Water Flushing Reports

The Government of Ontario has introduced more stringent requirements for flushing and testing of drinking water taps in schools, private schools and day nurseries under Ontario Regulation 243/07 (Schools, Private Schools and Day Nurseries) made under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

This regulation is intended to reduce children’s exposure to lead in drinking water.

 

The regulation introduces daily flushing requirements for schools, private schools and day nurseries with plumbing potentially containing lead (installed before 1990) and new lead related testing requirements to measure the potential presence of lead in water against the provincial drinking water standard of 10 micrograms per litre.

 

New amendments to Ontario Regulation 243/07 that took effect July 1, 2017 now require lead testing within these facilities for all fixtures used to provide drinking water and/or prepare food or drink for children under 18. 

 

Regular water testing occurs in all Algoma District School Board Schools.  Any time an exceedence is discovered at one of our schools it will be reported here, as will resolutions to exceedances.