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Water Pollution Control Centre licensing and monitoring

The City of Winnipeg operates three wastewater treatment plants to protect public health and the freshwater environment. Under The Manitoba Environment Act, developments such as wastewater treatment plants must be licensed. Based on recommendations from the Clean Environment Commission in 2003, Manitoba Conservation issued the following:

• North End Water Pollution Control Centre
  Manitoba Environment Act Licence No. 2684RRR (revised June 19, 2009) (pdf - 902kb)
• South End Water Pollution Control Centre
  Manitoba Environment Act Licence No. 2716R (revised June 19, 2009) (pdf - 835kb)
• West End Water Pollution Control Centre
  Manitoba Environment Act Licence No. 2669ERR (revised June 19, 2009) (pdf - 775kb)

Manitoba Conservation also requires a licence for our biosolids operation:

• Manitoba Environment Act Licence No. 1089ERR (under review) (pdf - 3,994kb)

Compliance reporting
The above licences set terms and conditions that the City is required to meet in operating the wastewater treatment plants. The licences require that we regularly monitor plant operations and the quality of effluent discharged from the plants to the rivers. This includes daily routine tests for biochemical oxygen demand and for nutrients such as phosphorus. We also test for heavy metals at varying times each year. The routine tests are reported on a monthly basis to Manitoba Conservation and the non-routine tests are reported yearly:

• North End Water Pollution Control Centre monthly compliance reports
• South End Water Pollution Control Centre monthly compliance reports
• West End Water Pollution Control Centre monthly compliance reports

Biosolids compliance reporting

• 2009 biosolids compliance report (pdf - 630kb)
• 2008 biosolids compliance report (pdf - 1,084kb)
• 2007 biosolids compliance report (pdf - 5,682kb)
• 2006 biosolids compliance report (pdf - 3,906kb)
• 2005 biosolids compliance report (pdf - 8,301kb)

Wastewater haulers

• 2008 wastewater hauler cover letter (pdf - 15kb)
• 2007 wastewater hauler cover letter (pdf - 15kb)
• 2006 wastewater hauler cover letter (pdf - 26kb)
• 2005 wastewater hauler cover letter (pdf - 26kb)
  The wastewater hauler compliance reports are not posted because they contains personal information which is protected by the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) of Manitoba.