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Ottawa continues to produce and deliver some of the highest quality and safest drinking water in the world, according to a report received today by the City’s Environment and Climate Protection Committee.
For the fifth year in a row, the City’s drinking water systems were rated as 100 per cent in conformance with the quality management system by a third-party accreditation body. By adopting new procedures, the City has also decreased the amount of time residents are without water service during watermain breaks.
Despite increasing levels of nitrates in the Shadow Ridge well system in Greely, water from the well system is still safe to drink and well within safe drinking water standards. The City is planning to drill into a deeper aquifer to provide a new source well for the Shadow Ridge water system.
The Committee considered an update and presentation on how the City maintains its drinking water, stormwater and wastewater assets. The total replacement value of these assets is nearly $21 billion. This infrastructure is needed so the City can deliver essential services to residents, businesses and visitors.
These assets, which help maintain quality of life and economic growth, are safe and continue to be in good to fair condition.
Over the past 15 years, the City has renewed the sanitary and storm sewer networks in several neighbourhoods that had experienced flooding. None of those neighbourhoods have since experienced system-wide flooding.
The Committee also considered the long-range financial plan for water, wastewater and stormwater capital investments needs. To continue to maintain these assets in good repair, the City will raise water, wastewater and stormwater rates by a combined average of 4.8 per cent over the next 10 years. This increase is lower than the average of 5.7 per cent forecast in the 2012 plan.
The Committee referred both the update and the plan to City Council. These and the other reports received by the Committee requiring Council’s receipt or approval will be considered by Council at its meeting on Wednesday, September 27.
For more information on City programs and services, visit ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401). You can also connect with us through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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For the fifth year in a row, the City’s drinking water systems were rated as 100 per cent in conformance with the quality management system by a third-party accreditation body. By adopting new procedures, the City has also decreased the amount of time residents are without water service during watermain breaks.
Despite increasing levels of nitrates in the Shadow Ridge well system in Greely, water from the well system is still safe to drink and well within safe drinking water standards. The City is planning to drill into a deeper aquifer to provide a new source well for the Shadow Ridge water system.
The Committee considered an update and presentation on how the City maintains its drinking water, stormwater and wastewater assets. The total replacement value of these assets is nearly $21 billion. This infrastructure is needed so the City can deliver essential services to residents, businesses and visitors.
These assets, which help maintain quality of life and economic growth, are safe and continue to be in good to fair condition.
Over the past 15 years, the City has renewed the sanitary and storm sewer networks in several neighbourhoods that had experienced flooding. None of those neighbourhoods have since experienced system-wide flooding.
The Committee also considered the long-range financial plan for water, wastewater and stormwater capital investments needs. To continue to maintain these assets in good repair, the City will raise water, wastewater and stormwater rates by a combined average of 4.8 per cent over the next 10 years. This increase is lower than the average of 5.7 per cent forecast in the 2012 plan.
The Committee referred both the update and the plan to City Council. These and the other reports received by the Committee requiring Council’s receipt or approval will be considered by Council at its meeting on Wednesday, September 27.
For more information on City programs and services, visit ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401). You can also connect with us through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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