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Overview
The Town of Perth Drinking Water System (DWS), categorized as a large municipal
residential system, is comprised of two components:
1. Class III Water Treatment Subsystem,
2. Class I Water Distribution Subsystem.
This report is prepared in accordance to the Drinking Water Systems Regulation 170/03,
Schedule 22 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, (SDWA), 2002.
It will cover a period for the preceding calendar year, January 01 to December 31,
2016.
The completion and presentation of this report will also fulfill the requirement for a
compliance report to be produced in accordance applicable regulations.
Section 1 contains,
any known failure to meet, or any priority concerns that might lead to failures
to meet, the requirements of:
the SDWA itself,
the SDWA regulations and associated MOE publications,
the system’s Certificate of Approval,
any orders
duration of the failure, and measures taken to correct the failure
Section 2 contains,
A summary of quantities and flow rates of water taken from the Tay River, in
addition to water production and process wastewater generation.
On Apr 29, 2016 an AWQI was generated when a Distribution Water Sample test
result exceeded the allowable concentration. The test was conducted through a
voluntary program that the municipality participates in with the MOECC. The
parameter is regulated through Sched 24 of OReg 169 and therefore was still
considered adverse in spite of being part of a voluntary program. The proper steps
for reporting and Adverse were followed, together with consultation with local
MOECC Inspector. Re-sampling and testing was completed, and subsequent test
results were within allowable limits. It was determined that the exceedance may
have resulted from the specific sampling site (washroom tap) and the location for
future samples was changed to prevent a re-occurrence. Typically a Sched 24
exceedance, would then require the municipality to increase its sampling frequency,
however, discussion with MOECC Inspector resulted in that requirement being
waived. Notice of Issue Resolution was submitted on May 5 2016
Re-sample
Treated
Various
Water
levels of Isolated,
Storage
Oct 3 hydrocar cleaned, re-
contaminati
2016 bons n/a sampled Oct 5 2016
on
Duration
Requirement Requirement Any corrective
of
failure location action taken
failure
none
Any
Requirement Requirement Duration
corrective
failure location of failure
action taken
none
none
none
The daily average raw water flow was 2,817 m³ in 2016, or approximately
31% of the PTTW, The daily average in 2015 was 3,214 m³ showing
continued consistent water demand over recent years.
2.1.2 Maximum Raw Water Flow:
The maximum raw water flow in any given day in 2016 was 5,396 m³ which
is 59.4% of the PTTW maximum.
The Distribution system is a Class 1 facility and is maintained by a Lead Hand and
four operators, who rotate through other departments within the organization. The
Lead Hand possesses a level III license in distribution and supply. All four
operators have level II licenses.
Graham Patterson
Lead Hand – WT and WWT
Discharge (Service)
Raw water (m3)
Water (m3)
Monthly
Monthly Monthly
Monthly Daily Daily
Month Total Total
Average Flow Average
Flow Flow
Flow
January 2,655 82,296 2,502 77,560
Minimum 2,074,000 2,167,000 2,160,000 2,011,000 1,878,000 2,102,000 2,182,000 2,348,000 2,230,000 2,198,000 2,054,000 1,930,000
Maximum 3,183,000 3,292,000 5,231,000 3,751,000 5,396,000 3,932,000 4,061,000 3,868,000 3,258,000 4,201,000 3,289,000 3,650,000
Average 2,654,710 2,728,862 2,852,839 2,848,900 3,044,161 3,092,700 2,988,387 3,085,516 2,757,233 2,728,871 2,553,267 2,473,452
Monthly
total 82,296,000 79,137,000 88,438,000 85,467,000 94,369,000 92,781,000 92,640,000 95,651,000 82,717,000 84,595,000 76,598,000 76,677,000
Running
Year total 82,296,000 161,433,000 249,871,000 335,338,000 429,707,000 522,488,000 615,128,000 710,779,000 793,496,000 878,091,000 954,689,000 1,031,366,000