Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations — 1
Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations. Act means the Fisheries Act . ( Loi ) acutely lethal , in relation to effluent, means that the effluent at 100% concentration kills, during a 96-hour period, more than 50% of the rainbow trout subjected to it. ( létalité aiguë ) aquatic species [Repealed, SOR/2024-97, s. 1] authorization officer , in respect of a province set out in column 1 of Schedule 1 and for each type of owner set out in column 2 of a wastewater system located in the province, means the holder of the position set out in column 3. ( agent d’autorisation ) authorized representative means (a) in respect of an owner or operator who is an individual, that individual or another individual or an entity that is authorized to act on their behalf; (b) in respect of an owner or operator that is a corporation, an employee of the corporation, or another individual or an entity that is authorized to act on behalf of the corporation; and (c) in respect of an owner or operator that is an entity other than a corporation, an individual or entity that is authorized to act on its behalf. ( représentant autorisé ) blackwater means used water from sanitary appliances that contains human fecal matter or human urine. ( eaux-vannes ) bypass , in relation to wastewater, means (a) the diversion of wastewater to an overflow point; or (b) the circumvention or the removal of one or more treatment steps normally applied to the wastewater before it is deposited as effluent, in any water or place referred to in subsection 36(3) of the Act, via a final discharge point. ( dérivation ) carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demanding matter or CBOD matter means carbonaceous matter that consumes, by biochemical oxidation, oxygen dissolved in water. ( matières exerçant une demande biochimique en oxygène de la partie carbonée ou matière exerçant une DBOC ) combined sewer means a sewer that is designed to collect surface runoff and stormwater in such a manner that it mixes with wastewater referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of the definition wastewater or any combination of wastewater referred to in those paragraphs. ( égout unitaire ) composite sample means (a) a composite sample as defined by the government of the province where the wastewater system is located, or under an Act of Parliament, if the definition applies to the wastewater system; (b) a quantity of effluent consisting of not less than three equal volumes or three volumes proportionate to the rate of flow that have been collected at approximately equal time intervals over (i) the period during which effluent is deposited, if effluent is deposited only during part of the day, or (ii) a sampling period of not less than seven hours and not more than 24 hours, if effluent is deposited throughout the day; or (c) a quantity of effluent collected continuously at a constant rate or at a rate proportionate to the rate of flow of the effluent over (i) the period during which effluent is deposited, if effluent is deposited only during part of the day, or (ii) a sampling period of not less than seven hours and not more than 24 hours, if effluent is deposited throughout the day. ( échantillon composite ) effluent means wastewater that is deposited from a wastewater system. ( effluent ) final discharge point means any point of a wastewater system, other than an overflow point, beyond which the owner or operator of the system no longer exercises control over the quality of the wastewater before it is deposited as effluent in water or a place. ( point de rejet final ) greywater means used water, other than blackwater, from sanitary appliances or from other appliances in a kitchen or laundry. ( eaux grises ) hydraulic retention time , in relation to a wastewater system, means the average period during which wastewater is retained for treatment and storage prior to release from that system. ( temps de rétention hydraulique ) influent means wastewater entering a wastewater system.