Guidance For Providing Safe Drinking Water in Areas of Federal Jurisdiction - Version 1

2005
ISBN: H128-1/05-440E
Cat. No.: 0-662-41691-0

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Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Glossary
• Introduction
• Part 1 - The Federal Framework
  • 1.0 Setting the Stage
    • 1.1 The multi-barrier approach to safe drinking water
    • 1.2 Jurisdictional issues
    • 1.3 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 Department of Health Act
      • 2.3.2 Food and Drugs Act
      • 2.3.3 National Defence Act
    • 2.4 Treasury Board Sanitation Directive
    • 2.5 Roles and responsibilities in the federal jurisdiction
    • 2.6 Due diligence
• Part 2 - Application of The Federal Framework
  • 3.0 Surveys, Assessments and Monitoring
    • 3.1 Choosing 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
    • 3.4 Baseline chemical analysis
    • 3.5 Case-specific guidance
      • 3.5.1 Groundwater supplies
      • 3.5.2 Municipally-owned systems
        • 3.5.2.1 Federal buildings with municipally supplied drinking water
      • 3.5.3 Staff quarters
  • 4.0 Technical Standards, Benchmarks and Targets
    • 4.1 Microbiological quality
      • 4.1.1 Sampling frequencies
      • 4.1.2 Sampling locations
      • 4.1.3 Interpreting sampling results
        • 4.1.3.1 Total Coliforms and E. coli bacteria
        • 4.1.3.2 Heterotrophic Plate Count 39
    • 4.2 Turbidity
      • 4.2.1 Guidance for surface water or GUDI sources that use filtration
      • 4.2.2 Guidance for unfiltered systems that use a surface water or GUDI source
      • 4.2.3 Guidance for secure groundwater sources
    • 4.3 Disinfection targets
    • 4.4 Contaminant targets
    • 4.5 Drinking water materials
  • 5.0 Treatment System Design and Maintenance
    • 5.1 Design of drinking water treatment systems
    • 5.2 Continuous monitoring and automated systems
    • 5.3 Surface water intakes
    • 5.4 Treatment options
  • 6.0 Distribution System Design and Maintenance
    • 6.1 Distribution systems, including treated water reservoirs
    • 6.2 Maintenance issues
      • 6.2.1 Water mains
      • 6.2.2 Cross-connection controls
      • 6.2.3 Dead-ends and loops
      • 6.2.4 Recording and tracking maintenance issues
      • 6.2.5 Routine flushing of the plumbing system
      • 6.2.6 Drinking water fountains
      • 6.2.7 Water quality complaints
    • 6.3 Chlorine/chloramine residuals
    • 6.4 Special circumstances
      • 6.4.1 Alternative sources of drinking water
      • 6.4.2 Trucked (hauled) water
  • 7.0 Operational Requirements
    • 7.1 Operational plans
    • 7.2 Training and certification
    • 7.3 Monitoring
      • 7.3.1 Operational monitoring
      • 7.3.2 Compliance monitoring
        • 7.3.2.1 Laboratory accreditation for compliance monitoring
    • 7.4 Operation of groundwater systems
    • 7.5 Records and record-keeping
    • 7.6 Incident and emergency response plans
    • 7.7 Audits
  • 8.0 Information and Resources
    • 8.1 Health Canada's Water Quality and Health Bureau
    • 8.2 Health Canada's Workplace Health and Public Safety Programme
      • 8.2.1 Public Health
      • 8.2.2 Operations Bureau
    • 8.3 Infraguide
• Appendix 1: Legislation and Policies
• Appendix 2: Summary of Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality
• Appendix 3: Sample Well Assessment Form
• Appendix 4: Bottled Water Dispenser Maintenance
• Appendix 5: Water Main Break Report (Sample)
• Appendix 6: Sample of Water Quality Analysis Summary
• Appendix 7: Guidance for Issuing and Rescinding Boil Water Advisories
• Appendix 8: Distribution System
• Appendix 9: Roles and Responsibilities
• References