Sewer Use By-law

For the purposes of this by-law, the following shall have the corresponding meanings:

a.  “abnormal discharge” means a discharge of a pollutant deemed to be in a quantity or with a quality not typical or much greater than the normal;

b.  “accredited laboratory” means any laboratory accredited under the Canadian Association of Environmental Analytical Laboratories (CAEL) or by an authorized accreditation body in accordance with a standard based on “CAN-P-1585: Requirements for the Accreditation of Environmental Testing Laboratories” established by the Standards Council of Canada, as amended, or “ISO/IEC/EN 17025: General Requirements for Competence of Calibration and Testing Laboratories” established by the International Organization for Standardization;

c.  “actual concentration” means the concentration of a parameter or contaminant determined for a specific billing period by the method identified in the associated Sanitary Discharge Agreement;

d.  “adverse effect” means

1. 1. Impairment of the quality of the natural environment for any use that can be made of it;
   2. Injury or damage to property or to a plant or animal life;
   3. Harm or material discomfort to any person;
   4. Impairment of the safety of any person;
   5. Rendering any property or plant or animal life unfit for human use;
   6. Loss of enjoyment for normal use of property; and
   7. Interference with the normal conduct of business;

e.  “allowable concentration” means the concentration limit for a parameter or contaminant  as specified in Schedules A, B and C of this by-law;

f.  “annual average day flow” means the total flow for a calendar year divided by 365 days (or 366 days in the event of a leap year);

g.  “biochemical oxygen demand” means the five-day BOD which is the determination of the molecular oxygen utilized during a five-day incubation period for the biochemical degradation of organic material (carbonaceous demand), and the oxygen used to oxidize inorganic material such as sulphides and ferrous iron, and the amount of oxygen used to oxidize reduced forms of nitrogen (nitrogenous demand) as determined by the appropriate procedure in Standard Methods;

h.  “biomedical waste” means biomedical waste as defined in the Ontario Ministry of the Environment Guideline C-4 entitled “The Management of Biomedical Waste in Ontario” dated April 1994, as amended from time to time;

i.  “biosolids” means stabilized organic solid material recovered from the sewage treatment process;

j.  “blowdown water” means re-circulating water that is discharged from a cooling or heating water system for the purpose of controlling the level of water in the system or for the purpose of discharging from the system materials contained in the system, the further build-up of which would or might impair the operation of the system;

k.  “by-law enforcement officer” means a person designated by Council as an enforcement officer for the purposes of enforcing this by-law;

l.  “certificate of approval” means an approval authorized by the Ministry of the Environment;

m.  “combustible liquid” means a liquid that has a flash point not less than 37.8 degrees Celsius and not greater than 93.3 degrees Celsius as defined in the regulations under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992, S.C. 1992, as amended;

n.  “commercial waste chemical” means a material which is a commercial waste chemical within the meaning of Ontario Regulation 347, as amended from time to time, made under the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.19 (EPA);

o.  “composite sample” means a volume of wastewater, stormwater, uncontaminated water, clear-water or effluent made up of three or more grab samples that have been combined automatically or manually and taken at intervals during the sampling periods;

p.  “compliance program” means a program in which a non-compliant company enters into as part of a Sanitary Discharge Agreement with the County in order to give the company a specified amount of time to achieve compliance with this by-law;

q.  “connection” or “drain” means that part or those parts of any pipe or system of pipes leading directly to a Sewage Works;

r.  “contaminate” means any solid, liquid, gas, odour, heat, vibration, sound, radiation or any combination of them resulting directly or indirectly from human activities that may cause an adverse effect;

s.  “cooling water” means water that is used in a process for the purpose of removing heat and that has not, by design, come into contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product, or finished product and has not had any treatment chemicals added, and does not include blowdown water;

t.  “County” means The Corporation of Haldimand County;

u.  “dental amalgam” means a dental filling material consisting of an amalgam of mercury, silver and other materials such as copper, tin or zinc;

v.  “discharge” when used alone as a verb, includes add, deposit or emit and, when used alone as a noun, includes addition, deposit, or emission;

