| Nova Scotia Environment
Public Drinking Water Supply Registration |
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| Who Needs This
Registration? |
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Anyone who owns, operates or maintains a public drinking water supply. A public drinking water supply means a water supply system, including any source, intake, treatment, storage, transmission or distribution, that is intended to provide the public with potable, piped water and that:
- has at least 15 service connections, or
- regularly serves 25 or more persons per day for at least 60 days of the year.
- serves any of the following for at least 60 days of the year:
- day care facility licensed in accordance with the Day Care Act,
- a permanent food establishment licensed in accordance with the Health Protection Act,
- a commercial property for the accommodation of the travelling or vacationing public comprising land used for camping or for overnight parking of recreation vehicles or containing a separate building or buildings containing at least 1 room to be used as an alternate for of accommodation in a campground, or containing more than 4 rental units.
Please contact any Regional or District Office of Environment (see contact information below) if you have any questions on whether you meet this definition or not.
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| Issuing Department
/ Agency: |
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Nova
Scotia Environment
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| Where can you get this Registration and / or further information? |
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Any Regional
or District Office of Environment
OR
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Head Office
Nova Scotia Environment
Phone: (902) 424-3600
Fax: (902) 424-0503
Website - Public
Drinking Water Supplies, Nova Scotia Environment
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Office
Location:
Terminal Road Building
5151 Terminal Road
5th Floor
Halifax, NS
Mailing Address:
PO Box 442
Halifax, NS B3J 2P8
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| Application Forms &
Process: |
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You can get an application
form for this registration from any Regional or District Office
of the Department or you can download the Registration
Form for Public Drinking Water Supplies from the website.
Once it has been completed, submit it to the Department. When
the Department receives the completed form, a letter is issued to
the applicant to provide them with their registration number, a summary
of their responsibilities and an outline of the frequency for water quality
monitoring/sampling (see Additional Information below).
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| Waiting Period: |
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60 business days
Provided that all the items that must accompany the application have been received
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| Expiry & Renewal: |
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This Registration does not expire.
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| Price: |
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No fee
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| Related Requirements: |
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Non-transient public drinking
water supplies, such as schools, nursing homes, trailer parks, etc., that
have complex water treatment or serve 500 or more individuals may also
meet the criteria of Part 1 of the Water and Wastewater Facilities and
Public Drinking Water Supplies Regulations and may need to be classified.
Owners should contact any Regional or District Office of Environment to verify if facility classification is required or not.
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| Additional Information: |
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Anyone who owns, operates or
maintains a public drinking water supply is responsible for:
- regular drinking water quality monitoring;
- immediate notification to Nova Scotia Environment when
drinking water quality does not meet the health-related Guidelines
for Canadian Drinking Water Quality;
- corrective action to address drinking water quality issues;
- provision of safe drinking water.
For further information, please see Public
Drinking Water Supplies, Nova Scotia Environment
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| Legislative Authority: |
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Water
and Wastewater Facilities and Public Drinking Water Supplies Regulations.
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