Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations

Marginal note:Application

• 2 (1) These Regulations apply in respect of a wastewater system that, when it deposits effluent via its final discharge point, deposits a deleterious substance prescribed in section 5 in water or a place referred to in subsection 36(3) of the Act and that

  • (a) is designed to collect an average daily volume of 100 m³ or more of influent; or

  • (b) during any calendar year, collects an average daily volume of 100 m³ or more of influent.

• Marginal note:Annual exceptions

  (2) Despite paragraph (1)(a), these Regulations do not, for the subsequent calendar year, apply in respect of a wastewater system referred to in that paragraph that, during a calendar year, collected an average daily volume of less than 100 m³ of influent.

• Marginal note:Non‑applica­tion — areas

  (3) These Regulations do not apply in respect of a wastewater system located

  • (a) in the Northwest Territories;

  • (b) in Nunavut; or

  • (c) north of the 54th parallel in Quebec or Newfoundland and Labrador.

• Marginal note:Non‑applica­tion — industrial, commercial or institutional influent

  (4) These Regulations do not apply in respect of a wastewater system that is located on the site of an industrial, commercial or institutional facility if the wastewater system is designed to collect influent whose volume consists of less than 50% blackwater and greywater combined.

• Marginal note:Non‑applica­tion — pulp and paper mills

  (5) These Regulations do not apply in respect of a mill as defined in section 2 of the Pulp and Paper Effluent Regulations.