Operating Standards
5. (1) For the purpose of sections 2 and 4, the number of points applicable to a package facility under the point system described in Table 3 or 5 may be reduced by the Director if he or she is satisfied that the operational needs of the package facility are less than the operational needs of other facilities that, having regard only to the characteristics referred to in the applicable Table, have the same characteristics as the package facility. (2) In subsection (1), “package facility” means a wastewater treatment facility or water treatment facility where the treatment processes of the facility are contained in a plant that meets all of the following criteria: 1. The plant has been manufactured as a complete unit. 2. The plant has been preassembled and delivered in not more than four modules to the site where it is used. 3. The plant has a design flow of 1,300 cubic metres per day or less. TABLE 1   CLASSES OF FACILITIES  Class

Number of Points


Class I

30 or less


Class II

31 to 55


Class III

56 to 75


Class IV

76 or more O. Reg. 435/93, Sched. 1, Table 1. TABLE 2   WASTEWATER COLLECTION FACILITIES POINT SYSTEM  Facility Characteristics

Number of Points


1.

Population Served

 


 

– 0 to 5,000 people

0


 

– 5,001 to 50,000 people

1


 

– 50,001 to 100,000 people

2


 

– More than 100,000 people

3


2.

Type of Service

 


 

– Facility includes combined sanitary and storm sewers, with length of combined sewers equal to 10% or less of total

2


 

– Facility includes combined sanitary and storm sewers, with length of combined sewage equal to more than 10% of total

4


 

– Facility collects industrial sewage, with volume of industrial sewage equal to 20% or less of total

2


 

– Facility collects industrial sewage, with volume of industrial sewage equal to more than 20% of total

4


3.

Pumping Stations

 


 

– Facility has pumping station

10


 

– Pumping station is generator supported

2


 

– Pumping station has overflow chamber

2


 

– Pumping station has grit chamber

2


 

– Pumping station has alarm

2


 

– Pumping station has odour control

2


 

– Pumping station staffed 24 hours per day

10


4.

Force Mains

 


 

– Facility has force mains

10


 

– Total length of force mains exceeds 1 kilometre

4


 

– Force mains have active cathodic protection

2


5.

Age of Facility Materials

 


 

– More than 10% of facility materials pre-date 1950

4


 

– More than 50% of facility materials pre-date 1970

4


6.

By-pass Chamber

 


 

– Facility has by-pass chamber

10


 

– By-pass chamber has alarm

2


 

– By-pass chamber has disinfection

2


7.

Special Features

 


 

– Facility has flow equalization or fill and draw chambers

4


 

– Facility has inverted syphons

4


 

– Facility has access deeper than 10 metres

6 O. Reg. 435/93, Sched. 1, Table 2. TABLE 3   WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES POINT SYSTEM  Facility Characteristics

Number of Points


1.

Population Served

1 point for every 10,000 people, to a maximum of 10 points


2.

Flow (average daily design flow or average daily flow in peak month, whichever is greater)

1 point for every 4,500 cubic metres, to a maximum of 10 points


3.

Raw Waste Flow and Toxicity

 


 

– Variations in flow are less than 100% of average values and raw waste is not subject to toxic waste discharges

0


 

– Variations in flow are 100% to 200% of average values and raw waste is not subject to toxic waste discharges

2


 

– Variations in flow are more than 200% of average values and raw waste is not subject to toxic waste discharges

4


 

– Raw waste is subject to toxic waste discharges

6


4.

Effluent Discharge

A maximum of 6 points


 

– Receiving water sensitivity to effluent discharge:

 


 

– Secondary treatment is adequate

1


 

– More than secondary treatment is required, but a very high degree of treatment is not required

2


 

– Very high degree of treatment is required

3


 

– Facility uses evaporation to dispose of all effluent

2


 

– Facility uses land spraying to dispose of all effluent

4


5.

Pretreatment

 


 

– Facility uses screening or comminution

3


 

– Facility has grit removal

3


 

– Facility uses plant pumping of main flow

3


 

– Facility uses chemical precipitation or pH adjustment

6


6.

Primary Treatment

 


 

– Facility uses primary clarifiers

5


 

– Facility uses combined sedimentation and digestion

5


 

– Facility uses chemical addition, other than for disinfection

4


7.

