What Canada Water Act: Water Quality Management Areas and the Waste-Deposit Prohibition requires
The Canada Water Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-11) provides for the management of Canada's water resources, including research, planning and the implementation of programs, administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) largely through federal-provincial cooperation. Section 2 defines 'water resource management' (the conservation, development and utilization of water resources), 'water quality management' (any aspect relating to restoring, maintaining or improving water quality) and 'waste' (any substance that, if added to water, would degrade or alter its quality to an extent detrimental to use by people, animals, fish or plants). Sections 4-6 provide for intergovernmental committees and continuing consultation, federal-provincial agreements for comprehensive water resource management programs, and direct federal management of federal and inter-jurisdictional waters where a significant national interest exists. The Act's central regulatory control is the establishment of water quality management areas: section 9 prohibits any person from depositing or permitting the deposit of waste of any type in waters that compose a water quality management area, except in quantities and under conditions prescribed by regulation; section 11 provides for federal-provincial agreements to designate such areas and to establish water quality management agencies; and section 13 allows the Governor in Council to designate inter-jurisdictional waters as management areas, and to authorize federal agencies, where a provincial agreement cannot be reached and a significant national interest is affected. Regulations may prescribe effluent discharge fees payable for the deposit of waste (section 18(2)(d)). The Minister may designate inspectors and analysts (section 25), who may enter premises, examine waste, take samples and require production of documents (section 26). Contravening the section 9 deposit prohibition is an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding $5,000, with each day of a continuing contravention treated as a separate offence (section 30).
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: Parliament of Canada / Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-11/FullText.html
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- Canada Water Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-11, Section 2 - definitions of water resource management, water quality management and waste.
- Canada Water Act, Sections 4-6 - intergovernmental committees and consultation, federal-provincial water resource management agreements, and direct federal management.
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