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Document ID ca-owser-2024-10-11-2 Title Overview of the Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations URL https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/wastewater/regulations.html Jurisdiction /ca Subdomain(s) none Language Status completed Analyzed at 2026-05-13 15:19:10.656405+00:00 Relevance inventory_targeted_fetch

10 Qualitative 1 Quantitative 18 Definitions

Q Qualitative Requirements (10)

Req ID	Category	Intent	Legal Status	Name	Subdomain(s)	Context	Conditions	Confidence
#Q001	monitoring	reporting	mandatory	Effluent Monitoring and Reporting	wastewater	The owners or operators of wastewater systems must monitor and report the quality of their effluent to show that they are meeting the standards.	Applies to wastewater systems that collect an average daily volume of 100 m3 or more of influent and deposit wastewater effluent to water frequented by fish or to a place that could reach these waters.	high
#Q002	reporting	reporting	mandatory	Identification Report Submission	wastewater	Owners or operators of wastewater systems must submit an identification report within 45 days after their system comes into operation.		high
#Q003	reporting	reporting	mandatory	System Changes or New Information Reporting	wastewater	Any changes or new information on the wastewater system must be submitted within 45 days of the change.		high
#Q004	reporting	reporting	mandatory	Regular Monitoring Reports	wastewater	Owners and operators must submit monitoring reports regularly.	System type and size determines how often to report (either once a year or four times a year).	high
#Q005	reporting	reporting	mandatory	Quarterly Reporting Deadlines	wastewater	For owners or operators of wastewater systems that report four times a year, the deadlines are: Quarter 1 (January 1 to March 31) - May 15, Quarter 2 (April 1 to June 30) - August 14, Quarter 3 (July 1 to September 30) - November 14, Quarter 4 (October 1 to December 31) - February 14	Applies to systems required to report four times a year.	high
#Q006	reporting	reporting	mandatory	Annual Reporting Deadline	wastewater	For wastewater systems that report once a year, the deadline is: Annual (January 1 to December 31) -February 14	Applies to wastewater systems that report once a year.	high
#Q007	reporting	reporting	mandatory	Monthly Combined Sewer Overflow Content Reporting	wastewater	Owners or operators of wastewater systems with at least one combined sewer overflow point are required to report for each month where a deposit occured: the number of days that effluent was released via each overflow point; the volume of effluent deposited from each overflow point	Applies to wastewater systems with at least one combined sewer overflow point where a deposit occurred.	high
#Q008	reporting	reporting	mandatory	Combined Sewer Overflow Report Submission Deadline	wastewater	Owners and operators must submit the combined sewer overflow report once per year by February 15.	Applies to wastewater systems with at least one combined sewer overflow point.	high
#Q009	reporting	reporting	mandatory	Federal Agency Notification	other	Federal legislation requires that when we receive written or verbal notifications about a pollution incident, we are responsible to provide timely notification to federal partner agencies.	Upon receipt of written or verbal notifications about a pollution incident	high
#Q010	operational	operational	mandatory	Pollution Incident Escalation	other	If there is a significant threat to the health of Canadians or the environment from a spill or the potential of one, the incident is escalated to the emergency operations centre for action.	Significant threat to the health of Canadians or the environment from a spill or the potential of one	high

P Quantitative Requirements (1)

Req ID	Category	Intent	Legal Status	Name	Subdomain(s)	Limit Type	Limit Value	Context	Conditions	Confidence
#P001	operational	operational	mandatory	average daily volume of influent	wastewater	requirement	>= 100 m3	Applicability threshold for the Regulations: wastewater systems that collect an average daily volume of 100 m3 or more of influent and deposit wastewater effluent to water frequented by fish.	Does not apply in Nunavut, Northwest Territories, north of the 54th parallel in Québec or Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, and to certain wastewater systems in Québec.	high

D Definitions (18)

Req ID	Name	Context	Confidence
#D001	CESI	Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators	high
#D002	the Regulations	Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations	high
#D003	ERRIS	Effluent Regulatory Reporting Information System	high
#D004	Transitional authorizations	extensions to allow facilities to upgrade their systems	high
#D005	Temporary bypass authorizations	authorizations to exceed the standards of the regulations for maintenance and construction activities	high
#D006	Temporary authorization to deposit un-ionized ammonia	for systems complying with the effluent quality standards but have issues with ammonia	high
#D007	Quarter 1	January 1 to March 31	high
#D008	Quarter 2	April 1 to June 30	high
#D009	Quarter 3	July 1 to September 30	high
#D010	Quarter 4	October 1 to December 31	high
#D011	Annual	January 1 to December 31	high
#D012	combined sewers	sewage and stormwater are often carried together	high
#D013	CEPA	Canadian Environmental Protection Act	high
#D014	m3	cubic metres	high
#D015	application fee	A non-refundable application fee must accompany every application.	high
#D016	permit fee	A permit fee is payable for every 1000 cubic metres (m3) of dredged or excavated material to be disposed	high
#D017	ECCC	Environment and Climate Change Canada	high
#D018	Environmental effects monitoring	studies to assess if their effluent is having an effect on fish, fish habitat and use of fisheries resources	high