Laurentian Valley Water Works manages just over 14 kilometres of water main and branch lines in the Township. Laurentian Valley Water Works received its Certificate #2893 as a Water Distribution System Class 1 in November of 2000. On July 15, 2005 the system was reclassified as Water Distribution Subsystem Class 1 by the Ministry of Environment. The Drinking Water System Information number for Laurentian Valley Water Works is W260007465. This is the fourth report for 2008.

Laurentian Valley Township has a water servicing agreement with the City of Pembroke. The water is purchased from the City and distributed in the Stafford Village area, part of Pembroke Street East and part of Pembroke Street West. The City treats and tests the water at the Pembroke Filtration Plant on Riverside Drive and tests the water in their distribution system. The Municipality tests the water in its distribution system.

This report and the Certificates of Analysis are available to the general public at the front counter of the Municipal Office at 460 Witt Road during office hours.

Quality Analysis

Water sampling was conducted by Claus Trost, Water Quality Analyst, Certificate number 12228, Morris Schneider, License # 13146 and Mark Zadow, License # 13145 The water samples were sent to Caduceon Laboratories Inc. in Ottawa for analysis. Caduceon is an ODWS Accredited laboratory. The results of the analysis are faxed back to the Municipality. The following chart is a summary of those test results.

Fourth Quarter Water Quality Results

For the period of October 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008

Note #1

One sample, taken from Home Depot on October 14, 2008 tested greater than 500 CFU/ml, the other 11 samples tested between <0.2 CFU/ml to 54 CFU/ml.

Caduceon invoiced the Water Works $1,291.30 for water analysis in the fourth quarter, of which $528.30 was for lead analysis.

Complaints

There were no complaints received in the fourth quarter of 2008

Staffing & Training

Laurentian Valley Waterworks has 1 Water Quality Analyst, 3 operators certified Water Distribution - Class 1 and 1 Operator in Training.

Two Applications for Operator License renewals were submitted to the OETC (agent of MOE), on July 23, 2008 and August 5, 2008 they returned 6 month license extensions with letters stating that the annual “Director Approved” CEU’s have not been completed. On August 14, 2008 the Water Works responded with a letter and photo copies of the training certificates, neither the OETC and/or the MOE responded to that letter. On December 11, 2008 we sent out another letter to which the MOE responded on December 29, 2008. We followed up with another letter hoping to clarify some misconceptions by the MOE, however they refuse to acknowledge the classroom training that our Operators took for Confined Space Entry, WHIMIS, First Aid & CPR.

Construction

Reconstruction of the Indian Court water main was completed in the fourth quarter. The work was supervised by Jp2g Engineering Consultants. The water service was restored in the new piping on October 9, 2008

Maintenance

The fire hydrants were flushed and the hydrant valves exercised in the fourth quarter. There was a water main leak at the service connection for 639 Hamilton Street on November 12, 2008. A new saddle was installed and service restored.

Two new residential services where turned on in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Community Lead Testing

The required second round of Municipal Lead Sampling was completed in the fourth quarter. There were only 10 residential volunteers and no adverse results where received. A report was submitted to The MOE as required by the Regulatory Relief Requirements on December 15, 2008.

Ministry of the Environment

On July 22, 2008 Shannon Hamilton-Browne, Drinking Water Inspector for MOE did the annual audit of Laurentian Valley Water Works. Her Inspection Report was received on November 6, 2008. The Policies & Procedures Manual was amended and submitted to Shannon for review at years end. An extension was granted to complete the required actions by January 31, 2009.

Summary

In the fourth quarter of 2008, the water works purchased 13,178,000 gallons of water from the City of Pembroke and distributed it to 613 homes and businesses. There were no incidents of adverse water quality.