Objectives:
1. To ensure that community drinking water systems meet the health-related chemical, physical,microbiological and radionuclide objectives as published in the Ontario Drinking Water Objectives(revised 1994) and the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (sixth edition).
2. To reduce communicable disease transmission from waters used for bathing at public beaches.
Requirements and Standards:
1. For all drinking water systems that fall under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Water Resources Act, theboard of health shall:
- maintain an ongoing list of all drinking water systems;
- receive all reports of adverse drinking water test results from the drinking water systems listed in1a. above;
- have a written protocol for dealing with adverse drinking water test results from the drinkingwater systems listed in 1a. above; and
- act immediately in accordance with the Ontario Drinking Water Objectives (revised 1994) to protect the health of the public whenever an adverse drinking water test result is received.
2. With respect to owner/occupier inquiries of private water systems, the board of health shall:
- interpret water analysis reports;
- provide information regarding the potential health effects; and
- provide information about the health-related parameters as published in the Ontario DrinkingWater Objectives (revised 1994).
3. The board of health shall inspect bathing beaches, including the taking of water quality samples fortesting at a minimum of one sample per week from each sample site and a minimum of five samplesites per beach. The inspections shall begin prior to and continue over the entire bathing season, inaccordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health Beach Management Protocol (January 1,1998).