issued under this section shall complete a report in the form required by the Minister and submit it to the Minister by January 31 | Applies to holders of licences to collect fish for scientific purposes. | high |
| #Q034 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Outdoors Card Multi-Possession Prohibition | recreational water | A person shall not apply for or possess more than one outdoors card if they have different card numbers. | | high |
| #Q035 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Return of Cancelled Outdoors Card | recreational water | A person who holds an outdoors card and whose licence is cancelled or suspended by a court order under section 104 or 105 of the Act shall immediately return the outdoors card to the Ministry if the Ministry requests it. | Upon court order cancellation and Ministry request. | high |
| #Q036 | operational | operational | mandatory | Lake St. Joseph Tag Carriage Requirement | recreational water | A licence holder who is issued a tag under this section shall carry the tag on his or her person while sport fishing. | Applies to non-Canadian residents fishing in Lake St. Joseph. | high |
| #Q037 | operational | operational | mandatory | Leech Trap Specification and Marking | aquatic life, recreational water | No holder of a resident or Canadian resident sport fishing licence shall catch leeches for use as bait in fishing unless the holder does so by means of a single leech trap that, (a) does not exceed 45 centimetres in any dimension; and (b) is legibly marked with the holder’s name. | When catching leeches for bait under a resident/Canadian resident sport fishing licence. | high |
| #Q038 | operational | operational | mandatory | Aquaculture Escape Prevention and Reporting | aquatic life | It is a condition of an aquaculture licence that the holder, (a) adhere to the measures for preventing the escape of fish described in the application for the licence, if any; (b) correct, as required by the Minister, any deficiencies in such measures that are identified by the Minister; (c) report to the Minister the number of fish that escape in excess of the number permitted in the licence; and (d) attempt to recapture escaped fish if the Minister has given approval in advance but otherwise obtain the direction of the Minister before attempting to recapture them. | Standard conditions for aquaculture licence holders. | high |
| #Q039 | treatment | treatment | mandatory | Aquaculture Wastewater Management and Disinfection | wastewater, aquatic life | Subject to paragraph 2, all wastewater and effluent from the aquarium must be, i. discharged into a municipal wastewater treatment system, or ii. disinfected by a process that removes or inactivates pathogens such as viruses, bacteria and protozoa in water. | Applies to research, zoo, or educational aquaculture exemptions. | high |
| #Q040 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Stocked Fish Information Reporting | aquatic life | It is a condition of a licence to stock fish that the holder submit to the Minister, on request, information on the fish stocked in accordance with the request. | Upon request by the Minister. | high |
| #Q041 | operational | operational | mandatory | Transport Document Carriage Requirement | aquatic life | A person shall carry the document deemed to be a licence to transport live fish under subsection (1) while transporting the fish. | While transporting live fish cultured, caught, or sold under relevant documents. | high |
| #Q042 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Commercial Fishing Daily Return | aquatic life | The holder of a commercial fishing licence shall, if requested by a fishery officer, prepare a daily return of the fish taken but not yet landed on each day, and submit the return to the officer or to a place designated by the officer. | Upon request by a fishery officer. | high |
| #Q043 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Commercial Fishing Record of Sale | aquatic life | The holder of a commercial fishing licence shall, (a) make a record of every sale of fish, except a sale to the owner or manager of a fish plant licensed under the Safe Food for Canadians Act (Canada) or under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (Canada), at the time of the sale; and (b) give a copy of the record to the buyer at the same time. | At the time of sale, excluding specific licensed fish plants. | high |
| #Q044 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Commercial Bait Log Book Retention | aquatic life | The holder of a commercial bait licence shall retain the log book for five years after the expiry of the licence that was valid at the time it was kept. | | high |
| #Q045 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Scientific Collection Gear Monitoring and Marking | aquatic life | All gear used to collect fish shall be monitored and inspected continuously while dewatering and, while not dewatering, be inspected at least once daily and clearly marked with the name and licence number of the licence holder any time it is left unattended while in the water. | Applies to scientific collection licences during infrastructure/maintenance works. | high |
| #Q046 | operational | operational | mandatory | Scientific Collection Gear Decontamination | aquatic life | All gear and equipment used for fish collection shall be decontaminated using the decontamination methods outlined for watercraft and watercraft equipment in the document entitled “Best Management Practices for Preventing the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species – Guidance for Watercraft Users”, dated 2021, available on a website maintained by the Government of Ontario. | | high |
