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DRAFT – Turbidity Decision Tree – Jan 2013 Post Consultation
The Ministry of Health has released a revised decision tree for determining health risks associated with elevated turbidity levels in unfiltered drinking water. This revised document....
Guideline for Canadian Drinking Water Quality
The Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality are established by the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water (CDW) and published by Health Canada. This summary table is....
Drinking Water Treatment Objectives
BC’s Ministry of Health recently released this long awaited guideline for surface water treatment of potable water supplies for British Columbia at the 2012 BCWWA conference....
Waterproof 3
This report card from Ecojustice (formerly the Sierra Legal Defense Fund) provides a critical review of the state of Drinking Water across Canada by jurisdiction. Each....
Turbidity in Drinking Water
The Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water (CDW) has assessed the available information on turbidity with the intent of establishing a drinking water guideline. The purpose of....
Turbidity Decision Tree Evaluation Report
The Provincial Ombudsman released a report in June 2008 on the investigation into the Province’s regulation of drinking water. This report found that there is inconsistency....
Drinking Water Program Audit
This audit evaluates the performance of Interior Health Authority’s Drinking Water Program, specifically its performance as the regulator of large drinking water systems (more than 300....
Revised Protocol for Public Notification
The Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport has released a revised (draft) guideline for water utilities to assess and communicate risk about unfiltered surface water supplies.....