This course reviews the duties and responsibilities of small drinking water system owners and operators under Ontario Regulation 319/08.
Participants will learn about the different characteristics of drinking water sources, multi-step approach to treatment and maintenance of system equipment. This session will also review proper monitoring, sampling techniques and responding to water quality issues.
NOTE: The content of this course is specific to small systems that utilize UV and chlorine for primary disinfection, and may have secondary disinfection requirements because they have a distribution system. For drinking water system owners and operators with a single connection with no chlorine disinfection requirement, please refer to Basics for Small Drinking Water Systems (O. Reg. 319/08).
By the end of this session, participants will have gained an understanding of:
• Small drinking water system duties and responsibilities
• Multi Barrier treatment equipment used in small systems
• Operational and maintenance checks for the treatment and system equipment
• Knowledge of distribution and storage systems maintenance
• Responding to potential drinking water quality issues
Target Audience
This course is geared to small system drinking water owners and operators with multiple connections that utilize multi-barrier treatment requirements under Ontario Regulation 319/08.
Course Trainer:
Stephanie Meades
Stephanie is the Small Drinking Water Systems Specialist at WCWC and provides support to small drinking water systems and First Nations throughout Ontario. Stephanie also develops and delivers training programs for small drinking water systems.
Stephanie worked as a certified Public Health Inspector with the Region of Waterloo Public Health prior to joining WCWC in 2017. For the last 10 years in Public Health, Stephanie was the Safe Drinking Water program lead which included duties of assessing Reg. 319 SDWS, responding to Reg. 319 and 170 adverse water quality incidents, as well as Reg 243/07 exceedance of lead. The role also included collaborating with stakeholders at a local and provincial level for resource development and training.
Stephanie has a degree in Environmental Health from Ryerson University and has completed Water and Water Systems course from Fleming College and the Operation of Small Drinking Water Systems course from WCWC.