w.  “domestic wastewater” means wastewater that is the composite of liquid and water-carried wastes associated with the use of water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, washing, hygiene, sanitation or other domestic purposes, but does not include disposal of unused waste consumer products, including pharmaceuticals, or other household wastes which can be otherwise collected including, but not limited to, oil and grease of animal and vegetable origin;

x.  “fuel” includes any ignitable liquid intended for use as a fuel with a flash point less than  61 degrees Celsius determined by one of the methods in Ontario Regulation 347 and gasoline, naphtha, diesel fuel, or fuel oil;

y.  “General Manager” means the General Manager of Public Works with The Corporation  of Haldimand County, or his or her designate;

z.  “grab sample” means a discrete sample taken from a discharge or a composite of multiple discrete samples taken from a discharge no more than 15 minutes apart;

aa.  “hauled sewage” means wastewater removed from a septic tank system, a cesspool, a  privy vault or privy pit, a chemical toilet, a portable toilet, a sewage holding tank or any other sewage system of a type regulated under the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.19, as amended;

bb.  “hauled waste” means any non-hazardous liquid industrial waste which is transported to  and deposited into any location in the County’s sewage works excluding, hauled sewage;

cc.  "hazardous industrial waste” means hazardous industrial waste within the meaning of Ontario Regulation 347, as amended, made under the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.19, as amended;

dd.  “hazardous waste chemical” means hazardous waste chemical within the meaning of Ontario Regulation 347, as amended, made under the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.19, as amended;

ee.  “ignitable waste” means an ignitable waste within the meaning of O. Reg. 347, as amended from time to time;

ff.  “industrial” shall mean of or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce, trade, commercial business or institutions as distinguished from domestic or residential;

gg.  “industrial waste” means all water-carried wastes and wastewaters, excluding domestic wastewater and uncontaminated water, and shall include all wastewater from any producing, manufacturing, processing, institutional, commercial, agricultural or other operation where wastewater discharged includes quantities of wastes of non-human origin;

hh.  “kjeldahl nitrogen” means organic nitrogen as determined by Standard Methods;

ii.  “lateral” and “lateral connection” means the drainage pipe, connected to the sewer system which is designed to carry sewage from the premises and includes the pipes on private property usually referred to as the building sewer;

jj.  “monitoring manhole” means an access point in a sewer connection to allow for observation, sampling and flow measurement of the sewage, uncontaminated water or stormwater therein;

kk.  “matter” includes any solid, liquid or gas;

ll.  “municipal sewer” means any sewer or sewerage works which is owned and controlled by the County;

mm.  “municipal sewer connection” means that point where the private sewer connects to the sewage works located within the public road allowance, or other public lands or public land interests (easements);

nn.  “owner” or “operator” means the person who owns a premise or property or operates any facility or activity which is subject to the provisions of this by-law;

oo.  “pathological waste” means pathological waste within the meaning of Ontario Regulation 347 as amended from time to time, made under the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.19 (EPA);

pp.  “PCB” means any monochlorinated or polychlorinated biphenyl or any mixture of them or any mixture that contains one or more of them within the meaning of O.Reg. 352 as amended from time to time;

qq.  “performance incentive program” means a program that permits those companies with a valid SDA, an approved Compliance Program and operate a Pre-Treatment System on- site to be exempt from over-strength fees, for a particular month provided that the performance incentive program targets identified in Schedule A are achieved for that month;

rr.  “person” includes an individual, association, partnership, corporation, municipality, or an agent or employee thereof;

ss.  “pesticides” means a pesticide regulated under the Pesticides Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 11;

tt.  “pH” means a logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions in moles per litre of solution as determined in accordance with Standard Methods;

uu.  “phenolic compounds” means those hydroxyl derivatives of benzene, or its condensed nuclei, which can be identified by the 4-Aminoantipyrene method in accordance with Standard Methods;

vv.  “pollutant” means a contaminant other than heat, sound, vibration, or radiation and includes any substance from which a pollutant is derived;

ww.  “pre-treatment” is the reduction, elimination or alteration of pollutants in wastewater prior to discharge into the sanitary sewer. This reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical, or biological processes and does not include diluting the concentration of the pollutants;

xx.  “private storm drain” means a system of gutters, tiles, pipes, basins and/or sump pumps used for conveying rain water, subsurface water or other similar discharges to a point of disposal;