Secondary Treatment

 


 

– Facility uses trickling filter with secondary clarifiers

10


 

– Facility uses activated sludge with secondary clarifiers

15


 

– Facility uses stabilization pond without aeration

5


 

– Facility uses aerated lagoon

8


8.

Advanced Waste Treatment

 


 

– Facility uses polishing pond

2


 

– Facility uses advanced chemical or physical treatment without secondary treatment

15


 

– Facility uses advanced chemical or physical treatment with secondary treatment

10


 

– Facility uses advanced biological treatment

12


 

– Facility uses ion exchange

10


 

– Facility uses reverse osmosis or electrodialysis

15


 

– Facility uses chemical recovery or carbon regeneration

4


9.

Solids Handling

 


 

– Facility uses thickening

5


 

– Facility uses anaerobic digestion

10


 

– Facility uses aerobic digestion

6


 

– Facility uses evaporative sludge drying

2


 

– Facility uses mechanical dewatering

8


 

– Facility uses incineration or wet oxidation

12


10.

Disinfection

 


 

– Facility uses chlorination or a comparable process

5


 

– Facility has on-site generation of disinfectant

5


11.

Laboratory Control by Facility Personnel

 


 

(a) Bacteriological and Biological

The greatest of the following amounts that applies to the facility:


 

– Lab work is done outside the facility

0


 

– Facility personnel do membrane filter procedures

3


 

– Facility personnel use fermentation tubes or other dilution methods or do fecal coliform determinations

5


 

– Facility personnel do biological identification

7


 

– Facility personnel do virus studies or similar work

10


 

(b) Chemical and Physical

The greatest of the following amounts that applies to the facility:


 

– Lab work is done outside the facility

0


 

– Facility personnel use push-button or visual methods, to do simple determinations such as pH or settleable solids

3


 

– Facility personnel do DO, COD, BOD, volatile content or solids determinations, gas analysis, tirations, or similar tests

5


 

– Facility personnel do determinations for specific constituents, nutrients, total oils or phenols, or similar determination

7


 

– Facility personnel perform procedures using very sophisticated instrumentation, such as atomic absorption or gas chromatography

10 O. Reg. 435/93, Sched. 1, Table 3. TABLE 4   WATER DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES POINT SYSTEM  Facility Characteristics

Number of Points


1.

Size

1 point for every 4,500 cubic metres of average daily design flow, 1 point for every 4,500 cubic metres of average daily flow in peak month, or 1 point for every 100 kilometres of watermain, whichever is greatest, to a maximum of 10 points


2.

Water Treatment by Facility

 


 

– Facility treats water

20


 

– Treatment provided by facility

 


 

– Chlorination or a comparable process

5


 

– pH adjustment

4


 

– Stability or corrosion control by chemical addition

4


3.

Operating Systems

 


 

– Pressures in system are less than 150 p.s.i.

2


 

– Pressures in system are 150 p.s.i. or more

3


 

– Pressure zones

 


 

– Facility has single pressure zone

2


 

– Facility has multiple pressure zones with no pressure control

5


 

– Facility has multiple pressure zones with pressure control

10


 

– Pumps

 


 

– Facility has single speed, manually operated pumps

10


 

– Facility has single speed, automatically operated pumps

3


 

– Facility has variable speed pumps

4


 

– Facility has more than one variable speed pump to one pressure zone

2


 

– Facility has surge tanks

2


 

– Storage

 


 

– Facility has above ground water storage

5


 

– Facility has in ground water storage

6


 

– Specialized valves

 


 

– Facility has pressure reducing valves

3


 

– Facility has pressure relief valves

3


 

– Facility has pneumatic control valves

3


 

– Facility has motorized valves

3


 

– Facility has elevation valves

3


4.

System Specifications

 


 

– Piping

 


 

– Size

1 point for every 10% of facility’s piping that is less than 600 millimetres in diameter, to a maximum of 5 points, plus 1 point for every 10% of facility’s piping that is 600 millimetres or more in diameter


 

– Watermain Materials

 


 

– Cement and iron, ductile iron, polyvinyl chloride, asbestos cement or polyethylene

2


 

– Concrete pressure pipe

3


 

– Steel

3


 

– Other

3


 

– Non-Residential Meters on System

 


 

– Flow meters with register only

2


 

– Flow and pressure meters with register and chart

2


 

– Flow and pressure meters in a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system

3


 

– Instrumentation

 


 

– Facility has manual controls

3


 

– Facility has semi-automatic controls

2


 

– Facility has fully automatic controls

2


 

– Facility has supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system with 24-hour staffing

3


5.

