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Home My WebLink About2013 - Richmond Community Water System2013 ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT FOR MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS Report This report is a summary of water quality information for the Richmond Community Water System, Water Works # 260074854, published in accordance with Schedule 22 of the Ontario's Drinking Water Systems Regulation for the reporting period of January 1, 2013to December 31, 2013 The Richmond Community Water System is categorized as a Small Municipal Year Round Residential Drinking Water System. Who gets a copy of the Report: The owner of the drinking — water system shall ensure that the following receive the summary report no later than March 31 for the preceding calendar year; • in the case of a drinking water system owned by a municipality, the members of the Municipal Council; • in the case of a drinking water system owned by a municipal service board established under section 195 of the Municipal Act, 2001, the members of the municipal service board; or • in the case of a drinking water system owned by a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation. What must the Report contain? The report must, (a) list the requirements of the Act, the regulations, the system's approval and any order that the system failed to meet at any time during the period covered by the report and specify the duration of the failure; and (b) for each failure referred to in clause (a), describe the measures that were taken to correct the failure. The Richmond Community Water System complied with the following Drinking Water Legislation; • Safe Drinking Water Act • O. Reg 170/03, O. Reg 128/04 • Provincial Officer's Order dated January 20, 2010 related to source water with a compliance extension date of December 31, 2013. • Drinking water advisories issued by the MOH for turbidity and nitrates are in effect until the Provincial order has been complied with. What else must the report contain? The report must also include the following information for the purposes of enabling the owner of the system to assess the capability of the system to meet existing and planned uses of the system: • A summary of the quantities and flow rates of the water supplied during the period covered by the report; • A comparison of the summary referred to in paragraph 1 to the rated capacity and flow rates approved in the system's approval. Attachments • 2013 flows Report Prepared by; Ed Roloson, CMM III Water/Wastewater Operations Manager Overall Responsible Operator ( ORO ) RICHMOND COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM MONTHLY WATER CONSUMPTION (m3) Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Totals 2013 East 387 327 381 369 593 503 444 447 388 396 435 425 5095 avg.daily 12.5 11.7 12.3 12.3 19 16.8 14.3 14.4 12.9 12.8 14.5 13.7 West 523 324 439 448 476 445 509 480 396 444 453 472 5409 avg.daily 16.9 11.6 14.2 14.9 15.4 14.8 16.4 15.5 13.2 14.3 15.1 15.2 10,504 Ontario Drinking-Water Systems Regulation O. Reg. 170/03 OPTIONAL ANNUAL REPORT TEMPLATE Drinking-Water System Number: 260074854 Drinking-Water System Name: Richmond Community Water Inc. Drinking-Water System Owner: The Corporation of the Municipality of Bayham Drinking-Water System Category: Small Municipal Year Round Residential Period being reported: 2013 Complete if your Category is Large Municipal Complete for all other Categories. Residential or Small Municipal Residential Does your Drinking-Water System serve Number of Designated Facilities served: more than 10,000 people? Yes [ ] No [ x N/A Is your annual report available to the public Did you provide a copy of your annual at no charge on a web site on the Internet? report to all Designated Facilities you Yes [ x ] No [ ] serve? Yes [ ] No [x ] Location where Summary Report required under O. Reg. 170/03 Schedule 22 will be Number of Interested Authorities you available for inspection. report to: N/A Bayham Wastewater Treatment Plant Did you provide a copy of your annual 1 Chatham St. report to all Interested Authorities you Port Burwell,ON report to for each Designated Facility? 