The Town of Mono has two separate Drinking Water Distribution Systems.
1. Cardinal Woods Drinking Water System
At the end of 2020, the Cardinal Woods Drinking System has 452 service connections, 12.2 km of watermain, 91 Fire hydrants and serves an estimated population of 1310 people.
The drinking water is delivered from a Pumphouse and four ground level reservoirs located at 8 Hawthorne Road. The water is drawn from three deep aquifer wells. The raw water is disinfected with Sodium Hypochlorite solution and Ultraviolet Light to ensure compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, Ontario Drinking-Water Quality Standards Regulation O. Reg. 169/03. This system is inspected annually by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks and the Town of Mono has an approved accredited operating authority for the system.
This system has a stationary diesel generator backup supply in the event of a power failure.
2. Island Lake Drinking Water System
At the end of 2020, the Island Lake Drinking System has 614 service connections, 16.2 km of watermain, 138 Fire hydrants and serves an estimated population of 1950 people. The drinking water is delivered from two Pumphouses and one elevated storage (tower) reservoir.
There is a pumphouse located at 713178 1st Line EHS. There are three deep aquifer wells at this location and the raw water is disinfected by using a sodium hypochlorite solution with iron sequestration being achieved by utilizing sodium silicate.
The second pumphouse and water tower is located at 3 French Drive. This raw water is drawn from two deep aquifer wells. The raw water is disinfected with Sodium Hypochlorite solution.
Both treatments in this system ensure compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, Ontario Drinking-Water Quality Standards Regulation O. Reg. 169/03. This system is inspected annually by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) and the Town of Mono has an approved accredited operating authority for the system.
This entire system has two stationary diesel generator backup power supplies in the event of a power failure.
Water Department Complaints Overview
The Town of Mono Water Department, Public Works, is here to answer any questions/concerns related to your drinking water and billing during normal business hours and is also equipment with 24/7/365 service for quality issues. This information is found on our website. Our department is well educated to answer all your concerns and ready and waiting should our services be required.
In total in the year 2020 the Town received/entered forty-four water related entries into our customer service software. Eleven of these were related to quality and eight were related to water pressure. All forty-four of these issues were resolved and closed in a timely manner with through explanations with detailed instructions.
Discoloured Water
The Town of Mono Drinking Water systems are less than forty years old and are entirely constructed of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) with small diameter copper laterals for customers. This means the existence of brown or yellowish water is not being caused by the aging of cast-iron piping that would be normal to older infrastructure in older Cities and Towns across Canada.
With the young age of our system we do not experience watermain breaks which would also cause a torrent flush of the system, dislodging minerals that have settled in our piping.
Raw water from deep well aquifers contain naturally occurring minerals with the end result being something know as “hard water”. A complete list of your raw and treated water minerals can be found in the Annual Reports for Waterworks on the Town website. This report is generated annually, in March, for the MECP per the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, O. Reg 170/03 for Drinking Water Systems requirements.
Council Resolution: We will allocate the necessary resources to develop and implement a strategic energy management plan that will reduce our energy consumption and its related environmental impact.
Vision
We exercise stewardship in our use of finite energy resources to demonstrate leadership, optimize our delivery of services, and enhance the overall quality of life in our community.
Policy
We will incorporate energy efficiency into all areas of our activity including our organizational and human resources management procedures, procurement practices, financial management and investment decisions, and facility operations and maintenance.
Goals
To continuously improve the energy efficiency of our facilities and processes in order to reduce our operating costs, our energy consumption and the concomitant greenhouse gas emissions.
Overall Target
We will reduce our consumption of fuels and electricity in all municipal operations each year between now and 2020.
Objectives
To implement energy audits on all municipal facilities during the next five years;
To convert all lighting in town facilities, parking lots and street lighting to LED.
We need reliable, low-cost, sustainable energy sources delivering energy to the most efficient facilities and energy-consuming technology feasible.
Stakeholder Needs
Internal stakeholders (Council, CAO, staff) need to be able to clearly communicate the corporate commitment to energy efficiency, and to develop the skills and knowledge required to implement energy management practices and measures. External stakeholders (the Province, community citizens and groups) need the municipality to be accountable for energy performance and to minimize the energy component of the costs of municipal services.
