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Document ID ca-on-were-2025-08-27 Title Well Records URL https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/well-records Jurisdiction /ca/on Subdomain(s) none Language Status completed Analyzed at 2026-05-12 03:45:12.189406+00:00 Relevance inventory_targeted_fetch

Q Qualitative Requirements (0)

No qualitative requirements.

P Quantitative Requirements (8)

Req ID Category Intent Legal Status Name Subdomain(s) Limit Type Limit Value Context Conditions Confidence
#R001operationaloperationalmandatoryResidential foundation drainage water taking exemption thresholddrinking waterrequirement< 379,000 litres/dayWater taking from the foundation of a building used primarily for a residential purposeSewage works purpose is limited to collection, transmission, treatment and disposal of ground and storm waterhigh
#R002operationalreportingmandatoryAverage water taking calculation windowotherrequirement90 daysCalculation of average amount of water per dayFinding simple moving averages for each consecutive periodhigh
#R003operationaloperationalmandatoryDistance for Lake Ontario/St. Lawrence transfer exemptionotherrequirement<= 10 kmTransfer between Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River watershedsTaken from a location within specified distance of the point where Lake Ontario flows into the St. Lawrence Riverhigh
#R004operationalreportingmandatoryPost-cancellation permit renewal application deadlineotherrequirement<= 12 monthsApplication to renew a permit cancelled/revoked due to ownership change or expirationApplication must be submitted no more than the specified time after cancellation/expirationhigh
#R005operationaloperationalmandatoryConsumptive use cumulative assessment lookback periodotherrequirement10 yearsApplications made on or after January 1, 2025 regarding Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin Agreement obligationsPeriod starting before the date of the application until the application datehigh
#R006operationaloperationalmandatoryCumulative transfer determination lookback periodotherrequirement10 yearsApplications made on or after January 1, 2025 regarding determination of consumptive use for transfersPeriod starting before the date of the application until the application datehigh
#R007operationaloperationalmandatoryThreshold amount determination lookback periodotherrequirement10 yearsDetermination of threshold amount for transfers on or after Jan 1, 2025Period starting before the date of the application until the application datehigh
#R008operationaloperationalmandatoryInterim permit maximum durationotherrequirement< 12 monthsIssuance of interim permit while considering a renewal application submitted after expiryAuthorizes water taking at same location, purpose, and amount/lesser amount as expired permithigh

D Definitions (48)