yy.  “reactive waste” means a material which is a reactive waste within the meaning of Ontario Regulation 347 as amended from time to time, made under the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.19 (EPA);

zz.  “roof leader” or “downspout” means a pipe inside or outside of a building that conveys stormwater from the roof of a building to a place for disposal;

aaa.  “sanitary discharge agreement” means an agreement where discharges that would otherwise be prohibited by this by-law would be allowed to an extent fixed by the agreement in exchange for payment to compensate the County for additional costs of operation, repair, replacement or maintenance of the sewage works;

bbb.  “sanitary sewer” means a sewer owned, operated and maintained by the County for the collection and transmission of domestic, commercial, institutional and industrial sewage or any combination thereof;

ccc.  “sewage” means any liquid, solid or gas containing organic, inorganic, animal, vegetable or mineral matter in solution or in suspension but does not include stormwater or uncontaminated water;

ddd.  “sewage works” means any works or facilities owned, operated and maintained by the County for the collection, transmission, treatment or disposal of sewage, stormwater or uncontaminated water, including a municipal sewer connection, a storm sewer or a sanitary sewer, but does not include plumbing or other works to which the Building Code Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c. 23, as amended, applies;

1.  The purpose of this by-law is to provide for the protection and conservation of the natural environment, water and sewage works within Haldimand County.

2.  No person shall discharge or permit the discharge into a sanitary sewer, storm sewer or land drainage of any pollutant, in an amount, concentration or level in excess of that authorized by this by-law.

3.  Despite any other provisions of this by-law, no person shall discharge or cause or permit the discharge of a pollutant into the sanitary sewer, storm sewer or land drainage that causes or is likely to cause an adverse effect.

1.  No person shall discharge directly or indirectly or cause or permit the discharge or deposit of sewage or matter of any type or quantity into a sanitary sewer in circumstances where:

a.  to do so may cause or result in,

1. 1. a health or safety hazard to a person authorized by the General Manager to operate, maintain, or otherwise work in the sewage works;
   2. damage to any part of the sewage works;
   3. the sewage works effluent to contravene any requirement by or under the
   4. Ontario Water Resources Act or the Environmental Protection Act;
   5. the sludge or compost from the sewage works fails to meet the criteria relating to contaminants for utilizing the sludge or compost for beneficial use under Ontario Guidelines for the Utilization of Biosolids and Other Wastes on Agricultural Land dated March 1996, as amended from time to time;
   6. impairing or interfering with the proper operation of any part of the sewage works;
   7. a hazard to any person, animal, property or vegetation;
   8. an obstruction or restriction of the flow in the sewage works; or
   9. a nuisance or offensive odour to emanate from the sewage works and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, sewage containing hydrogen sulphide, carbon disulphide, and nitrogen compounds, trichloroethylene, ketones, sulphur dioxide and other sulphur compounds, formaldehyde, chlorine, bromine, or pyridine in such a quantity as may cause a nuisance or offensive odour.

b.  the sewage contains one or more of the following in any amount:

1. dyes or colouring materials which pass through sewage works and discolour the sewage works effluent;
2. combustible liquid;
3. fuel;
4. hazardous industrial waste;
5. reactive waste;
6. pesticides;
7. ignitable waste;
8. radioactive waste;
9. PCB;
10. pathological waste, except where all of the following conditions are met:
    1. the  person  has  a  Certificate  of  Approval  issued under the Environmental Protection Act;
    2. the person has written approval from the General Manager which expressly authorizes the discharge from the premises; and
    3. a copy of the Certificate of Approval is provided to the General Manager;
11. biomedical waste, except where the sewage meets the conditions for the discharge as listed in the Ontario Ministry of Environment Guideline C-4 entitled “The Management of Biomedical Waste in Ontario” dated April 1994, as amended from time to time;
12. hauled sewage, except where all of the following conditions are met:
    1. the carrier of the hauled sewage is a waste transportation system operating under a license issued under Part VIII or any successor thereof of the Environmental Protection Act;
    2. the carrier has applied for, is operating under and has been approved as required under the County’s Hauled Sewage Discharge Permit;
13. hauled waste, except where the owner or operator has written approval from the County which expressly authorizes the discharge;
14. industrial waste generated outside the boundary of Haldimand County, except where the owner or operator has written approval from the County which expressly authorizes the discharge;
15. waste disposal site leachate, except where all of the following conditions are met:
    1. the waste disposal site leachate is being discharged pursuant to a Certificate of Approval or order under the Environmental Protection Act or the Ontario Water Resources Act, which expressly allows the discharge;
    2. the owner or operator has written approval from the County which expressly authorizes the discharge; and
    3. a copy of the most recent Certificate of Approval has been provided to the General Manager;

c.  the sewage contains two or more liquid layers.

