Canadian Guidelines for Household Reclaimed Water for Use in Toilet and Urinal Flushing - Draft Document for Consultation

Health Canada, on behalf of the Committee on the Health and Environment (CHE), is posting the Canadian Guidelines for Household Reclaimed Water for Use in Toilet and Urinal Flushing for a two-month consultation period. This is a new technical document which proposes guidelines for household reclaimed water quality, as well as guidance on potential elements of a management framework.

How Can I Comment on this Document?

Comments are solicited from the public and other interested stakeholders. Because of the technical nature of this document, it may be of special interest to people in industry, academia, and municipal, federal, provincial or territorial governments.

Comments can be sent via e-mail to: water_eau@hc-sc.gc.ca

If this is not feasible, comments may be sent by mail to:

Household Reclaimed Water Secretariat
Water, Air and Climate Change Bureau
Safe Environments Programme, HECS
3rd Floor, AL 4903A
269 Laurier Ave. West
Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9

The following personal information provided in this form is protected under the Privacy Act. The information would allow us to contact you to seek clarification of your comments and/or inform you of the results of the consultation. If you chose to provide the personal information, it will not be shared with other parties and will not be used for any purpose other that the ones listed above. Please note that you can contact us at water_eau@hc-sc.gc.ca at any time to correct your personal information.

When Are Comments Due?

Please note that all comments must be received before November 9, 2007.

Where Can I Find the Draft Guidelines?

Help on accessing alternative formats, such as Portable Document Format (PDF), Microsoft Word and PowerPoint (PPT) files, can be obtained in the alternate format help section.

• Canadian Guidelines for Household Reclaimed Water for Use in Toilet and Urinal Flushing

How Can I Find the Results of the Consultations?

Following the consultation period, a letter summarizing the comments received and the decision of the CHE will be sent to all participants and posted on this Web site along with the final document.