Ontario. Drinking Water Management Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Drinking Water Management Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Drinking Water Management Division

    Other form(s) of name

    • Water Project Office

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    2001-

    History

    As a result of the Walkerton Inquiry into drinking water inspection and management of drinking water information, the Ministry of the Environment created the Water Project Office in 2001. The office was responsible for creating an integrated strategy for drinking water in Ontario.

    In 2002 the Ministry established the Drinking Water Management Division, which integrated the records of the Water Project Office. The division has three branches: Safe Drinking Water Branch, Drinking Water Programs Branch, and Source Protection Programs Branch.

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    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Drinking Water Management Division has lead responsibility for program and operational activities related to the protection and provision of safe drinking water in Ontario. The division is responsible for implementing Ontario's Drinking Water Safety Net through the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act. It delivers a variety of water programs including drinking water system inspections and compliance, approvals and licensing of municipal drinking water systems, operator training and certification, public reporting, water and wastewater information management, drinking water source protection and municipal wastewater inspections and compliance.

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    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1997-2002) (1997-2002)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA97

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1997-2002) controls Ontario. Drinking Water Management Division

    Dates of relationship

    2001-

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

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    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2307

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Schedule MOE-1005, Info-Go

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Levi