Drinking-Water Systems Regulation O. Reg. 170/03
OPTIONAL ANNUAL REPORT TEMPLATE
Drinking-Water System Number:
Drinking-Water System Name:
Drinking-Water System Owner:
Drinking-Water System Category:
Period being reported:
210003351
Rossport Water Treatment Plant
Rossport Local Services Board
Non-municipal Year Round Residential
Limited Subsystem – Surface Water
January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015
Complete if your Category is Large Municipal
Residential or Small Municipal Residential
Does your Drinking-Water System serve
more than 10,000 people? Yes [ ] No [ ]
Is your annual report available to the public
at no charge on a web site on the Internet?
Yes [ ] No [ ]
Location where Summary Report required
under O. Reg. 170/03 Schedule 22 will be
available for inspection.
Complete for all other Categories.
Number of Designated Facilities served:
-0Did you provide a copy of your annual
report to all Designated Facilities you
serve?
Yes [ ] No [ ]
Number of Interested Authorities you
report to:
-0Did you provide a copy of your annual
report to all Interested Authorities you
report to for each Designated Facility?
Yes [ ] No [ ]
Note: For the following tables below, additional rows or columns may be added or an
appendix may be attached to the report
List all Drinking-Water Systems (if any), which receive all of their drinking water from
your system:
Drinking Water System Name
Drinking Water System Number
N/A
Did you provide a copy of your annual report to all Drinking-Water System owners that
are connected to you and to whom you provide all of its drinking water?
Yes [ ] No [ ] N/A
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Indicate how you notified system users that your annual report is available, and is free of
charge.
[ ] Public access/notice via the web
[ ] Public access/notice via Government Office
[ ] Public access/notice via a newspaper
[ ] Public access/notice via Public Request
[ ] Public access/notice via a Public Library
[ X ] Public access/notice via other method – copies are posted on two (2) community
bulletin boards and LSB website: www.rossportlsb.ca
Describe your Drinking-Water System
Raw water for treating is drawn from Lake Superior at Nicol Bay. Prior to
distribution, raw water is filtered through one of two slow sand filtration units, then
chlorinated and stored where chlorine contact time matures. Upon leaving storage, the
chlorinated water receives ultraviolet treatment in one of five (sometimes four,
depending on demand) UV units. Just prior to entering the distribution system, this
treated water receives a second injection of chlorine, so that an average chlorine
residual of 0.30 mg/L to 0.40 mg/L is maintained.
List all water treatment chemicals used over this reporting period
Sodium Hypochlorite by Brenntage (12% - NSF approved)
Were any significant expenses incurred to?
[X ] Install required equipment
[X ] Repair required equipment
[X ] Replace required equipment
Please provide a brief description and a breakdown of monetary expenses incurred
Attached is a list of expenses for the Water Department for 2015 marked Appendix A.
Included in the list are the expenses incurred in looping two dead end streets, Church
Street and Salter Lane. This project was funded by a grant from the Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). In addition, parts of the UV array,
the three chlorine metering pumps, the backup power supply, and the computer all
required replacing.
Provide details on the notices submitted in accordance with subsection 18(1) of the Safe
Drinking-Water Act or section 16-4 of Schedule 16 of O.Reg.170/03 and reported to
Spills Action Centre
Incident
Date
Parameter
10 Aug
2015
Installing additional Boil
piping to loop dead Water
ends
Advis
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Result
Unit of
Measure
Corrective Action
Corrective
Action Date
Sampling at
points of new
connections
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30 Sep
2015
ory
reques
ted
Submitted sampling BWA
results to TB Health rescin
ded
Microbiological testing done under the Schedule 10, 11 or 12 of Regulation 170/03,
during this reporting period.
Raw
Treated
Distribution
Number
of
Samples
Range of E.Coli
Or Fecal
Results
(min #)-(max #)
Range of Total
Coliform
Results
(min #)-(max #)
Number
of HPC
Samples
Range of HPC
Results
(min #)-(max #)
-04
30
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
P/A
N/A
N/A
29
N/A
N/A
0–4
Presence/Absence
Operational testing done under Schedule 7, 8 or 9 of Regulation 170/03 during the
period covered by this Annual Report.
Turbidity
Filter #1
Filter #2
Chlorine
Fluoride (If the
DWS provides
fluoridation)
Number of
Grab
Samples
Range of Results
(min #)-(max #)
8760
8760
8760
0.01 – 0.10
0.02 – 0.54
0.07 – 1.67
N/A
N/A
NOTE: For continuous
monitors use 8760 as the
number of samples.