| #Q047 | operational | operational | mandatory | Ice Fishing Hut Identification Display | recreational water | A person shall not place or occupy, for the purpose of fishing, an ice fishing hut on the ice of any of the waters described in section 38 unless one of the following numbers is displayed on the outside of the ice fishing hut in numerals at least two and one-half inches high: 1. For ice fishing huts on Lake Nipissing belonging to a tourist operator, the number assigned to the ice fishing hut on the licence issued to the tourist operator under subsection (2). 2. For all other ice fishing huts, the number assigned by the Minister to the owner of the ice fishing hut. | Applies to ice huts in fisheries management zones described in section 38. | high |
| #Q048 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Retention of Records - 6 Years | drinking water | The owner of a drinking water system shall ensure that the following documents and other records are kept for at least six years: 1. Every record or report related to a test required under any of the following provisions: i. Subsection 13-2 (2), subsection 13-4 (2) and sections 13-5, 13-6, 13-6.1 and 13-7 of Schedule 13. ii. Section 15-4 of Schedule 15. ii.1 Any provision in Schedule 15.1. ii.2 Section 15.2-2 of Schedule 15.2. iii. Sections 17-10 to 17-12 of Schedule 17. 2. Every record or report related to a test required under an approval, municipal drinking water licence or order, including an OWRA approval or OWRA order, if the record or report relates to a parameter listed in Schedule 23 or 24 to this Regulation or Schedule 3 to Ontario Regulation 169/03 (Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards). 3. Every annual report prepared under section 11. 4. Every report prepared under Schedule 22. | | high |
| #Q049 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Retention of Records - 15 Years | drinking water | The owner of a drinking water system shall ensure that the following documents and other records are kept for at least 15 years: 1. Every record or report related to a test required under any of the following provisions: i. Subsections 13-2 (3) and 13-4 (3) and sections 13-8 and 13-9 of Schedule 13. ii. Sections 15-2, 15-5 and 15-6 of Schedule 15. iii. Section 17-13 of Schedule 17. iv. Sections 18-10 to 18-13 of Schedule 18. 2. Every report prepared under Schedule 21. 3. Every report referred to in paragraph 7 of subsection 2 (2) or clause 2 (3) (a) that is related to the system’s raw water supply. 4. If the owner gave the Director a written statement by a licensed engineering practitioner under subsection 21-2 (3) of Schedule 21, a copy of the OWRA approval referred to in that subsection. | | high |
| #Q050 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Public Information Inspection Access | drinking water | The information must be available for inspection by any member of the public during normal business hours without charge, (a) at the office of the owner or, if the office of the owner is not reasonably convenient to users of water from the system, at a location that is reasonably convenient to those users; and (b) if the owner is not a municipality but the system serves a municipality, at the office of the municipality. | Refers to information list in Section 12(1). | high |
| #Q051 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Provision of Records to Provincial Officer | drinking water | If the Director or a provincial officer makes a request for a document or other record referred to in subsection (1), (2) or (3), the owner of a drinking water system shall ensure that the document or other record is given to the Director or provincial officer within such period as the Director or provincial officer may specify. | Upon request by the Director or a provincial officer. | high |
| #Q052 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | User Notification of Annual Report Availability | drinking water | Every time that an annual report is prepared for a drinking water system, the owner of the system shall ensure that effective steps are taken to advise users of water from the system that copies of the report are available, without charge, and of how a copy may be obtained. | | high |
| #Q053 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Weekly Sampling Interval Rule | drinking water | If this Regulation or an approval, municipal drinking water licence or order, including an OWRA approval or OWRA order, requires at least one water sample to be taken every week and tested for a parameter, the owner of the drinking water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that at least one sample that is taken during a week for the purpose of being tested for that parameter is taken at least five days, and not more than 10 days, after a sample was taken for that purpose in the previous week. | Applies when weekly sampling is required. | high |
| #Q054 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | System Information Change Notification | drinking water | If there is any change to the information given to the Director under subsection (1) or (2), the owner of the drinking water system shall give the Director written notice of the change within 10 days of the change. | Applies when information previously submitted to the Director changes. | high |
