Q-2, r. 40 - Regulation respecting the quality of drinking water

Section 44.12 Disposition versions

2013-07-18

44.12. A monetary administrative penalty of $2,000 in the case of a natural person or $10,000 in other cases may be imposed on any person who fails

(1)  to comply with the requirements provided for in section 1.2 relating to the water disinfection treatment;

(2)  to ensure that the water intended for human consumption complies with the standards of quality of drinking water prescribed by section 3;

(3)  to treat the water in accordance with section 5 before making it available to the user;

(4)  to ensure that the rates of effectiveness of the filtration and disinfection treatment referred to in the first paragraph of section 5.1 correspond to those prescribed therein, as the case may be;

(5)  to treat water made available to the user in the manner referred to in the first paragraph of section 6 by a disinfection treatment whose proven rate of elimination effectiveness is that provided for in that provision;

(6)  to notify the persons referred to in the second paragraph of section 12.1 in the cases provided for therein or, as the case may be, to take the corrective measures to remedy the situation;

(7)  to ensure that the water used to fill the tank and intended for human consumption complies with the standards prescribed by the first paragraph of section 27;

(8)  to notify the users by the appropriate means, as the case may be, as prescribed by the second or third paragraph of section 36;

(9)  to immediately notify the person in charge of another distribution system in the case and on the conditions provided for in section 37;

(10)  to post a notice complying with the first paragraph of section 38 or to interrupt any water service in the case and on the conditions provided for in that section;

(11)  to notify the users in the case referred to in the second paragraph of section 38;

(12)  to install or to maintain in place or ensure to be installed or maintained in place the pictograms complying with the conditions of visibility or manufacture provided for in the first paragraph of section 44.2.

O.C. 682-2013, s. 5.