Laboratory Control by Facility Personnel

 


 

(a) Bacteriological and Biological

The greatest of the following amounts that applies to the facility:


 

– Lab work is done outside the facility

0


 

– Facility personnel do membrane filter procedures

3


 

– Facility personnel use fermentation tubes or other dilution methods or do fecal coliform determinations

5


 

– Facility personnel do biological identification

7


 

– Facility personnel do virus studies or similar work

10


 

(b) Chemical and Physical

The greatest of the following amounts that applies to the facility:


 

– Lab work is done outside the facility

0


 

– Facility personnel use push-button or colorimetric methods to do simple determinations such as pH or chlorine residual

3


 

– Facility personnel do alkalinity or hardness determinations, titrations, jar tests, or similar tests

5


 

– Facility personnel do determinations for inorganics or similar determinations

7


 

– Facility personnel perform procedures using very sophisticated instrumentation, such as atomic absorption or gas chromatography

10 O. Reg. 435/93, Sched. 1, Table 4. TABLE 5   WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES POINT SYSTEM  Facility Characteristics

Number of Points


1.

Population Served

1 point for every 10,000 people, to a maximum of 10 points


2.

Flow (average daily design flow or average daily flow in peak month, whichever is greater)

1 point for every 4,500 cubic metres, to a maximum of 10 points


3.

Water Supply Source

 


 

– Groundwater

3


 

– Surface water

5


4.

Raw Water Quality

 


 

– Low variation in raw water quality and raw water quality is not subject to serious industrial waste pollution

0


 

– Moderate variation in raw water quality and raw water quality is not subject to serious industrial waste pollution

2


 

– High variation in raw water quality and raw water quality is not subject to serious industrial waste pollution

5


 

– Raw water quality is subject to serious industrial waste pollution

10


5.

Processes

 


 

– Facility uses aeration, other than packed tower aeration

2


 

– Facility uses packed tower aeration

6


 

– Facility uses pH adjustment

4


 

– Facility uses stability or corrosion control

4


 

– Facility uses taste and odour control

8


 

– Facility uses colour control

4


 

– Facility uses iron or manganese removal

10


 

– Facility uses ion exchange softening

10


 

– Facility uses chemical precipitation softening

20


 

– Facility uses coagulant addition

4


 

– Facility uses flocculation

6


 

– Facility uses sedimentation

5


 

– Facility uses upflow clarification

14


 

– Facility uses filtration

10


 

– Facility uses fluoridation

5


 

– Facility uses disinfection

5


 

– Facility uses chlorine dioxide, chloramines or ozonation for disinfection

5


 

– Facility uses other special processes

15


 

– Facility has internal treatment of plant sludge

6


6.

Sludge/Backwash Water Disposal

 


 

– No disposal to raw water sources

0


 

– Any disposal to raw water source

2


 

– Any disposal to facility raw water

5


7.

Laboratory Control by Facility Personnel

 


 

(a) Bacteriological and Biological

The greatest of the following amounts that applies to the facility:


 

– Lab work is done outside the facility

0


 

– Facility personnel do membrane filter procedures

3


 

– Facility personnel use fermentation tubes or other dilution methods or do fecal coliform determinations

5


 

– Facility personnel do biological identification

7


 

– Facility personnel do virus studies or similar work

10


 

(b) Chemical and Physical

The greatest of the following amounts that applies to the facility:


 

– Lab work is done outside the facility

0


 

– Facility personnel use push-button or colorimetric methods to do simple determinations such as pH or chlorine residual

3


 

– Facility personnel do alkalinity or hardness determinations, titrations, jar tests, or similar tests

5


 

– Facility personnel do determinations for inorganics or similar determinations

7


 

– Facility personnel perform procedures using very sophisticated instrumentation, such as atomic absorption or gas chromatography

10 O. Reg. 435/93, Sched. 1, Table 5; O. Reg. 539/98, s. 6. SCHEDULE 2   QUALIFICATIONS FOR OPERATORS’ LICENCES Operators-in-Training