Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations: registry of transitional authorizations

Owners or operators of a wastewater system subject to the WSER and not designed to achieve the national effluent quality standards had until June 30, 2014 to apply for a Transitional Authorization.

A Transitional Authorization establishes the conditions under which such systems may continue to operate and sets the deadline (end of 2020, 2030 or 2040) to meet the mandatory national effluent quality standards. The deadline for upgrading a given wastewater system depends on the level of risk associated with the wastewater effluent and the sensitivity of the receiving environment.

The following is the list of Transitional Authorizations issued under the provisions of the WSER. Copies of authorizations are available upon request at ec.eaux-usees-wastewater.ec@canada.ca

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Table 1: Transitional authorization end date - December 31, 2020

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Province City Owner Wastewater System
British Columbia Ahousaht Ahousaht First Nation Ahousaht Pump Station
British Columbia Gingolx Gingolx Village Government Gingolx Lift Station
British Columbia Tofino District of Tofino First Street Comminutor
British Columbia Victoria Capital Regional District Clover Point Pump Station
British Columbia Victoria Capital Regional District Macaulay Point Pump Station
British Columbia West Vancouver Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant
Manitoba Thompson City of Thompson Thompson Sewage Treatment Plant
New Brunswick Riverview Greater Moncton Wastewater Commission GMWC Wastewater Treatment Facility
Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's City of St. John's St. John's Harbour
Nova Scotia Glace Bay Cape Breton Regional Municipality Glace Bay - GB4
Nova Scotia Glace Bay Cape Breton Regional Municipality Glace Bay - GB6
Nova Scotia Glace Bay Cape Breton Regional Municipality Glace Bay - GB8
Nova Scotia Port Morien Cape Breton Regional Municipality Port Morien Sewer Shed
Ontario Owen Sound City of Owen Sound Owen Sound WPCP
Ontario Timmins City of Timmins Mattagami Water Pollution Control Plant

 

Table 2: Transitional authorization end date - December 31, 2030

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Province City Owner Wastewater System
Alberta Anzac Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Anzac Sewage Lagoon
British Columbia Klemtu Kitasoo First Nation Kitasoo Septic Tank
British Columbia Ladysmith Town of Ladysmith Ladysmith Main Wastewater Treatment Plant
British Columbia Nanaimo Regional District of Nanaimo Greater Nanaimo Pollution Control Centre
British Columbia Richmond Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant
Newfoundland and Labrador Gander Town of Gander Beaverwood STP
Newfoundland and Labrador Springdale Town of Springdale Hospital Outfall
Newfoundland and Labrador Springdale Town of Springdale Island Rock Cove Outfall
Nova Scotia Edwardsville Cape Breton Regional Municipality Westmount / Coxheath - C1
Nova Scotia Edwardsville Cape Breton Regional Municipality Westmount / Coxheath - C3
Nova Scotia Windsor Town of Windsor Combined sewer raw discharge (Cunnable Creek)
Ontario Red Rock The Corporation of The Township of Red Rock Red Rock Wastewater Plant
Quebec Repentigny City of Repentigny Wastewater Treatment Plant
Quebec Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu City of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Wastewater Treatment Plant
Quebec Sainte-Croix Municipality of Sainte-Croix Screening outfall
Saskatchewan Gravelbourg Town of Gravelbourg Effluent Lagoon
Saskatchewan Weyburn City of Weyburn Weyburn Lagoon

 

Table 3: Transitional authorization end date - December 31, 2040

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Province City Owner Wastewater System
Alberta Brooks City of Brooks City of Brooks System
Alberta Onoway Town of Onoway Onoway Wastewater Treatment System
Alberta Wembley Town of Wembley Town of Wembley System
British Columbia Nanoose Regional District of Nanaimo Nanoose Bay Pollution Control Centre
British Columbia Trail Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Columbia Pollution Control Centre
New Brunswick Dorchester Correctional Service Canada Dorchester Institution Wastewater Treatment System
New Brunswick Rothesay Town of Rothesay K-Park Lagoon
New Brunswick Sackville Town of Sackville Crescent Street WWTP
Newfoundland and Labrador Springdale Town of Springdale Town Center Outfall
Nova Scotia Dartmouth Halifax Regional Water Commission Dartmouth Wastewater Treatment Facility
Nova Scotia Donkin Cape Breton Regional Municipality Donkin Sewer Shed - D1
Nova Scotia Edwardsville Cape Breton Regional Municipality Westmount / Coxheath - C2
Nova Scotia Glace Bay Cape Breton Regional Municipality Glace Bay - GB1
Nova Scotia Glace Bay Cape Breton Regional Municipality Glace Bay - GB2
Nova Scotia Glace Bay Cape Breton Regional Municipality Glace Bay - GB5
Nova Scotia Glace Bay Cape Breton Regional Municipality Glace Bay - GB7
Nova Scotia Halifax Halifax Regional Water Commission Halifax Wastewater Treatment Facility
Nova Scotia Louisbourg Cape Breton Regional Municipality Louisbourg - L1
Nova Scotia Louisbourg Cape Breton Regional Municipality Louisbourg - L2
Nova Scotia Mulgrave Town Of Mulgrave Main St Waste Treatment
Nova Scotia New Victoria Cape Breton Regional Municipality New Victoria Sewer Shed
Nova Scotia New Waterford Cape Breton Regional Municipality New Waterford - NW1
Nova Scotia New Waterford Cape Breton Regional Municipality New Waterford - NW2
Nova Scotia Sydney Cape Breton Regional Municipality Battery Point Treatment Plant
Nova Scotia Sydney Mines Cape Breton Regional Municipality North Sydney, Sydney Mines, Florence (North Division) - ND2
Nova Scotia Yarmouth Municipality of the Town of Yarmouth Town of Yarmouth Wastewater Treatment Plant
Ontario Chalk River  Canadian Nuclear Laboratories  Chalk River Laboratories
Ontario Leeds and Thousand Islands Town of Gananoque Gananoque Sewage Lagoons
Quebec La Malbaie City of La Malbaie Wastewater Treatment Plant
Quebec Montréal City of Montréal Jean-R.-Marcotte Wastewater Treatment Plant
Saskatchewan Edam Village of Edam Edam Lagoon
Saskatchewan Langham Town of Langham Town of Langham Lagoon
Saskatchewan Rouleau Town of Rouleau Rouleau Lagoon

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