Guidance For Providing Safe Drinking Water in Areas of Federal Jurisdiction – Version 2

Table of Contents

• Preface
  • Interdepartmental Working Group on Drinking Water (IWGDW)
  • Interdepartmental Water Quality Training Board
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
  • Purpose
  • Scope
  • Organization
• Part 1. The Federal Framework
  • 1.0 Setting the stage
    • 1.1 The multi-barrier approach to safe drinking water
    • 1.2 Jurisdictional issues
      • 1.2.1 Leased properties
    • 1.3 Types of water supplies and systems
  • 2.0 Federal legislation and policies
    • 2.1 The Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality
    • 2.2 The Canada Labour Code
    • 2.3 Other related federal legislation
      • 2.3.1 Food and Drugs Act
      • 2.3.2 National Defence Act
      • 2.3.3 Corrections and Conditional Release Act
    • 2.4 Occupational Health and Safety Directive - Part IX (Sanitation)
    • 2.5 Roles and responsibilities in the federal jurisdiction
    • 2.6 Due diligence
• Part 2 - Application of the Federal Framework
  • 3.0 Developing a monitoring program
    • 3.1 Selecting a source for drinking water
    • 3.2 Vulnerabilities assessment
      • 3.2.1 Delineation of watersheds and aquifers
      • 3.2.2 Identifying source water hazards
      • 3.2.3 Susceptibility to contamination
    • 3.3 Sanitary survey
      • Table 3.1 Elements of a sanitary survey
    • 3.4 Microbiological quality
    • 3.5 Baseline chemical analysis
    • 3.6 Establishing a monitoring program
      • 3.6.1 Disinfection by-products
    • 3.7 Case-specific guidance
      • 3.7.1 Groundwater supplies
      • 3.7.2 Municipally-supplied drinking water systems
      • 3.7.3 Staff quarters
  • 4.0 Microbiological considerations and monitoring
    • 4.1 Monitoring frequency
      • Table 4.1 Default monitoring frequency and locations
      • 4.1.1 Conditions for reducing monitoring frequency
      • Box 4.1: Conditions for reduced monitoring frequencies in very small and micro systems
      • Table 4.2 Reduced monitoring for very small systems - continuous supply
      • Table 4.3 Reduced monitoring for very small systems - seasonal supply
      • Table 4.4 Reduced monitoring for micro-systems - continuous supply
      • Table 4.5 Reduced monitoring for micro-systems - seasonal supply
    • 4.2 Sampling locations
    • 4.3 Facilities that receive municipal drinking water
    • 4.4 Interpreting results
      • 4.4.1 Indicator organisms
      • 4.4.2 Heterotrophic plate count
      • 4.4.3 Turbidity
    • 4.5 Disinfection targets
  • 5.0 Treatment and distribution systems
    • 5.1 Design of drinking water treatment systems
      • 5.1.1 Continuous monitoring and automated systems
      • 5.1.2 Surface water intakes
      • 5.1.3 Treatment options
    • 5.2 Distribution systems
      • 5.2.1 Design and assessment
      • 5.2.2 Corrosion control
      • 5.2.3 Watermains
      • 5.2.4 Cross-connection control
      • 5.2.5 Dead ends and loops
      • 5.2.6 Routine flushing of the plumbing system
      • 5.2.7 Drinking water fountains
      • 5.2.8 Recording and tracking maintenance issues
      • 5.2.9 Water quality complaints
    • 5.3 Chlorine residuals
    • 5.4 Drinking water materials
    • 5.5 Special circumstances
      • 5.5.1 Alternative sources of drinking water
      • 5.5.2 Trucked (hauled) water
  • 6.0 Operational requirements
    • 6.1 Operational plans
    • 6.2 Training and certification
    • 6.3 Monitoring
      • 6.3.1 Operational monitoring
      • 6.3.2 Compliance monitoring
      • 6.3.3 Laboratory accreditation
    • 6.4 Operation of groundwater systems
    • 6.5 Records and record-keeping
    • 6.6 Incident and emergency response plans
      • Box 6.1: Incident response: Drinking water advisories
    • 6.7 Compliance verification and reporting
      • 6.7.1 Site level compliance verification
      • 6.7.2 Corporate roll up
      • 6.7.3 Core federal reporting on drinking water management
  • 7.0 Information and resources
    • 7.1 Health Canada
    • 7.2 Interdepartmental Water Quality Training Board
    • 7.3 InfraGuide
  • 8.0 References
  • 9.0 Relevant legislation and policies
    • 9.1 Titles
    • 9.2 Excerpts
• Appendix A: Acronyms
• Appendix B: Glossary
• Appendix C: Examples of types of drinking water-related roles and responsibilities within some federal departments
• Appendix D: Sample Well Assessment Form
• Appendix E: Distribution System
• Appendix F: Watermain Break Report (Sample)
• Appendix G: CNPHI – Drinking Water Advisories Module
• Appendix H: Bottled Water Dispenser Maintenance