Important Facts for Property Owners
- Property owners are required to connect to the system within one year of its installation in their neighbourhood and pay a charge to the Township for construction costs.
- Property owners are also responsible for the cost of getting the work done to install the sewer pipe on their property and decommission the septic system. This cost varies from property to property.
- Installing the connection pipe on your property requires a Building permit and Township inspection to ensure the system is constructed properly.
- Sewer usage billing begins once your connection is made, but even if you haven’t hooked up, once the 12-month deadline has passed, you will be charged the sewer usage fee.
- Property owners have paid or are already paying (through taxes) for the capital construction costs.
For more information about the Nobleton Sanitary Sewer Project or the King City Sewer Project, please contact:
Colin Parks, Project Manager
905-833-5321 x6568
cparks@king.ca
Implementing a sanitary sewer system in the Village of Nobleton will eliminate the environmental issues that can often result from aging and failing septic systems.
Some of these septic systems are more than 50 years old, and the underlying clay soils in the area have contributed to the failure. Studies undertaken over the past 15 years indicate that more than 25 per cent of lots have existing or potential problems.
One study in 1994 (Anderson, R.V. and Associates and Gartner Lee Limited) demonstrated that based on air photo interpretation alone, some 23 per cent of developed lots showed wet conditions potentially associated with moisture-stressed septic systems. Results of a door-to-door survey encompassing 206 lots identified existing or potential problems in 30 per cent of the lots. The greatest number and variety of problems occurred in the core areas of the community and in the older western subdivisions. In these areas, homeowners complained of sewage odours in their basements, ditches or back yards, particularly in the spring and late fall when natural soil moisture content is high. Sewage odours were also documented by field crews conducting studies in 2001 (Gartner Lee Limited).
In the fall of 2001, studies conducted on a series of local creeks in the core of Nobleton showed a combination of high phosphorus, ammonia, nitrate and E.coli counts. These conditions indicated inputs of sewage to the creeks, consistent with failing septic systems. E. coli counts were as high as 62,000 counts/100ml.
Nobleton’s failing septic systems are causing effluent to enter ground and surface water flowing to tributaries of the Humber River. It’s been proven that septic systems are the cause of this environmental concern because caffeine – which is found in sewage, but does not occur naturally – has been identified in samples of water taken from the tributaries that flow through the Village. Further, while no health risks have been documented, there is a potential risk of septic system effluent making its way into local wells.
With the new sanitary sewer system, wastewater will be treated at the new water pollution control plant before being discharged to the Humber River.
The new system is part of King Township’s commitment under Ontario’s Clean Water Act to eliminate potential risks to local water sources and take action to reduce or eliminate those risks. Please read the Clean Water Act for more information. Under the act, efforts are being undertaken in the greater Toronto area to protect sources of drinking water, including work to eliminate effluent to water supplies. In King Township, this includes implementing a sanitary sewer system in Nobleton to protect municipal wells in its core from which residents obtain their water. Please visit the CTC Source Protection Region website for more information regarding source water protection.
The Nobleton sewer system project will result in a decrease in the amount of phosphorous discharged to the Humber River - from 246 kg per year to 80 kg per year - as a result of decommissioning of septic tanks and treatment of the waste water, based on the Village’s current population. E. coli, ammonia and nitrates will be removed from the treated effluent at the waste water plant.
- Nobleton Sanitary Sewer Connection By-law
- Nobleton Community Plan
- Amendment #570 to the Official Plan
- Nobleton Sanitary Sewer Financial Analysis Report
- Environmental Study Report Part 1, Part 2, Notice of Completion
REVISIONS AND ADDENDA TO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY REPORT
NOTICE OF FILING OF ADDENDUM
CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY REPORT
SEWAGE SERVICING FOR THE COMMUNITY OF NOBLETON
TOWNSHIP OF KING
Municipal Class Environmental Assessment for Nobleton Sanitary Sewer System was originally completed in July 2003. Construction of Nobleton Sanitary Sewer System was started in 2009 and significant progress has been made so far. The detailed design of the Contract 5 of Nobleton Sanitary Sewer Project is proceeding well and is entering into final stages. The original preliminary design prepared for the project envisioned an easement from the east end of Hawman Avenue and a connection on Hwy 27. During detailed design the Township evaluated alternative sewer routing and determined that an easement through 6076 King Road and 47 Hawman Avenue, Nobleton, Ontario would be preferred.
An Addendum has now been completed to the Environmental Study Report which presents a revised preferred outfall for Contract 5.
Please note that only the changes proposed in the Addendum are open for review.
By this Notice the Addendum is being placed on the public record for review in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment. Subject to comments received as a result of this Notice, the Town intends to proceed with the construction of this project in the summer of 2013.
The Addendum is available for review at the following locations:
Township of King
2075 King Road
King City, ON L7B 1A1Monday to Friday: 8:30am to 4:30pm
Telephone (905) 833-5321
Dr. William Laceby Community Centre and Arena
15 Old King Road
Nobleton, ON L7B 1A1Monday to Friday: 8:30am to 4:30pm
Telephone (905) 833-5321
Please provide written comments to the Town Clerk within 30 calendar days from the date of this Notice. If concerns regarding this project cannot be resolved in discussion with the Town, a person may request that the Minister of the Environment make an order for the project to comply with the Environmental Assessment Act (referred to as a Part II Order), which addresses individual environmental assessment. Requests must be received by the Minister at the address below by June 29, 2013. A copy of the request must also be sent to the Town Clerk. If no request is received by June 29, 2013, construction of contract 5 Nobleton Sanitary Sewer System will proceed to design and construction as outlined in the Addendum to the Environmental Study Report.
Minister of the Environment
77 Wellesley Street West
11th Floor, Ferguson Block
Toronto ON
M7A 2T5Comments and information regarding this Project are being collected in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. Personal information will be collected in accordance with Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of
Privacy Act (MFIPPA), all information received other than personal information may be included in the Project documentation which
will become part of the public record. Should you have any questions or concern with regard to the collection of personal information, please contact Wayne Pinkney C.E.T., Project Manager, Township of King at (905) 833-4575.This Notice issued May 30, 2013
Andrew Drzewiecki, Director of Engineering and Development
Township of King
2075 King Road
King City, Ontario, L7B 1A1