Interpretation: general
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In this Regulation, “designated facility” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 170/03 (Drinking Water Systems) made under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; “director” means the director appointed by the Minister of the Environment pursuant to section 6 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, in respect of section 73 of that Act; “distribution sample” means, with respect to a small drinking water system, a water sample that is taken, in the drinking water system’s distribution system or in plumbing that is connected to the drinking water system, from a point significantly beyond the point at which drinking water enters the distribution system or plumbing; “distribution system” means the part of a small drinking water system that is used in the distribution, storage or supply of water and that is not part of a treatment system; “drinking water” means, (a) water intended for human consumption, or (b) water that is required by an Act, regulation, order, municipal by-law or other document issued under the authority of an Act, (i) to be potable, or (ii) to meet or exceed the requirements of the Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards set out in Ontario Regulation 169/03 (Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards) made under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; “drinking water system” means a system of works, excluding plumbing, that is established for the purpose of providing users of the system with drinking water and that includes, (a) any thing used for the collection, production, treatment, storage, supply or distribution of water, (b) any thing related to the management of residue from the treatment process or the management of the discharge of a substance into the natural environment from the treatment system, and (c) a well or intake that serves as the source or entry point of raw water supply for the system; “drinking water test” means a test for the purposes of this Regulation to assist in the determination of the quality of any waters in respect of a small drinking water system; “drinking water testing service” means a service that involves the conduct of one or more drinking water tests; “food service establishment” means food service premises, as defined in Regulation 562 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (Food Premises) made under the Act to which the general public is admitted, other than temporary food service premises that are operated solely in conjunction with an exhibition, fair, carnival, sports meeting or other special or temporary event; “licensed engineering practitioner” means a person who holds a licence, limited licence or temporary licence under the Professional Engineers Act; “major residential development” means a development of six or more private residences on one or more properties; “month” means a calendar month; “municipal drinking water system” has the same meaning as in the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; “non-municipal drinking water system” has the same meaning as in the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; “Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards” means Ontario Regulation 169/03 (Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards) made under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; “owner” includes, in respect of a small drinking water system, every person who is a legal or beneficial owner of all or part of the system, but does not include the Ontario Clean Water Agency established under the Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993 or any of its predecessors where those entities are registered on title as the owner of the system; “plumbing” means a system of works, (a) that comprise a “water system” for the purposes of the definition of “plumbing” in subsection 1 (1) of the Building Code Act, 1992, other than equipment installed in plumbing to treat water but that is not a plumbing appliance within the meaning of Ontario Regulation 332/12 (Building Code) made under the Building Code Act, 1992, and (b) that are connected to a small drinking water system; “private residence” means a dwelling place occupied for an extended period of time by the same persons, if, (a) the residents have a reasonable expectation of privacy, (b) food preparation, personal hygiene, and sleeping accommodations are not communal in nature, and (c) any use of the dwelling place by a resident for a home occupation, trade, business, profession or craft is secondary to the use of the dwelling place as a residence and does not use more than 25 per cent of the indoor floor area; “public facility” means, (a) a food service establishment, (b) a place that operates primarily for the purpose of providing overnight accommodation to the travelling public, (c) a trailer park or campground, (d) a marina, (e) a church, mosque, synagogue, temple or other place of worship, (f) a recreational camp, (g) a recreational or athletic facility, (h) a place, other than a private residence, where a service club or fraternal organization meets on a regular basis, or (i) any place where the general public has access to a washroom, drinking water fountain or shower; “raw water” means water that is in a small drinking water system or in plumbing, and that has not been treated in accordance with this Regulation; “raw water supply” means water outside a small drinking water system that is a source of water for the system; “resample and test” means, (a) with respect to corrective action that arises from the test of a water sample for a microbiological parameter, (i) take a set of water samples, at approximately the same time, with, (A) at least one sample from the same location as the sample that gave rise to the corrective action, (B) at least one sample from a location that is a significant distance upstream from the location described in sub-subclause (A), if that is reasonably possible, and (C) at least one sample from a location that is a significant distance downstream from the location described in sub-subclause (A), if that is reasonably possible, and (ii) conduct, on the samples taken under subclause (i), the same test that gave rise to the corrective action, or (b) with respect to corrective action that arises from the test of a water sample for a parameter that is not a microbiological parameter, (i) take a water sample from the same location as the sample that gave rise to the corrective action, and (ii) conduct, on the sample taken under subclause (i), the same test that gave rise to the corrective action; “service connection” means, (a) a point where a small drinking water system connects to plumbing, other than plumbing in a trailer park or campground, or (b) in a trailer park or campground, a fixture that allows a trailer or other vehicle to connect to the trailer park’s or campground’s drinking water system; “test” includes analyze when used as a verb, and “test”, when used as a noun, and “testing” have corresponding meanings; “treatment system” means any part of a small drinking water system that is used in relation to the treatment of water and includes, (a) any thing that conveys or stores water and is part of a treatment process, including any treatment equipment installed in plumbing other than a plumbing appliance within the meaning of Ontario Regulation 332/12 (Building Code) made under the Building Code Act, 1992, (b) any thing related to the management of residue from the treatment process or the management of the discharge of a substance into the natural environment from the system, and (c) a well or intake that serves as the source or entry point of raw water supply for the system; “waters” includes drinking water, raw water, raw water supply and water contained in plumbing; “week” means a period of seven days that begins on Sunday and ends on the following Saturday.  O. Reg. 318/08, s. 2; O. Reg. 414/09, s. 1; O. Reg. 340/13, s. 1.