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Ontario Clean Water Agency
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The OCWA was established in 1993 through the Capital Investment Plan Act under the New Democratic Party (NDP) government of Bob Rae. The Capital Investment Plan Act transferred certain water works and sewage treatment plants to provincial ownership and/or operation by the province. The statute also authorized the agency to build new plants. Under the Progress Conservative government of Mike Harris, the facilities were returned to municipal ownership in 1996. The government initially expressed an interest in selling OCWA to the private sector, however, this did not occur.
The OCWA was notably also involved in cleaning up the water system at Walkerton, Ontario following a major outbreak of E. coli in 2000.
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The Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) is an operational enterprise agency mandated to provide water and sewage works and related services to protect human health and the environment. OCWA delivers a wide variety of services, including operation, maintenance and management of water and wastewater treatment facilities and their associated distribution and collection systems, on behalf of municipalities, First Nations communities, institutions, and private sector companies. OCWA also offers a comprehensive range of engineering and other technical and advisory services to water and wastewater system owners.
It is administered by a Board of Directors, comprised of both public servants and independent members, who are accountable to the Provincial Legislature through the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change.
In addition to the Capital Investment Plan Act, the agency also operates in accordance with other legislation including the following: Clean Water Act (2006), Safe Water Drinking Act (2002), Environmental Protection Act (1990), Ontario Water Resources Act (1990) and the Water Opportunities Act (2010).
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Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993, chap. 23.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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INFO-GO; OCWA website; Wikipedia (Toronto Star, Feb. 10, 1993, p. A1; Oct. 18, 1996, p. A12, Canadian Encyclopedia); Captial Investment Plan Act (1993).
Maintenance notes
Wikipedia was used for general reference but 3 of the sources cited were checked (Toronto Star 1993, 1996, Canadian Encyclopedia) and dates altered to accord with articles found in online version of the Toronto Star.)
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Shimpo