2.  No person shall discharge or cause or permit the discharge into any sanitary sewer connected directly or indirectly with any County sanitary sewer works, sewage volumes that exceed ten percent (10%) of the receiving wastewater treatment facility’s Certificate of Approval for nominal design flow without written approval from the General Manager.

3.  No person shall discharge or deposit or cause or permit the discharge or deposit of any restricted substance which does not meet the concentrations specified for:

1. 1. conventional contaminants and physical parameters listed in Schedule “A” of this by-law into any sanitary sewer;
   2. for organic contaminants listed in Schedule “B” of this by-law into any sanitary sewer;
   3. inorganic contaminants listed in Schedule “C” of this by-law into any sanitary sewer.

4.  No person shall cause the addition of water or any other material from any source, to be added to sewage for the purposes of dilution in order to achieve compliance with Section 5 of this by-law.

5.  No person shall discharge stormwater, water from drainage of roofs or lands, water from a watercourse, ground water, cooling water or combination thereof, to the sanitary sewer unless the discharge is authorized by the General Manager.

1.  No person shall discharge or deposit or cause or permit the discharge or deposit, directly or indirectly of matter of any type or in any quantity into a storm sewer, or into or in land drainage works, private drains or connections to any storm sewer, which may:

1. 1. damage a storm sewer;
   2. interfere with the proper operation of a storm sewer;
   3. obstruct or restrict a storm sewer or the flow therein;
   4. result in a hazard or other adverse impact, to any person, animal, property, or vegetation;
   5. impair the quality of the water in any well, lake, river, pond, spring, stream, reservoir or other water or watercourse;
   6. contravene or result in the contravention of an approval, requirement, direction or other order under the Ontario Water Resources Act or the Environmental Protection Act with respect to the storm sewer and/or its discharge;
   7. have one or more of the following characteristics:
      1. two or more separate layers;
      2. a pH less than 6 or greater than 9;
      3. visible film or sheen;
      4. dye or colouring materials or other matter which discolour the water;
      5. a temperature greater than 40 degrees Celsius.
   8. contain one or more of the following in any amount:
      1. hazardous waste chemical;
      2. biomedical waste;
      3. combustible liquid;
      4. floating debris;
      5. fuel;
      6. hauled sewage;
      7. ignitable waste;
      8. nuclear substance;
      9. pathological waste;
      10. PCB;
      11. pesticides;
      12. reactive waste;
      13. sewage;
      14. waste disposal site leachate.
   9. contain wastewater from an industrial operation;
   10. contain Escherichia (e.) coli in excess of 200 colonies per 100ml;
   11. have or cause an offensive odour;
   12. result in the discharge of cooling water, blowdown water or stormwater from industrial process areas unless all of the following conditions are met:
       1. the cooling water, blowdown water or storm water is being discharged pursuant to a Certificate of Approval issued under the Ontario Water Resources Act or Environmental Protection Act, as amended, which expressly authorizes the discharge;
       2. a copy of the Certificate of Approval referred to in clause (i) has been provided to the General Manager.

1.  The discharge or deposit of sewage into the sanitary sewer that would otherwise be prohibited by this by-law may be permitted pursuant to the provisions of a Sanitary Discharge Agreement entered into with the County on terms and conditions as set out in this By-law and the agreement including the following:

1. 1. the payment of an annual Administration Fee;
   2. the payment of an Over Strength Discharge Fee to compensate the County for its additional costs of operation, repair, maintenance of the sewage works;
   3. on other terms and conditions as may be deemed appropriate by the County.

