December 12, 2005
- The Well Aware Booklet – A guide to caring for your well and protecting your family’s health.
- Guidelines for the Design, Construction and Operation of Water and Sewerage Systems
These guidelines are an integral part of the Department’s regulatory program directed at ensuring public health and environmental protection. This document supersedes April 1980 version of the “Guidelines for the Design, Construction and Operation of Water and Sewerage Systems”. - Drinking water quality data for the Summer 2005 season is now available for:
October 27, 2005
- We are currently in the process of reviewing all material on the Water Resources Management Division site. There have been many small changes and additions throughout the site. Highlights include:
- Information on Canada – Newfoundland Agreements
- Web page for the Water Quality Monitoring Agreement
- New web page for the Canadian Water Quality Index
September 27, 2005
- The Division now has an independent near real time weather station located at Pippy Park in St. John’s.
September 23, 2005
- Ambient Water Quality Contour Maps
In order to understand ambient water quality, it is very useful to display data in a visual manner. To this end, contour maps of each of the water quality parameters sampled under the Water Quality Management Agreement are available.
September 14, 2005
- Drinking water quality data for the Spring 2005 season is now available for:
September 2, 2005
- A standalone Help File is available for download for the SS-WQI 1.0 Calculator Excel spreadsheet on the Canadian Water Quality Index (CWQI) page.
June 24, 2005
- The Division has added another interpretative drinking water quality index.
June 15, 2005
- The Division’s GIS layer depicting the geographic boundaries of Public Water Supplies in the Province is now automatically updated on a daily basis.
June 9, 2005
- Drinking Water Safety Annual Report 2004 (1.7 MB)
This annual report is written to provide current information on the overall state of public water supplies in Newfoundland and Labrador and to outline the progress of activities and accomplishments under the multi-barrier strategic action plan for drinking water safety. The report also outlines government’s plan for ensuring safe drinking water in the future.
June 7, 2005
- The Division is now reporting interpretative drinking water quality indices
June 6, 2005
- Several brochures on groundwater related topics are now available on-line.
May 20, 2005
- Chemical Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Schedule – April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006 update has been posted.
May 18, 2005
- Drinking water quality data for the Winter 2004 season is now available for:
April 11, 2005
- The presentations from the 2005 Workshop – “Municipal Wastewater Management – Theory and Practices” have been loaded on the web site.
- The Operator Education Seminar Schedule has been revised.
April 4, 2005
- An updated Policy Directive for Flood Plain Management has been posted.
March 3, 2005
- The Canadian Water Quality Index (CWQI) page has been updated an updated version of the site specific CWQI 1.0 Calculator Excel spreadsheet is available.
- Drinking water quality data for the Fall 2004 season is now available for:
January 21, 2005
- The Operator Education Seminar Schedule has been revised.
January 19, 2005
- The Canadian Water Quality Index (CWQI) page has been updated and a new version of the CWQI 1.0 Calculator Excel spreadsheet is available.
January 18, 2005
- The Division’s GIS layer depicting the geographic boundaries of Public Water Supplies in the Province has been updated and new ESRI SHAPE files are available for download.
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