519-874-4761 Yes [ ] No [x 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 1 ] No [ ] Drinking Water Systems Regulations Page 1 of 6 (PIBS 4435e01)February 2008 Ontario Drinking-Water Systems Regulation O. Reg. 170/03 Indicate how you notified system users that your annual report is available, and is free of charge. [x ] Public access/notice via the web [x ] Public access/notice via Government Office [ ] Public access/notice via a newspaper [x] Public access/notice via Public Request [ ] Public access/notice via a Public Library [x] Public access/notice via other method ---water bills Describe your Drinking-Water System Jan 1 —Aug 19th, 2013 The Richmond Well Supply consists of two artesian and surface water collection systems located in a ravine. Raw water is collected in an excavated area into pre-cast concrete containments lined with filter cloth and clear stone. The raw water flows via gravity to the lower level of the ravine and is pumped to treatment pumphouse. Treatment consists of canister filtration, ultraviolet irradiation (UV) and chlorination. Two distribution lines feed 50 residents and 1 church. Aug 20—Dec 19th, 2013 Capital water project ... water serviced area provided treated water from the Bayham Water System during well and treatment construction. As of December 20th the community was serviced by new source water and treatment equipment upgrades including raw water softeners, nitrate filters, pre and post chlorination, post filtration, uv disinfection, on-line continuous monitoring equipment including nitrate, turbidity and chlorine. The system is monitored and alarmed by a computerized SCADA system. List all water treatment chemicals used over this reporting period Sodium Hypochlorite ( 12% ) Were any significant expenses incurred to? [ x ] Install required equipment [ x ] Repair required equipment [ x ] Replace required equipment Drinking Water Systems Regulations Page 2 of 6 (PIBS 4435e01)February 2008 OntC rio Drinking-Water Systems Regulation O. Reg. 170/03 Please provide a brief description and a breakdown of monetary expenses incurred $52,948 --- regulatory operating expenses $530,768.15 ---capital source water and treatment upgrades 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 Parameter Result Unit of Corrective Action Corrective Date Measure Action Date Jan 30/13 turbidity 12 NTU DWA Feb 4/13 Feb 19/13 turbidity 3.82 NTU DWA Feb 26/13 Mar 11/13 turbidity 1.30 NTU DWA Mar 18/13 Mar 12/13 turbidity 5.11 NTU DWA Mar 18/13 Apr 10/13 turbidity 11.9 NTU DWA Apr 15/13 Apr 11/13 turbidity 3.78 NTU DWA Apr 15/13 Apr 12/13 turbidity 2.98 NTU DWA Apr 15/13 May 29/13 turbidity 1.55 NTU DWA June 3/13 June28/13 turbidity 1.36 NTU DWA July 3/13 July17/13 TC 1 Re sample July 24/13 Aug 1/13 turbidity 1.58 NTU DWA Aug 6/13 Microbiological testing done under the Schedule 10, 11 or 12 of Regulation 170/03, during this reporting period. Number Range of E.Coli Range of Total Number Range of HPC of Or Fecal Coliform of HPC Results Samples Results Results Samples (min#)-(max#) (min#)-(max#) (min#)-(max#) Raw 16 0 - 470 1 - 1340 0 Treated Distribution 104 0 1 104 0 - 110 Drinking Water Systems Regulations Page 3 of 6 (PIBS 4435e01)February 2008 Ontario Drinking-Water Systems Regulation O. Reg. 170/03 Operational testing done under Schedule 7, 8 or 9 of Regulation 170/03 during the period covered by this Annual Report. Number of Range of Results Grab (min#)-(max#) NOTE: For continuous Samples monitors use 8760 as the Turbidity 730 0.07—12.00 number of samples. Chlorine 938 0.21 -4.70 (free) Fluoride(If the DWS provides 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 of legal instrument Parameter Date Sampled Result Unit of Measure issued Summary of Inorganic parameters tested during this reporting period or the most recent sample results Parameter Sample Date Result Value Unit of Measure Exceedance Antimony Aug.24/07 0.2 ug/L Arsenic Aug. 24/07 0.3 ug/L Barium Aug.24/07 40.7 ug/L Boron Aug.24/07 33 ug/L Cadmium Aug.24/07 0.06 ug/L Chromium Aug.24/07 2.2 ug/L *Lead See below Mercury Aug.24/07 0.02 ug/L Selenium Aug.24/07 1 ug/L Sodium Dec/13 167 mg/L Yes-DWA Uranium Aug.24/07 0.16 ug/L Fluoride Aug.27/07 0.06 mg/L Nitrite Oct.11/12 0.005 mg/L Nitrate Oct.!1/12 9.03 & 9.02 mg/L *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 Drinking Water Systems Regulations Page 4 of 6 (PIBS 4435e01)February 2008 Ontario Drinking-Water Systems Regulation O. Reg. 170/03 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) Range of Lead Location Type Number of Number of Results Samples Exceedances (min#)-(max#) Plumbing 22 0.1-1.65 ug/L 0 Distribution 4 0.10- 0.87 ug/L 0 Summary of Organic parameters sampled during this reporting period or the most recent sample results Parameter Sample Result Unit of Exceedance Date Value Measure Alachlor Aug.28/07 0.11 ug/L Aldicarb Aug.28/07 0.30 ug/L Aldrin+Dieldrin Aug.28/07 0.067 ug/L Atrazine+N-dealkylated metobolites Aug.28/07 0.12 ug/L Azinphos-methyl Aug.28/07 0.21 ug/L Bendiocarb Aug.28/07 0.13 ug/L Benzene Aug.22/07 0.37 ug/L Benzo(a)pyrene Aug.27/07 0.004 ug/L Bromoxynil Aug.23/07 0.33 ug/L Carbaryl Aug.28/07 0.16 ug/L Carbofuran Aug.28/07 0.37 ug/L Carbon Tetrachloride Aug.28/07 0.41 ug/L Chlordane(Total) Aug.28/07 0.11 ug/L Chlorpyrifos Aug.28/07 0.18 ug/L Cyanazine Aug.28/07 0.18 ug/L Diazinon Aug.28/07 0.081 ug/L Dicamba Aug.28/07 0.20 ug/L 1,2-Dichlorobenzene Aug.28/07 0.50 ug/L 1,4-Dichlorobenzene Aug.28/07 0.21 ug/L Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane(DDT)+ Aug.28/07 0.14 ug/L metabolites 1,2-Dichloroethane Aug.28/07 0.43 ug/L 1,1-Dichloroethylene Aug.28/07 0.41 ug/L (vinylidene chloride) Dichloromethane Aug.28/07 0.43 ug/L 2-4 Dichlorophenol Aug.28/07 0.15 ug/L 2,4-Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid(2,4-D) Aug.28/07 0.19 ug/L Diclofop-methyl Aug.28/07 0.40 ug/L Dimethoate Aug.28/07 0.12 ug/L Dinoseb Aug.28/07 0.36 ug/L Drinking Water Systems Regulations Page 5 of 6 (PIBS 4435e01)February 2008 �r� ,iP Ontario Drinking-Water Systems Regulation O. Reg. 170/03 Diquat Aug.28/07 1.0 ug/L Diuron Aug.28/07 0.087 ug/L Glyphosate Aug.28/07 6.0 ug/L Heptachlor+Heptachlor Epoxide Aug.28/07 0.11 ug/L Lindane(Total) Aug.28/07 0.056 ug/L Malathion Aug.28/07 0.091 ug/L Methoxychlor Aug.28/07 0.14 ug/L Metolachlor Aug.28/07 0.092 ug/L Metribuzin Aug.28/07 0.12 ug/L Monochlorobenzene Aug.28/07 0.58 ug/L Paraquat Aug.28/07 1.0 ug/L Parathion Aug.28/07 0.18 ug/L Pentachlorophenol Aug.28/07 0.15 ug/L Phorate Aug.28/07 0.11 ug/L Picloram Aug.28/07 0.25 ug/L Polychlorinated Biphenyls(PCB) Aug.28/07 0.04 ug/L Prometryne Aug.28/07 0.23 ug/L Simazine Aug.28/07 0.15 ug/L THM 2013 16 ug/L (NOTE: show latest annual average) Temephos Aug.28/07 0.31 ug/L Terbufos Aug.28/07 0.12 ug/L Tetrachloroethylene Aug.28/07 0.45 ug/L 2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol Aug.28/07 0.14 ug/L Triallate Aug.28/07 0.10 ug/L Trichloroethylene Aug.28/07 0.38 ug/L 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol Aug.28/07 0.25 ug/L 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxy acetic acid(2,4,5-T) Aug.28/07 0.22 ug/L Trifluralin Aug.28/07 0.12 ug/L Vinyl Chloride Aug.28/07 0.17 ug/L 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 Nitrate 9.93 mg/L Jan./13 Nitrate 9.24 mg/L April/13 Nitrate 9.67 mg/L July/13 Nitrate 5.82 mg/L Oct/13 Drinking Water Systems Regulations Page 6 of 6 (PIBS 4435e01)February 2008