2.  A Sanitary Discharge Agreement:

a.  with Over-strength Discharge Conditions may only be entered into with respect to the discharge of the following parameters in sewage: biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, total phosphorus, total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), total suspended solids or chlorides.

The following formula shall apply for the calculation of Over-strength Discharge Fees payable to the County, in addition to the standard sewage treatment fees, by the person with whom the Sanitary Discharge Agreement is entered into:

OSDF = F x Q x R

Where “OSDF” means the Over-Strength Discharge Fee, expressed in dollars, “F” means the ratio of:

(Actual Concentration - Allowable Concentration) ÷ Allowable Concentration

of the parameter that is in the highest ratio above the respective by-law limits;

“Q” means the volume of discharge of sewage flow in thousand cubic metres (1000 m3) for the period being billed; and

“R” means the rate for sewage treatment in dollars/thousand cubic (1000 m3) of sewage flow as set out in the User Fee By-law.

1.  Every person who has entered into a Sanitary Discharge Agreement with Over-Strength Discharge Conditions shall submit to the satisfaction of Council within one year from the execution of the Sanitary Discharge Agreement, a Compliance Program setting out activities to be undertaken that will result in the prevention or reduction and control of the discharge or deposit of sewage from the premises into the sewage works.

2.  Every proposed compliance program shall be for a specified length of time during which remedial actions are to be implemented by the owner or operator, and shall be specific to the dates of commencement and completion of each activity. The final activity completion date shall not be later than the final compliance date in the compliance program.

1.  Every owner or operator of an industrial premise where:

1. 1. the wastewater effluent discharged is substantially less than the municipal potable water consumption; or
   2. approval through a Sanitary Discharge Agreement has been granted to discharge non-municipal water into the municipal sewer,

is eligible to qualify for the Alternate Wastewater Discharge Billing Methodology provided the discharge from the premise meets the conditions set out within this section.

2.  In order for the discharge to qualify for Section 13(1)(a), the following conditions must be satisfied:

1. 1. The premise must consume at least 10,000 cubic meters of municipally supplied water annually;
   2. It must be demonstrated that, at a minimum, a flow differential on the premise of twenty percent (20%) between the municipally supplied water consumed and the wastewater discharged to the municipal sewer on an annual basis
   3. A report certified by a professional engineer, at the applicant’s expense, is provided to the General Manager and includes at a minimum the following:
      1. An analysis of water use processes and the estimated calculation of wastewater discharged to the municipal sewer to determine if the required differential will be achieved; and
      2. An evaluation of the ability to install a wastewater metering system that will provide reliable and accurate readings.
   4. The owner and premise for the discharge must be compliant with all relevant County by-laws and current with respect to all amounts owing to the County;
   5. The owner shall submit an application and pay the required annual application fee(s) outlined in the Water and Wastewater Fees and Service Charges By-law
   6. Written approval is provided by the General Manager.

3.  In order for the County to charge for discharge volumes identified in Section 13(1)(b), the following conditions must be satisfied:

1. 1. It must be demonstrated that non-municipal water is being discharged into the municipal sewer;
   2. The owner has a valid Sanitary Discharge Agreement for non-municipal water discharge;

4.  Prior to being eligible for the Alternate Wastewater Discharge Billing Methodology, the owner shall:

1. 1. At its own expense, install or replace flow metering equipment on all discharge lines designated by the General Manager and such metering equipment shall be of a standard acceptable to the General Manager;
   2. All metering equipment shall, at the expense of the owner, be properly tested and calibrated to the satisfaction of the General Manager
   3. The Alternate Wastewater Discharge Billing Methodology shall be effective from the date of acceptance of the installation and confirmation of calibration of the flow metering equipment by the General Manager.

5.  The Alternate Wastewater Discharge Billing Methodology is not transferable or assignable. The County must be notified thirty (30) days prior to any change in ownership of the owner’s subject premises.

6.  The General Manager, at his/her sole discretion, may revoke eligibility for the Alternate Wastewater Discharge Billing Methodology in the event the owner fails to comply with Section 13, (2). If the applicant, with respect to any property owned or for any reason whatsoever, is in arrears with regard to payments for water or wastewater rates, property taxes or any fees owned to Haldimand County, the applicant shall not be entitled to the Alternate Wastewater Discharge Billing Methodology so long as such arrears remain outstanding. If eligibility for the Alternate Wastewater Discharge Billing Methodology is revoked, the discharge for wastewater billing will be based on the actual water consumption protocol currently outlined in the Water and Wastewater Fees and Service Charges By-law.

