Clearview improves water system oversight

The Inspection Summary Rating Record was 96.31 per cent to 97.02 per cent for all Clearview owned municipal residential drinking water systems, reported Stephanie Schell.

“The information generated by this equipment must be reviewed by a certified operator within 72 hours. On one occasion, (April 27 to May 2, 2016) due to a staff oversight, this did not happen. It was immediately brought to the attention of the water/sewer manager. As part of the corrective action, legislation was reviewed with the Water Operators and additional measures were put in place to mitigate the possibility of it happening again in the future. At no time was there a threat to drinking water quality. This single issue of noncompliance prevented a perfect score for every facility.”

Clearview Township general manager of environmental services Mike Rawn said that one incident kept all the systems from getting 100 per cent compliance. Since then, a compliance officer has been hired and there haven’t been any non-compliance issues since then.

Of the township’s six water systems, there was one recommendation to investigate the source of bacteria in Well 6 in New Lowell. The well has been taken off line while staff investigates.

“That well is very rarely used, if ever. It has been in the system when the system was built and we get most of our water in New Lowell from the pipeline that runs from Collingwood to Alliston,” said Rawn.

Bacteria is easily treated through the water treatment system with chlorine.

Rawn said there is no chance the bacteria would overwhelm the treatment plant.

“There is bacteria there that we don’t think should be there so we’re going to try to figure out where it’s coming from,” said Rawn.