| #Q055 | operational | operational | mandatory | Written Operating Instructions Requirement | drinking water | Written operating instructions for the water treatment equipment are kept near the equipment. | Applies to municipal non-residential and non-municipal systems under Schedule 2. | high |
| #Q056 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Continuous Monitoring Result Examination Period | drinking water | Test results recorded under paragraph 1 or 2 must be examined, within 72 hours after the tests are conducted | Applies when continuous monitoring equipment is used for required sampling. | high |
| #Q057 | operational | operational | mandatory | Occupant Consent for Plumbing Sampling | drinking water | The owner of a drinking water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that a sample taken from plumbing under section 15.1-4 or 15.1-5 is taken only with the consent of the occupant of the premises served by the plumbing. | Applies to lead sampling conducted within private residences or buildings. | high |
| #Q058 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Annual Report Distribution to Public | drinking water | The owner of a drinking water system shall ensure that a copy of an annual report for the system is given, without charge, to every person who requests a copy. | Applies to annual reports that are not more than two years old. | high |
| #Q059 | monitoring | health | mandatory | Daily Distribution Sampling for Transported Water | drinking water | The owner of the drinking water system referred to in subsection (1) that receives the drinking water and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that a distribution sample is taken at least once a day and is tested for, (a) free chlorine residual, if the system from which the drinking water is obtained provides chlorination and does not provide chloramination; or (b) combined chlorine residual, if the system from which the drinking water is obtained provides chloramination. | Applies to systems receiving transported drinking water under section 7. | high |
| #Q060 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Annual Report Distribution to Authorities | drinking water | The owner of a drinking water system, other than a large municipal residential system or a small municipal residential system, shall ensure that, when the annual report is prepared, a copy of the report is given to, (a) each designated facility served by the system; and (b) the interested authority for each designated facility served by the system. | Applies to systems other than large or small municipal residential systems. | high |
| #Q061 | operational | operational | mandatory | Chemical Supply Maintenance | drinking water | Clearly marked adequate supplies of chemicals or other materials necessary for the operation of the water treatment equipment are kept nearby, separate from other chemicals and materials that are not used for the drinking water system. | Applies to systems regulated under Schedule 2. | high |
| #Q062 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Point of Entry Unit Functioning Check | drinking water | If subsection (1) applies to a small municipal residential system, the owner of the system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that, (a) each point of entry treatment unit is checked at least once every 12 months to confirm proper functioning; and (b) a record is made of the date and time of every check performed under clause (a), the name of the person who performed the check and the results of the check. | Applies to small municipal residential systems using POE treatment. | high |
| #Q063 | monitoring | health | mandatory | Simultaneous Microbiological and Chlorine Testing | drinking water | If this Regulation or an approval, municipal drinking water licence or order, including an OWRA order, requires a water sample to be taken and tested for a microbiological parameter, the owner of the drinking water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that another sample is taken at the same time from the same location and is tested immediately for, (a) free chlorine residual, if the system provides chlorination and does not provide chloramination; or (b) combined chlorine residual, if the system provides chloramination. | Applies whenever microbiological testing is required. | high |
| #Q064 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Laboratory Identity Notification | drinking water | If a test of a water sample for a parameter is required by this Regulation, or by an approval, municipal drinking water licence or order, including an OWRA order, the owner of the drinking water system and the operating authority for the system shall ensure that written notice of the identity of the laboratory that will conduct the test is given to the Director before the sample is tested | Prior to laboratory testing of required parameters. | high |
| #Q065 | reporting | health | mandatory | Immediate Written Notice of Adverse Results | drinking water | A person who is required to report immediately in accordance with subsection 16-6 (2) shall, in addition to speaking in person or by telephone with a person referred to in subsection 16-6 (3), provide a written notice in accordance with this section and section 16-8 within 24 hours after the immediate report is given under section 16-4 or 16-5 or under subsection 18 (1) of the Act. | Follow-up to immediate verbal reports of adverse test results or observations. | high |