Small Drinking Water Systems
A New Approach to Regulating Small Drinking Water Systems
Safe drinking water is essential to health. Ontario has taken significant steps to increase the safeguards for drinking water systems in Ontario, including enacting the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 and a number of regulations under this Act, administered by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE).
Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, and the “Non-Residential and Non-Municipal Seasonal Residential Systems that Do Not Serve Designated Facilities Regulation” (O. Reg. 252/05), owners and operating authorities of drinking water systems that supply water to the public have responsibilities to ensure the water is safe to drink.
