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 which was reclassified to a Water Distribution Subsystem Class 1 in August of 2005. 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 second report for 2006.

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.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.

Second Quarter Water Quality Results

Complaints

There was one water quality complaint received in the second quarter of 2006. The complaint was about the smell of chlorine and sewer gases. While there was an elevated chlorine residual of 1.17 mg/litre at this location, it is not considered excessive. The sewer gas problem was from a non-compliant plumbing system, the traps were not properly vented.

Staffing & Training

Laurentian Valley Waterworks has 1 Water Quality Analyst, 2 operators certified Water Distribution- Class 1 and two Operators in Training. On April 10, the Water Quality Analyst completed the Bacteriology Concepts course. On May 9, one OIT completed an Excavation and Trenching course, also hosted by the City of Pembroke.

Construction

There was no new construction undertaken in the second quarter of 2006.

Maintenance

There were no water main breaks in the second quarter. Eight new residential services and one commercial (metered) services were turned on in the second quarter of 2006.

Summary

In the second quarter of 2006, The water works purchased 12,470,040 gallons of water from the City of Pembroke and distributed it to 556 homes and businesses. Water quality analysis has revealed no incident of adverse water quality.