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Water Sewage in Shoreland Areas

• Ken Startup
• Public Health Inspector
• Prairie North Health Region

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What Does A PHI Do ?
Food Facilities Licenced Accommodations Personal
Service Facilities Institutions Recreational
Facilities Communicable Disease Control
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Others

• Pest Identification
• Housing
• Water
• Sewage Disposal
• Plumbing
• Land-use Reviews
• Tobacco Enforcement

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Interesting Water Facts

• Almost 80 of the earths surface is covered in
  water. Of this, 97 is salt water, 2 is glacial
  ice
• 1 of all water on earth is available to us for
  drinking water
• 15 of the worlds fresh water is
• in Canada
• 60 of Canadas fresh water is located in the
  North

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Interesting Water Facts

• The human body is about 70 water we cannot
  survive more than a week without water.
• Water makes up about 75 of the
• brain and 83 of blood the
• total amount of water in the body
• of an average adult is 37 L.

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Interesting Water Facts

• the average person uses more than 650 L a day
• an average adult drinks about 1.5 L of water each
  day
• 40 of Canadians use some sort of water treatment
  device

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Roles Responsibilities

• Sask Health Health Regions
• Sask Health is the lead on developing policy
  regulations not covered by Sask Environment
• Health Regions responsible for administering the
  regulations and providing health advice

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Roles Responsibilities

• Both Sask Health and Health Regions work
  collaboratively with Sask Environment in dealing
  with water quality issues
• Provincial Lab provides
• drinking water quality
• analysis for the province
• Health Region responsible for reportable
  communicable disease investigations

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Contaminated Water Can Cause Enteric Disease
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Selected Enteric Diseases

• Cryptosporidiosis
• Giardiasis
• Escherichia coli (VTEC)

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Cryptosporidiosis

• Became a reportable disease in 1994
• Most commonly associated with contaminated water,
  including swimming pools, hot tubs
• Outbreak in 2001 in
• North Battleford

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Giardiasis

• Sometimes called Beaver Fever
• Most commonly associated with drinking
  contaminated water that has been infected by
  animal droppings, including beavers and muskrats

Giardia cysts
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Verotoxigenic E. Coli

• First recognized in 1982 outbreak occurred in
  the US, which was traced to contaminated
  hamburger
• About 10 will develop hemolytic uremic syndrome
  (HUS), ultimately leading to kidney failure and
  death
• Most commonly associated
• with inadequately cooked
• ground beef, but can also
• include water

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Enteric Disease
Year Crypto Giardiasis VTEC
2000 32 208 42
2001 772 (135) 168 (372) 71 (102)
2002 49 (45) 175 (352) 52 (95)
Prov. s
National s
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Risk Factors

• Legislated in 2003 Disease Control Regulations
• Collected since 2001
• 20 possible risk factors to choose from

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Risk Factors

• Suspected origin of the illness based on public
  health investigation
• Factors Include (20 possibilities)
• Food - Daycare
• Camping - Travel
• Water - Contact with case/carrier
• Contact with animals (pets/farm)

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Selected Enteric Diseases, Saskatchewan 2001 -
2002
Risk Factor Incidence Rates
20
18
16
14
12
10
Percent
8
6
4
2
0
Private water supply
Public water
supply
Swimming -
natural water
Untreated water supply
Institutional
Non profit
Food Service -
Food Service -
attending
daycare
Camping/hiking
Contact with
pets/farm
Employee/child
animals/reptiles
Travel outside
province/country
Oral/anal contact
Risk Factor
20.3 From Water
Unknown factors 19-20
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Percentage of Cases of Water in Selected Enteric
Diseases
Saskatchewan, 2001- 2002
Swimming - Artificial Water
Private Supply
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Swimming - Natural Water
Public Supply
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Untreated Surface Water
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New Regulations

• Walkerton May 2000
• 7 deaths approximately 2,500 ill
• North Battleford April 2001
• approximately 7,000 ill

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Health Hazard Regulations

• Came into force December 2002
• Apply to
• Designated facilities (e.g. schools, personal
  care homes, health care facilities, licensed
  facilities etc)
• Municipal wells not connected to a distribution
  system
• Distribution system more than 2 and less than 15
  service connections
• Bulk water haulers

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Public Water Supply Technical Guidelines

• Contain Sections Dealing with
• Approvals
• Treatment (e.g. log reduction for Crypto,
  Giardia, viruses, bacteria) GUIDI
• Testing Equipment
• Monitoring
• Reporting of Actions
• Bulk Water

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Sewage in Shoreland Areas

• Regulations

Shoreland Pollution Control Regulations 1976
Local Bylaws
R.M. 498/499 RV of KMB Liquid Waste Control Bylaws
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Sewage in Shoreland Areas
Saskatchewan Sewage Disposal Guidelines
Land areas are defined via sensitivity e.g.
proximity to urban municipalities
and subdivisions of 5 or more parcels size of
parcels Requirements for prior approval of
systems with soil samples and design criteria
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Sewage in Shoreland Areas
Shoreland Pollution Control Regulations 1976

• Shoreland Development Area means an area of land
• designated as a reservoir development area by
  regulations made under The Water Resources
  Management Act, 1972 or

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Sewage in Shoreland Areas
Shoreland Pollution Control Regulations 1976
Shoreland Development Area means an area of
land (ii) that is within 1,500 feet from the
high water mark of a lake, river, stream or other
body of water and upon which is situated an urban
municipality or part thereof, or a summer resort
or part thereof, or upon which has been or is
being established a recreational area or part
thereof
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Sewage in Shoreland Areas
Shoreland Pollution Control Regulations 1976
Sewage means liquid wastes that contain animal,
mineral or vegetable matter in suspension or
solution but excludes storm water
Privy pit means a pit excavated under an outdoor
toilet for confining human excrement
Privy vault means a storage tank placed under an
outside toilet for confinement and storage of
human excrement
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Sewage in Shoreland Areas
R.M. 498 Liquid Waste Control Bylaw - 2004
Applies to all properties zoned Summer Resort
or Hamlet or any portion of those zones
designated as Commercial
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Sewage in Shoreland Areas
R.M. 499 Liquid Waste Control Bylaw - 1990
Applies to all subdivisions zoned Lakeshore
Development Districts
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Sewage in Shoreland Areas
RV Kivimaa Moonlight Bay Liquid Waste Control
Bylaw - 1990
Applies to all properties within the Corporate
Limits of the Village
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Sewage in Shoreland Areas
Size of sewage holding tanks shall not be less
than 1,000 gallons Size of privy vaults shall
not be less than 250 gallons
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Sewage in Shoreland Areas
Bylaw States All householders must provided an
approved storage or holding tank to receive
sewage All sewage emanating from premises shall
be discharged into an approved storage or
holding tank
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Sewage in Shoreland Areas
Sewage transported shall be disposed of only at
point(s) approved by Saskatchewan Environment
and the local governing authority
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Sewage in Shoreland Areas
Contravention penalties Individual 1st offence
not more than 75,000 and not more than 100
each day the offence continues 2nd offence -
100,000 and 200/day Corporation 1st not
more than 100,000 and 1,000/day 2nd - 250,000
and 5,000/day
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Sewage in Shoreland Areas
What does PNHR do?
Inspect the installation of all new sewage
systems including holding tanks and moving of
existing tanks Inspect new plumbing
installations Inspection of sewage and plumbing
systems is done with permits and onsite
inspections
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Sewage in Shoreland Areas
What does PNHR do?

• Investigate complaints
• serious complaints must in writing and signed
• e.g.. tank never pumped tank is leaking
• pumping sewage in ditches, etc.

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