The Municipal Drinking Water License is an initiative developed by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and legislated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.  One of the main objectives of the License process is the Drinking Water Quality Management Standard.
 
The Standard requires the implementation of 21 Elements into the operational and administrative duties for the Town’s two (2) large municipal drinking water systems (Stouffville and Ballantrae/Musselman Lake) to create a Quality Management System (QMS).

A Quality Management System consists of a set of policies, procedures and objectives that direct and control an organization with respect to quality.

Quality Management System Policy
Element 2 of the Standard requires the development of a Quality Management System Policy. The Policy is the “mission statement” of the Quality Management System.  To view the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville’s Quality Management System Policy, please click on the following link: Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville Quality Management System Policy


Operational Plan
The Operational Plan is one of the key components of the Drinking Water Quality Management Standard.  The Operational Plan must meet or surpass all 21 Element requirements of the Standard and documents the Town’s QMS for the water distribution systems. The Operational Plan was endorsed by the Council on May 19, 2009 and is available at the following locations for Public viewing:

• 37 Sandiford Dr, 4th Floor, Stouffville in the Public Works Department
• Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library, 30 Burkholder St., Stouffville

To Learn More
For more information regarding the Municipal Drinking Water License process, the Drinking Water Quality Management Standard click the links below:

Municipal Drinking Water License Overview (MOE)

Drinking Water Quality Management Standard (MOE)

For more information regarding the Town’s Operational Plan, please contact:
Peter Wyllie, Operations Technologist at 905-640-1910 x445