Municipal Energy Situation
Our assessment of organizational capacity for energy management with respect to energy policy; organizational structure; employee awareness, skills and knowledge; energy information management; communications; and investment practices indicates the following: The Town of Mono has pursued many measures to improve the energy efficiency of municipal equipment. Some of these measures include: Interior and exterior lighting upgrades at the town offices and Monora Park Pavilion Proposal to Council for conversion to LED street lighting Approved FIT project for solar photovoltaic applications at Town facilities. As the understanding of corporate energy consumption improves, staff will be equipped with the knowledge necessary to make informed decisions. This improved understanding will also reveal how simple actions like commissioning and maintenance procedures can improve existing equipment efficiency.
How We Manage Energy Today
The management of energy consumption and the energy performance of our facilities and equipment are the responsibilities of: Finance (cost management), Works Department (maintenance), Department managers (operations), the CAO for leadership.
Summary of Current Energy Consumption, Cost and GHGs
Summaries of energy consumption and greenhouse gas may be found in appendices to this plan.
Trends in Energy Consumption
Our energy consumption decreased due to efficiency created by upgrading our buildings with spray foam insulation, high efficiency furnaces and LED lighting retrofits. This trend will continue with additional upgrades and retrofits.
Summary of Current Technical Practices
Our assessment of operations and maintenance practices, facility and equipment condition, and energy performance indicators establishes the following priorities:
Development of standard operating procedures incorporating energy efficiency optimization,
Enhancement of preventative maintenance procedures,
Continuation of our retrofit of lighting system in Mono Centre Community Centre in 2015
Implementation of the LED Street lighting conversion in 2014.
Renewable Energy Utilized or Planned
The Town of Mono aspires to show leadership in the promotion and development of renewable energy systems that are compatible with our asset management and land use planning objectives. As a result, we have applied for and received approval to develop a solar photovoltaic system on the rooftop of the municipal garage/shop building, subject to capacity of the adjoining street hydro system to take the resultant additional current. The town will consider possibilities for additional roof top installations on municipal buildings.
As an integral component of the management structure, the energy management plan is coordinated with the municipality's budget planning process, preventative maintenance plans, environmental management plan, and the overall asset management plan.
We will develop criteria for the design and/or acquisition of new buildings that include energy performance factors and that use as appropriate the principles embedded in performance standards such as LEED and the Model National Energy Code for Buildings.
Business Procedures
We will carry out a comprehensive review of all business processes and modify them as necessary in order to incorporate energy efficiency considerations.
We will carry out the required development of business procedures and communication programs and implement them methodically according to the planned timelines within the resources constraints that apply.
Asset Level
We use department and facility energy team representatives to facilitate the implementation of facility level business procedures and communication initiatives, including energy performance reporting.
Overall Target: We will reduce our overall municipal energy consumption (from all facilities and streetlights) by 5% from 2014 (based on baseline data) to 2019. The baseline was determined by averaging the annual consumption in ekWh for 2011 and 2012 for all facilities reported under Regulation 397/11 plus streetlights as they are such a significant energy consumer.
Green House Gas Emission
Governments at all levels are moving to address emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), in light of scientific evidence on how human activities are affecting the world's climate. For more information on the science, see the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The combustion of fossil fuels in buildings is a major source of GHG emissions that fall under local government influence. Municipalities can lower emissions by improving energy efficiency of buildings and using more renewable energy. The Town of Mono is committed to both objectives through the development and implementation of this Energy Conservation and Demand Management Plan (CDM). We will continue to track and report on GHGs as part of our regular reporting on energy consumption and will evaluate progress in this area against our overall reduction target.
Cost
Summary of Current Energy Consumption, Cost and GHGs: The current energy usage by building is detailed in Appendix A. Our energy usage is updated monthly in the Energy Planning Tool (EPT) and reported annually to the Ministry of Energy.
Energy Consumption: We will review and evaluate our energy plan, revising and updating it as necessary, on an annual basis as based on the Energy Consumption Reports that are submitted to the Ministry of Energy on an annual basis as required under Regulation 397/11.
The Mono Community Policing Committee is run by volunteers who live and/or work in the Town of Mono and meets bimonthly to allow for feedback from committee members, individual residents, and the OPP Community Policing Officer. The committee also operates the Neighbourhood Watch program.
