Transcript Public Health Inspector Water & Sewage

Ken Startup
Public Health Inspector
Prairie North Health Region
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Food •Facilities
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Licenced »Accommodations
Personal Service Facilities
Institutions
Recreational Facilities
Communicable Disease Control
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PesttoIdentification
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Housing
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Water– Fourth level
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Sewage »Disposal
Plumbing
Land-use Reviews
Tobacco Enforcement
Interesting Water Facts
• Almost
80%
of the
earth’s
surface
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styles is
covered
in
water.
Of
this,
97%
is
salt
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water, 2%
is glacial
ice
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level
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• 1% of all water
onlevelearth is available to
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us for drinking water
• 15% of the world’s fresh water is
in Canada
• 60% of Canada’s fresh water is
located in the North
Interesting Water Facts
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• The human body is about 70% water; we
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cannot •survive
more than a week without
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water.
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• 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.
Interesting Water Facts
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• the average person uses more than 650 L a day
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• an average
adult
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leveldrinks about 1.5 L of water
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• 40% of Canadians use some sort of water
treatment device
Roles & Responsibilities
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• Sask Health & Health Regions
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– Sask•Health
Third levelis the lead on developing
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policy &– Fourth
regulations
not covered by
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Sask Environment
– Health Regions responsible for
administering the regulations and
providing health advice
Roles & Responsibilities
– Both Sask Health and Health Regions work
collaboratively
with
Sask Environment
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with –water
quality
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levelissues
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Lab»provides
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– Provincial
drinking water quality analysis
for the province
– Health Region responsible for reportable
communicable disease investigations
Contaminated Water Can
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Cause
Enteric
Disease
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Selected Enteric Diseases:
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Cryptosporidiosis
Giardiasis
Escherichia coli (Vtec)
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Cryptosporidiosis
• Became
reportable
disease
in 1994
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• Most commonly
with contaminated
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water, including
swimming
pools, hot tubs
• Outbreak in 2001 in
North Battleford
Giardiasis
Sometimes
“Beaver
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• Third levelassociated with drinking
Most commonly
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contaminated
water
that has been infected by
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animal droppings, including beavers and
muskrats
Giardia cysts
Verotoxigenic E. Coli
First recognized in 1982 outbreak occurred in the
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US, which was traced to contaminated hamburger
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About 10%
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develop hemolytic uremic
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syndrome (HUS),
leading to kidney
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Most commonly associated
with inadequately cooked
ground beef, but can also
include water
Enteric Disease
Year
Crypto
Giardiasis
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VTEC
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2000
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32
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208
42
2001
772 (135)
168 (372)
71 (102)
2002
49 (45)
175 (352)
52 (95)
Prov. #’s
National #’s
Risk Factors
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Regulations
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Collected• since
2001
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level to choose from
20 possible risk» Fifth
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Risk Factors
Suspected
origin
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the illness
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health investigation
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Factors Include
(20
possibilities):
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Food
- Daycare
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Camping
- Travel
Water
- Contact with case/carrier
Contact with animals (pets/farm)
0
20.3% From Water
Oral/anal contact
Travel outside
province/country
Employee/child
attending
daycare
4
Contact with
pets/farm
animals/reptiles
6
Swimming natural water
8
Untreated water
supply
10
Public water
supply
12
Private water
supply
14
Camping/hiking
16
Food Service Non profit
Food Service Institutional
Percent
Selected Enteric Diseases, Saskatchewan 2001 - 2002
Risk Factor Incidence Rates
20
18
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2
Risk Factor
Unknown factors 19-20%
Percentage of Cases of Water in Selected Enteric Diseases
Saskatchewan, 2001- 2002
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Swimming - Artificial Water
17%
Private Supply
24%
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Swimming - Natural Water
26%
Public Supply
19%
Untreated Surface Water
14%
New Regulations
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• Walkerton – May 2000
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– 7 deaths
– approximately
2,500 ill
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• North Battleford – April 2001
– approximately 7,000 ill
Health Hazard Regulations
• Came into force December 2002
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• Apply to:
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– Designated
facilities
(e.g. schools, personal care
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homes, health
care
facilities, licensed facilities etc)
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– Municipal wells not connected to a distribution
system
– Distribution system more than 2 and less than 15
service connections
– Bulk water haulers
Public Water Supply
Technical Guidelines
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Contain–Sections
Dealing with:
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Approvals
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Treatment » Fifth level
Testing Equipment
Monitoring
Reporting of Actions
Bulk Water
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Regulations
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Shoreland Pollution
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Regulations 1976
Local Bylaws
R.M. 498/499 RV of KMB Liquid Waste Control Bylaws
Shoreland Pollution Control Regulations 1976
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Shoreland Development
Area means an area
of land:
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(i) designated as a reservoir development area by
regulations made under The Water Resources
Management Act, 1972; or
Shoreland Pollution Control Regulations 1976
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Shoreland
Development
Area means an area
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(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;
Shoreland Pollution Control Regulations 1976
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Sewage
means level
liquid wastes that contain animal,
mineral or
vegetable
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level matter in suspension or
Fourth level storm water;
solution but–excludes
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Privy
pitmeans
meansa astorage
pit excavated
underunder
an outdoor
toilet
Privy
vault
tank placed
an outside
forfor
confining
humanand
excrement;
toilet
confinement
storage of human excrement;
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R.M. 498
Liquid
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Applies to all
properties
zoned “Summer Resort”
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or “Hamlet” or» any
portion of those
zones designated as “Commercial”
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R.M. 499
Liquid
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levelWaste Control Bylaw - 1990
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Applies to all
subdivisions
zoned
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“Lakeshore Development
Districts”
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RV
Kivimaa
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Waste
Bylaw - 1990
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Applies to» all
within the
“Corporate Limits” of the Village
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Size of
sewage
holding tanks shall be of not
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less than• 1,000
gallons
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Size of Privy vaults shall not be less
than 250 gallons
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– Second Bylaw
level States:
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All householders» Fifth
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provided an approved
level
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 transported shall be disposed of only at
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point(s) approved
by Saskatchewan Environment
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and the local governing
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Contravention
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Individual• Third level
1st offence
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level more than $75,000 and
not
more than $100 each day the
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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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What
does
PNHR do?
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Inspect the installation
of all new sewage
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holding tanks and
moving of existing tanks
Investigate complaints
Inspect new plumbing installations
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