Req ID Category Name Context Confidence
#D001closed landfilling sitemeans a landfilling site, (a) that has had final cover material applied to it in accordance with the applicable closure requirements under the Act and in which further landfilling is not permitted by an environmental compliance approval, or (b) that has reached its approved capacity under its environmental compliance approval;high
#D002contraventionmeans a contravention or failure in respect of which a person may be required to pay an environmental penalty under section 182.1 of the Act;high
#D003Directormeans a Director appointed in respect of section 182.1 of the Act;high
#D004landfillinghas the same meaning as in Regulation 347 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General — Waste Management) made under the Act;high
#D005landfilling sitemeans a waste disposal site at which landfilling occurs and that has, in respect of the landfilling, an approved capacity of 40,000 cubic metres or more under an environmental compliance approval;high
#D006plantmeans an industrial facility and the real property, waste disposal sites and wastewater treatment facilities associated with it;high
#D007public bodymeans a municipality, local board, conservation authority, ministry, department, board, commission, or agency or official of a provincial or federal government;high
#D008sewagehas the same meaning as in subsection 1 (1) of the Ontario Water Resources Act ;high
#D009toxic substancemeans a substance listed in Table 1 of the Ministry of the Environment publication entitled “Environmental Penalties – Code of Toxic Substances”, as amended from time to time.high
#D010waste disposal sitehas the same meaning as in Part V of the Act.high
#D011sewage workshas the same meaning as in subsection 1 (1) of the Ontario Water Resources Act ;high
#D012surface watercoursemeans any lake, river, pond, stream, reservoir, swamp, marsh or surface drainage works.high
#D013municipal drinking water systemmeans a drinking water system or part of a drinking water system, (a) that is owned by a municipality or by a municipal service board established under the Municipal Act, 2001 City of Toronto Act, 2006 , (b) that is owned by a corporation established under sections 9, 10 and 11 of the Municipal Act, 2001 in accordance with section 203 of that Act or under sections 7 and 8 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 in accordance with sections 148 and 154 of that Act, (c) from which a municipality obtains or will obtain water under the terms of a contract between the municipality and the owner of the system, or (d) that serves a major residential development and was established after June 1, 2003 under an agreement with a municipality pursuant to Part VI of the Planning Act , if the agreement provides that ownership of the system may be transferred to the municipality, a municipal service board established under section 195 of the Municipal Act, 2001 Municipal Act, 2001 ;high
#D014non-municipal drinking water systemmeans a drinking water system that is not a municipal drinking water system.high
#D015adverse observation(a) inappropriate chemical management, (b) inappropriate disinfection occurring anywhere within the distribution system, (c) inappropriate filtration of the water, (d) a break in the systems piping that might result in contamination of the water, (e) potential for contamination due to the possibility that back flow has occurred, (f) contamination to the systems water source that cannot be adequately dealt with by the treatment being provided by the system;high
#D016adverse test resultmeans any of the following results of a drinking water test: 1. A result that exceeds any of the standards prescribed by Schedule 1, 2 or 3 to the Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards unless a different maximum concentration is established under a permission or directive issued under this Regulation, if the result is from a sample of drinking water. 2. A result that exceeds any maximum concentration established under a permission or directive issued under this Regulation, if the test result is from a sample of drinking water and the permission or directive which establishes the maximum concentration applies to the particular drinking water system from which the sample was collected. 3. A result indicating the presence of a pesticide not listed in Schedule 2 to the Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards in a sample of drinking water, at any concentration. 4. If the drinking water system is required to provide secondary disinfection, the system provides chlorination, the system does not provide chloramination and a report under subsection 9 (1) has not been made in respect of free chlorine residual in the preceding 24 hours, a result indicating that the concentration of free chlorine residual is less than 0.05 milligrams per litre... 5. If the drinking water system is required to provide secondary disinfection... less than 0.25 milligrams per litre and the concentration of free chlorine residual is less than 0.05 milligrams per litre... 6. If the drinking water system is required to provide filtration... turbidity exceeds 1.0 Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)... 7. A result indicating that the concentration of sodium exceeds 20 milligrams per litre in a sample of drinking water, if a report under subsection 9 (1) has not been made in respect of sodium in the preceding 60 months;high
#D017Agencymeans the Ontario Clean Water Agency established under the Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993 ;high
#D018alterationincludes the following, in respect of a drinking water system, but excludes repairs to the system: 1. An extension of the system. 2. A replacement of part of the system. 3. Taking all or part of the system permanently out of service;high
#D019chloraminationmeans combined chlorine residual disinfection where the combined chlorine residual is predominately in the form of monochloramine;high
#D020chlorinationmeans free chlorine residual disinfection;high
#D021designated facilitymeans a designated facility within the meaning of Ontario Regulation 170/03 (Drinking Water Systems) made under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 ;high
#D022distribution samplemeans, with respect to a small drinking water system, a water sample that is taken, in the drinking water system’s distribution system or in plumbing that is connected to the drinking water system, from a point significantly beyond the point at which drinking water enters the distribution system or plumbing;high
