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Inspection Information:
| Facility Type: | WS1A |
| Inspection type: | Routine |
| Inspection date: | July 24, 2018 |
| Follow-up Required: | No |
This facility was given a low hazard rating.
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Violations:
A summary of the violations found during the inspection are listed below.
| Code | Description / Observation / Corrective Action |
| 313 | Inadequate treatment Observation: Monitoring of disinfection by-products are being conducted at an acceptable frequency. Results show exceedances of maximum allowable concentrations for trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids. Although the chlorination process may create the formation of disinfection byproducts the health risk associated with not having disinfection is a greater risk to public health Corrective Action: Seek out long term plan for turbdity and organics while maintaining a minimum 0.2 ppm chlorine residual at the end of the line. Continue to monitor disinfection by-products. |
| 313 | Inadequate treatment Observation: Chemical results indicate that the water is corrosive (characteristic of water from coastal communities). This is due to low pH and low alkalinity. This may lead to elevated levels of lead at the tap. Corrective Action: Continue to work to satisfy the following conditions of permit: "By 31 Mar 2019, working with the Drinking Water Officer and using the reference approved guidance documents, develop a monitoring program for assessing corrosion of materials in residential distribution (the "field sampling program")", "By 31 Jul 2019, complete the field sampling program" and "By 30 Sep 2019, forward a project report and complete results of field sampling program to Northern Health for review." |
| 313 | Inadequate treatment Observation: Water system is not meeting drinking water treatment objectives for surface waters in BC, which requires two treatment processes for surface water. Corrective Action: Seek out engineered solution to ensure BC treatment objectives are met. |
| 313 | Inadequate treatment Observation: Monitoring of disinfection by-products are being conducted at an acceptable frequency. Results show exceedances of maximum allowable concentrations for trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids. Although the chlorination process may create the formation of disinfection byproducts the health risk associated with not having disinfection is a greater risk to public health Corrective Action: Seek out long term plan for turbdity and organics while maintaining a minimum 0.2 ppm chlorine residual at the end of the line. Continue to monitor disinfection by-products. |
| 313 | Inadequate treatment Observation: Chemical results indicate that the water is corrosive (characteristic of water from coastal communities). This is due to low pH and low alkalinity. This may lead to elevated levels of lead at the tap. Corrective Action: Continue to work to satisfy the following conditions of permit: "By 31 Mar 2019, working with the Drinking Water Officer and using the reference approved guidance documents, develop a monitoring program for assessing corrosion of materials in residential distribution (the "field sampling program")", "By 31 Jul 2019, complete the field sampling program" and "By 30 Sep 2019, forward a project report and complete results of field sampling program to Northern Health for review." |
| 313 | Inadequate treatment Observation: Water system is not meeting drinking water treatment objectives for surface waters in BC, which requires two treatment processes for surface water. Corrective Action: Seek out engineered solution to ensure BC treatment objectives are met. |