O. Reg. 373/15: ONTARIO DRINKING WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
filed December 1, 2015 under Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 32
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made under the
Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002
Made: November 25, 2015
Filed: December 1, 2015
Published on e-Laws: December 2, 2015
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: December 19, 2015
Amending O. Reg. 169/03
(ONTARIO DRINKING WATER QUALITY STANDARDS)
1. (1) Schedule 2 to Ontario Regulation 169/03 is revoked and the following substituted:
Schedule 2
CHEMICAL STANDARDS
|
Item |
Chemical Parameter |
Standard (expressed as a maximum concentration in milligrams per litre) |
|
1. |
Alachlor |
0.005 |
|
2. |
Antimony |
0.006 |
|
3. |
Arsenic |
0.025 |
|
4. |
Atrazine + N-dealkylated metabolites |
0.005 |
|
5. |
Azinphos-methyl |
0.02 |
|
6. |
Barium |
1.0 |
|
7. |
Benzene |
0.005 |
|
8. |
Benzo(a)pyrene |
0.00001 |
|
9. |
Boron |
5.0 |
|
10. |
Bromate |
0.01 |
|
11. |
Bromoxynil |
0.005 |
|
12. |
Cadmium |
0.005 |
|
13. |
Carbaryl |
0.09 |
|
14. |
Carbofuran |
0.09 |
|
15. |
Carbon Tetrachloride |
0.005 |
|
16. |
Chloramines |
3.0 |
|
17. |
Chlorpyrifos |
0.09 |
|
18. |
Chromium |
0.05 |
|
19. |
Cyanide |
0.2 |
|
20. |
Diazinon |
0.02 |
|
21. |
Dicamba |
0.12 |
|
22. |
1,2-Dichlorobenzene |
0.2 |
|
23. |
1,4-Dichlorobenzene |
0.005 |
|
24. |
1,2-Dichloroethane |
0.005 |
|
25. |
1,1-Dichloroethylene (vinylidene chloride) |
0.014 |
|
26. |
Dichloromethane |
0.05 |
|
27. |
2,4-Dichlorophenol |
0.9 |
|
28. |
2,4-Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D) |
0.1 |
|
29. |
Diclofop-methyl |
0.009 |
|
30. |
Dimethoate |
0.02 |
|
31. |
Dioxin and Furan |
0.000000015 a |
|
32. |
Diquat |
0.07 |
|
33. |
Diuron |
0.15 |
|
34. |
Fluoride |
1.5 |
|
35. |
Glyphosate |
0.28 |
|
36. |
Lead |
0.010 |
|
37. |
Malathion |
0.19 |
|
38. |
Mercury |
0.001 |
|
39. |
Metolachlor |
0.05 |
|
40. |
Metribuzin |
0.08 |
|
41. |
Microcystin LR |
0.0015 |
|
42. |
Monochlorobenzene |
0.08 |
|
43. |
Nitrate (as nitrogen) |
10.0 |
|
44. |
Nitrite (as nitrogen) |
1.0 |
|
45. |
Nitrate + Nitrite (as nitrogen) |
10.0 |
|
46. |
Nitrilotriacetic Acid (NTA) |
0.4 |
|
47. |
N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) |
0.000009 |
|
48. |
Paraquat |
0.01 |
|
49. |
Pentachlorophenol |
0.06 |
|
50. |
Phorate |
0.002 |
|
51. |
Picloram |
0.19 |
|
52. |
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) |
0.003 |
|
53. |
Prometryne |
0.001 |
|
54. |
Selenium |
0.01 |
|
55. |
Simazine |
0.01 |
|
56. |
Terbufos |
0.001 |
|
57. |
Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) |
0.03 |
|
58. |
2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol |
0.1 |
|
59. |
Triallate |
0.23 |
|
60. |
Trichloroethylene |
0.005 |
|
61. |
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol |
0.005 |
|
62. |
Trifluralin |
0.045 |
|
63. |
Trihalomethanes |
0.100 b |
|
64. |
Uranium |
0.02 |
|
65. |
Vinyl Chloride |
0.002 |
Footnotes:
a Total toxic equivalents when compared with 2,3,7,8-TCDD (tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin).
b This standard is expressed as a running annual average of quarterly results.
(2) Item 3 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation, as remade by subsection (1), is amended by striking out “0.025” in Column 3 and substituting “0.01”.
(3) Item 7 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation, as remade by subsection (1), is amended by striking out “0.005” in Column 3 and substituting “0.001”.
(4) Item 15 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation, as remade by subsection (1), is amended by striking out “0.005” in Column 3 and substituting “0.002”.
(5) Schedule 2 to the Regulation, as remade by subsection (1), is amended by adding the following items:
16.1 |
Chlorate |
1.0 |
16.2 |
Chlorite |
1.0 |
(6) Schedule 2 to the Regulation, as remade by subsection (1), is amended by adding the following item:
35.1 |
Haloacetic acids |
0.08 b |
(7) Schedule 2 to the Regulation, as remade by subsection (1), is amended by adding the following item:
38.1 |
2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid |
0.1 |
(8) Item 65 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation, as remade by subsection (1), is amended by striking out “0.002” in Column 3 and substituting “0.001”.
Commencement
2. (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.
(2) Subsection 1 (1) comes into force on the later of January 1, 2016 and the day this Regulation is filed.
(3) Subsections 1 (3), (4), (5), (7) and (8) come into force on the later of January 1, 2017 and the day this Regulation is filed.
(4) Subsection 1 (2) comes into force on the later of January 1, 2018 and the day this Regulation is filed.
(5) Subsection 1 (6) comes into force on the later of January 1, 2020 and the day this Regulation is filed.