Laurentian Valley Water Works manages just over 13 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. The Drinking Water System Information number for Laurentian Valley Water Works is W260007465. This is the first report for 2005.

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 and Mark Zadow, Operator, Certificate number 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.

First Quarter Water Quality Results

NOTES #1 - The water sample taken from Valley Spring on January 4, 2005 was adverse, the Total Bacteria count exceeded 500 cfu/ml on a Heterotrophic Plate Count analysis. Three resamples were taken on January 7, 2005, all three were 2 or less than 2 on the HPC count. This adverse incident is being ascribed to a sampling or laboratory error.

#2 - The normal range for Background bacteria was <2 cts/ 100ml, however the sample taken from Bingo Country on March 9 tested at 156 counts/ 100 ml. The regular sample taken on March 29, 2005 tested at less than 1 count per 100 millilitre.

Complaints

There were no complaints received in the first quarter of 2005.

Staffing & Training

Laurentian Valley Waterworks has 1 Water Quality Analyst, 2 operators certified Water Distribution- Class 1 and one Operator in Training. In March three staff members attended a seminar on fire hydrant maintenance and flushing procedures hosted by Wolseley Mechanical and Canada Valve.

Construction

There was no construction in the first quarter of 2005. One new service was connected to an existing dwelling.

Maintenance

On March 22, 2005 the water was turned off on the West End main for a half hour while the City of Pembroke repaired a break on the City owned portion. Laurentian Valley Water Works notified the west end consumers of the outage.

Ministry of the Environment

There was some follow-up correspondence with the Ministry with regards to the system audit completed in 2004.

Summary

In the first quarter of 2005, the Municipality purchased 12,159,750 gallons of water from the City of Pembroke and distributed it to 536 homes and businesses. Water quality analysis revealed one incident of adverse water quality which was attributed to a sampling error.