Drinking
Water Quality and Compliance Report
Annual Notice to Consumers
December 31st , 2020
Saskatchewan
Environment requires that at least once each year waterworks owners
provide notification to consumers of the quality of water produced
and supplied as well as information on the performance of the
waterworks in submitting samples as required by a Minister’s
Order or Permit to Operate waterworks. The following is a summary of
the Town of Midale water quality and sample submission compliance
record for the January 1st,
2020 – December 31st,
2020 time period. Readers should refer to Saskatchewan Environment’s
Municipal Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Guidelines, November
2002, EBP 202” for more information on minimum sample
submission requirements. Permit requirements for a specific
waterworks may require more sampling than outlined in the
department’s monitoring guidelines. If you as a consumer want
more information on the nature and significance of specific water
tests, visit www.saskh2o.com.
Water
Quality Standards
Bacteriological
Quality
Regular Samples Regular Samples #of Positive Regular
Parameter/Location
Limit
Required
Submitted (%) Submitted
(%)
Total
Coliform and 0
Organizms/100 mg/L
52 52
(100)%
1 (Aug Background
Bacteria Less than 200 Organisms/100 ml
The Owner Operator is responsible to ensure that one hundred
per cent of all bacteriological samples are submitted as required.
All waterworks are required to submit samples for bacteriological
water quality, and the frequency of monitoring depends on the
population served by the waterworks.
Water
Disinfection – Chlorine Residual in Distribution System for
Test Results Submitted with Bacteriological Samples
Minimum Free
Chlorine Total
Chlorine #of
Tests #Adequate
Parameter
Limit(mg/L)
Residual Range Residual Range
Required Chlorine
Chlorine
0.1 mg/L free or 0.08
2.53 52 52
Residual
0.5 mg/L
total 0.54mg/L 3.88
mg/l
52
52
A minimum of 0.1 milligrams per litre (
mg/L ) free chlorine residual or 0.5 mg/L total chlorine residual is
required at all times throughout the distribution system unless
otherwise approved. A proper chlorine submission is defined as a
bacteriological sample submission form with both the free and total
chlorine residual fields filled out. Adequate chlorine is a result
that indicates that the chlorine level is above the regulated
minimums. Inadequate chlorine may be counted even if the chlorine
results were submitted correctly. A waterworks is required to submit
chlorine residual test results on every bacteriological sample they
submit.
General
Chemical
Samples
Samples
Date of Last
Required
Required Sample Submitted
4 4 October
Pesticides
Pesticide testing is not required in the Minister’s
Order.
Samples
Samples
Date of Last
Required
Submitted Sample
Submitted
0 0
0
Health
and Toxicity
Samples
Samples
Date of Last
Required Submitted
Sample Submitted
1
1
Mailed February 2020 results
will be available upon request.
All waterworks serving
less than 5000 people are required to submit one water sample for
Saskatchewan Environment “Health and Toxicity” category
once every two years. This category includes analysis for arsenic,
barium, boron, cadmium, chromium, fluoride, lead, nitrate, selenium
and uranium. Sample results indicate that the provincial drinking
water quality standards were not exceeded.
Water
Disinfection – Free Chlorine Residual for Water Entering
Distribution System from Water Treatment Plant Records
Test Level
# Tests
# Tests Not Meeting
Parameter
Limit (mg/L)
Range
Performed Requirements
Free Chlorine Residual at least 0.1 0.08-2.68
.730
1
A minimum of 0.1 milligrams per litre (mg/L) free
chlorine residual is required for water entering the distribution
system. Tests are normally performed on a daily basis by the
waterworks operator and are to be recorded in operation records. This
data includes the number of free chlorine residual tests performed,
the overall range of free chlorine residual (highest and lowest
recorded values) and the number of tests and percentage of results
not meeting the minimum requirement of 0.1 mg/L free chlorine
residual.
Turbidity - From Water Treatment Plant Records
Parameter Limit Water Plant Distribution
Limit must be less than .3 NTU from 0. 0.14-0.54 0.10 -0.29 NTU
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