Item - 2014.PW33.18

This report provides highlights of the activities performed in 2013 by Toronto Water's Environmental Monitoring & Protection Unit, which is responsible for Sewers By-law and Water Supply By-law compliance and enforcement (Municipal Code Chapter 681 – Sewers and Municipal Code Chapter 851-Water Supply, respectively). 

In 2013, the Environmental Monitoring & Protection unit performed 3,621 inspections and 3,595 sampling events that resulted in 28,557 laboratory analyses.  There was a total of 745 Notice of Violations issued for non-compliance by the industrial wastewater control and stormwater groups of the Environmental Monitoring & Protection Unit. 

Forty-one companies moved forward to prosecution and 11 companies that were prosecuted in previous years were convicted with fines of $67,250.00 issued, excluding the Victim Surcharge Fee (this fee is collected and retained by the Ontario Provincial government for victims of crime – for fines over $1000 the surcharge is 25% of the fine).  The remaining prosecution files are still before the court.  

The Industrial Surcharge Agreements generated $11.4 million and the total Sanitary Discharge Agreements revenues totalled $2.69 million.

The Outfall Monitoring Program found 11 cross connections and verified the correction of 25 cross connections, resulting in the delisting of 15 Priority Outfalls within Toronto's watersheds.