#D023distribution systemmeans the part of a drinking water system that is used in the distribution, storage or supply of water and that is not part of a treatment system;high
#D024documentincludes a sound recording, video tape, film, photograph, chart, graph, map, plan, survey, book of account, and information recorded or stored by means of any device;high
#D025drinking watermeans, (a) water intended for human consumption, or (b) water that is required by an Act, regulation, order, municipal by-law or other document issued under the authority of an Act, (i) to be potable, or (ii) to meet or exceed the requirements of the Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards;high
#D026drinking water systemmeans a system of works, excluding plumbing, that is established for the purpose of providing users of the system with drinking water and that includes, (a) any thing used for the collection, production, treatment, storage, supply or distribution of water, (b) any thing related to the management of residue from the treatment process or the management of the discharge of a substance into the natural environment from the treatment system, and (c) a well or intake that serves as the source or entry point of raw water supply for the system;high
#D027drinking water testing servicemeans a service that involves the conduct of one or more drinking water tests;high
#D028food service establishmentmeans a food service premise, as defined in Ontario Regulation 493/17 (Food Premises) made under the Health Protection and Promotion Act , to which the general public is admitted, but does not include any temporary food service premise operated solely in conjunction with an exhibition, fair, carnival, sports meeting or other special or temporary event;high
#D029licensed engineering practitionermeans a person who holds a licence, limited licence or temporary licence under the Professional Engineers Act ;high
#D030major residential developmentmeans a development of six or more private residences on one or more properties;high
#D031monthmeans a calendar month;high
#D032natural environmentincludes the air, land and water of the Province of Ontario;high
#D033Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standardsmeans Ontario Regulation 169/03 (Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards) made under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 ;high
#D034ownerincludes, in respect of a small drinking water system, every person who is a legal or beneficial owner of all or part of the system, but does not include the Agency or any of its predecessors where the Agency or predecessor is registered on title as the owner of the system;high
#D035plumbingmeans a system of works, (a) that comprise a “water system” for the purposes of the definition of “plumbing” in subsection 1 (1) of the Building Code Act, 1992 , other than equipment that is installed in plumbing to treat water but that is not a plumbing appliance (b) that are connected to a small drinking water system;high
#D036point of entry treatment unitmeans equipment that, (a) is designed to provide primary disinfection, (b) is installed in a drinking water system at or near where water from the system enters a building or other structure, and (c) is connected to the plumbing associated with the building or other structure;high
#D037primary disinfectionmeans a process or series of processes intended to remove or inactivate human pathogens such as viruses, bacteria and protozoa in water;high
#D038private residencemeans a dwelling place occupied for an extended period of time by the same persons, if, (a) the residents have a reasonable expectation of privacy, (b) food preparation, personal hygiene, and sleeping accommodations are not communal in nature, and (c) any use of the dwelling place by a resident for a home occupation, trade, business, profession or craft is secondary to the use of the dwelling place as a residence and does not use more than 25 per cent of the indoor floor area;high
#D039public facilitymeans, (a) a food service establishment, (b) a place that operates primarily for the purpose of providing overnight accommodation to the travelling public, (c) a trailer park or campground, (d) a marina, (e) a church, mosque, synagogue, temple or other place of worship, (f) a recreational camp, (g) a recreational or athletic facility, (h) a place, other than a private residence, where a service club or fraternal organization meets on a regular basis, or (i) any place where the general public has access to a washroom, drinking water fountain or shower;high
#D040raw watermeans water that is in a small drinking water system or in plumbing, and that has not been treated in accordance with this Regulation;high
#D041raw water supplymeans water outside a drinking water system that is a source of water for the system;high
#D042resample and testmeans, (a) with respect to corrective action that arises from the test of a water sample for a microbiological parameter, (i) take a set of water samples... (b) with respect to corrective action that arises from the test of a water sample for a parameter that is not a microbiological parameter...high
#D043secondary disinfectionmeans a process or series of processes intended to provide and maintain a disinfectant residual in a drinking water system’s distribution system, and in plumbing connected to the distribution system, for the purposes of, (a) protecting water from microbiological re-contamination, (b) reducing bacterial regrowth, (c) controlling biofilm formation, and (d) serving as an indicator of distribution system integrity...high
#D044service connectionmeans, (a) a point where a drinking water system connects to plumbing, other than plumbing in a trailer park or campground, or (b) in a trailer park or campground, a fixture that allows a trailer or other vehicle to connect to the trailer park’s or campground’s drinking water system;high
#D045surface watermeans water in lakes, rivers, ponds or other bodies of water, whether natural or man-made, that are subject to direct contact by rain;high
#D046testincludes analyse when used as a verb, and “test”, when used as a noun, and “testing” have corresponding meanings;high
#D047treatment systemmeans any part of a drinking water system that is used in relation to the treatment of water and includes, (a) any thing that conveys or stores water and is part of a treatment process... (b) any thing related to the management of residue... (c) a well or intake that serves as the source or entry point of raw water supply for the system;high
#D048watersincludes drinking water, raw water, raw water supply and water contained in plumbing.high