7.  The Alternate Wastewater Discharge Billing Methodology will be billed monthly based on actual data read from the flow metering equipment per Section 13(4) (a). Data reads are to be obtained by Haldimand County with full access to the metering equipment provided by the owner.

8.  Subject to continued compliance with the conditions within Section 13, the owner shall pay, regardless of the amount of flow differential, the following monthly charges:

1. 1. Monthly base wastewater charge outlined in the Water and Wastewater Fees and Service Charges By-law, based on the size of the water service or, in the absence of a Municipal water connection the following ratio of sizes applies for billing purposes for the Municipal sewer connection.
      1. Gravity sewer service up to and including 125mm (5”) diameter equates to a 25mm (1”) diameter water service;
      2. Gravity sewer services greater than 125mm (5”) diameter equates to a 50mm (2”) diameter water service;
      3. Forcemains up to and including 50mm (2”) diameter equates to a 25mm (1”) diameter water service:
      4. Forcemains greater than 50mm (2”) diameter equates to a 50mm (2”) diameter water service;
   2. 20% of the water flow x wastewater second block rate (or first block in the absence of a second block); and
   3. Metered wastewater flow x wastewater second block rate (or first block in the absence of a second block).

1.  Every person who discharges or deposits or causes or permits the discharge or deposit of:

1. 1. sewage, directly or indirectly, into or in the sanitary or storm sewer, shall, if such discharge or deposit is not in the ordinary course of events, forthwith notify:
      1. Ministry of the Environment, Spills Action Center; and
      2. the County, by contacting Environmental Services; and
      3. any person whom the person reporting knows or ought to know may be directly affected by the discharge.
   2. uncontaminated water or stormwater, directly or indirectly, into or in the sanitary sewer, storm sewer or land drainage, shall, if such discharge or deposit is not in the ordinary course of events, forthwith notify:
      1. Ministry of the Environment, Spills Action Center; and
      2. the County, by contacting Environmental Services; and
      3. any person whom the person reporting knows or ought to know may be directly affected by the discharge.

2.  In addition to the reporting obligations set out above, the person responsible for a discharge as described above shall, in circumstances where there is an immediate danger to human health and/or safety, report the discharge to 9-1-1 emergency.

3.  Every person responsible for a discharge as described in Section 14 and every person having the charge, management and control over the discharge shall do everything reasonably possible to contain the discharge, minimize damage to property, protect the environment, clean up the discharge and contaminated residue and restore the affected areas to its condition prior to the discharge.

4.  Within ten (10) calendar days following a discharge to which Section 14 applies, the person having charge, management and control of the discharge shall submit to the County a detailed written report, in a form prescribed by the County, on the discharge that contains the following information to the best of the person’s knowledge:

1. 1. location where discharge occurred;
   2. name and telephone number of the person who reported the discharge;
   3. date and time of discharge;
   4. material discharged;
   5. characteristics of material discharged;
   6. volume of material discharged;
   7. duration of discharge event;
   8. work completed and/or still in progress in the mitigation of the discharge;
   9. preventative actions being taken to ensure the situation does not occur again; and
   10. agencies notified of the discharge and corresponding notification times.

5.  Upon receipt of the detailed report specified in Section 14(4), the General Manager may require the development of a Spills Response Contingency Plan by the responsible person with copies submitted to the General Manager within thirty (30) days of the discharge and the General Manager may direct compliance with the plan.

6.  Where a person responsible for a discharge as defined by Section 14 fails to comply with a Spills Response Contingency Plan as directed by the General Manager, the remedial measures set out in the Spills Response Contingency Plan may be carried out by the County at the person’s expense and the County may recover the expense incurred by action or by adding the cost to the tax roll.

7.  In addition to any requirements directed to the owner by the General Manager, the General Manager may direct the employees and agents of Haldimand County’s Public Works to take specific actions with respect to the prevention, elimination and remediation of the adverse effects from the discharge.