NOTE: Record the unit of measure if it is not milligrams per litre.
Summary of additional testing and sampling carried out in accordance with the
requirement of an approval, order or other legal instrument.
Date legal instrument
issued
MOE request
Parameter
Date Sampled
Result
Unit of Measure
Total Suspended
Solids (waste water
to lake)
08 Nov 2015
<2.0
mg/L
Summary of Inorganic parameters tested during this reporting period or the most
recent sample results
Parameter
Sample Date
Antimony
Arsenic
Barium
N/A (next 2016)
N/A
N/A
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Result Value
Unit of Measure
Exceedance
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Boron
Cadmium
Chromium
*Lead
Mercury
Selenium
Sodium
Uranium
Fluoride
Nitrite
Nitrate
N/A
N/A
N/A
See below
N/A
N/A
Next due 2019
N/A
Next due 2019
30 Nov 2015 last
30 Nov 2015 last
<0.010
0.411
mg/L
mg/L
No
No
*only for drinking water systems testing under Schedule 15.2; this includes large municipal non-
residential systems, small municipal non-residential systems, non-municipal seasonal residential
systems, large non-municipal non-residential systems, and small non-municipal non-residential
systems
Summary of lead testing under Schedule 15.1 during this reporting period
(applicable to the following drinking water systems; large municipal residential systems, small
municipal residential systems, and non-municipal year-round residential systems)
Number of
Samples
Location Type
Range of Lead
Results
(min#) – (max #)
Number of
Exceedances
Distribution – 15 Apr 2015
1
1.5 ug/L
None
Distribution – 05 Oct 2015
1
2.3 ug/L
None
Summary of Organic parameters sampled during this reporting period or the most
recent sample results
Parameter
Sample Date
Alachlor
Aldicarb
Aldrin + Dieldrin
Atrazine + N-dealkylated metobolites
Azinphos-methyl
Bendiocarb
Benzene
Benzo(a)pyrene
Bromoxynil
Carbaryl
Carbofuran
Carbon Tetrachloride
Chlordane (Total)
Chlorpyrifos
Cyanazine
Diazinon
Dicamba
N/A (next 2016)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Result
Value
Unit of
Measure
Exceedance
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1,2-Dichlorobenzene
1,4-Dichlorobenzene
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
(DDT) + metabolites
1,2-Dichloroethane
1,1-Dichloroethylene
(vinylidene chloride)
Dichloromethane
2-4 Dichlorophenol
2,4-Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D)
Diclofop-methyl
Dimethoate
Dinoseb
Diquat
Diuron
Glyphosate
Heptachlor + Heptachlor Epoxide
Lindane (Total)
Malathion
Methoxychlor
Metolachlor
Metribuzin
Monochlorobenzene
Paraquat
Parathion
Pentachlorophenol
Phorate
Picloram
Polychlorinated Biphenyls(PCB)
Prometryne
Simazine
THM
(NOTE: show latest annual average)
Temephos
Terbufos
Tetrachloroethylene
2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol
Triallate
Trichloroethylene
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxy acetic acid
(2,4,5-T)
Trifluralin
Vinyl Chloride
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N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2015
16.13
ug/L
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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List any Inorganic or Organic parameter(s) that exceeded half the standard prescribed
in Schedule 2 of Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards.
Parameter
Result Value
Unit of Measure
Date of Sample
None
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APPENDIX A
Expenses 2015
Property, equipment & system R & M
Install required equipment (looping and circulating pump)
Engineering
Construction
Repair required equipment (fittings, pH probe,
UV sensors & lamps, Beauregard backhoe)
Replace required equipment (gen battery, UV comm centers,
UV power supplies, backup battery, chlorine metering
pumps, computer)
$ 32,069.09
269,372.02
1,819.67
11,143.48
Operator Training
412.70
Annual Instrument calibration
926.60
Utilities
Hydro
Propane
Phone
7,372.32
4,765.40
1,257.29
Chemicals & lab fees
ALS
Chemicals
2,381.92
369.00
Supplies
319.93
Insurance
8,631.32
Easement/lease, C of A fee
Freight
Operator
1,127.88
289.05
11,400.00
TOTAL
$ 353,657.67
APPENDIX A
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