June 28, 1999
To:Works Committee
From:B. Gutteridge, Commissioner, Works and Emergency Services
Subject:Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreements (Wards 5, 4, 2, 6, and 13)
Purpose:
To enter into Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreements with Cynar Dry Company Limited, Confectionately Yours, Inc.,
Planway Poultry Inc., Scott's Restaurants Inc., and Winsun Laundry & Linen Supply Ltd., permitting them to discharge
overstrength effluent, which is amenable to treatment at our treatment plants and pay a surcharge fee.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
This Department maintains approximately 157 Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreements, which allow for the recovery of
approximately $7.5 million per year in additional treatment costs. These charges reflect a user pay philosophy and directly
offset the cost of the operation of our treatment plants.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that we be authorized to enter into an Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreement with Cynar Dry Company
Limited, 25 Enterprise Road; Confectionately Yours, Inc., 65 Vickers Road; Planway Poultry Inc., 26 Canmotor Avenue;
Scott's Restaurants Inc., 61 Signet Drive, Toronto; and Winsun Laundry & Linen Supply Ltd., 689 Warden Avenue, Units
4 & 5, under terms and conditions satisfactory to the City Solicitor and Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services.
Council Reference/Background/History:
On November 9, 1989, Metropolitan Council, by adoption of Clause No. 6 of Report No. 16 of the Works Committee,
authorized execution of agreements with industries, permitting them to discharge wastewater in excess of the limits set out
under By-law No. 153-89, providing that the overstrength discharges are amenable to treatment at our treatment plants.
Industries are required to pay for the additional cost of treatment above the limit of the By-law.
Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:
The type of wastes generated by Cynar Dry Company Limited, Confectionately Yours, Inc., Planway Poultry Inc., Scott's
Restaurants Inc., and Winsun Laundry & Linen supply are biodegradable and amenable to treatment at our treatment
plants.
These industries have been notified of the annual charge to be levied, and have signified agreement to the amount of the
assessment:
Annual Excess
EffectiveYearlyPlant WasteBy-law
Date SurchargeDischargeStrengthLimit
$ m3 mg/Lmg/L
Cynar Dry Company 10/01/96 $ 8,254.64 10,938 1,335 300
LimitedB.O.D.B.O.D.
Confectionately 01/01/99 $ 1,471.87 533 4,885 300
Yours Inc.B.O.D.B.O.D.
Planway Poultry Inc. 01/01/99$ 2,383.70 3,7921,112 300
B.O.D.B.O.D.
Scott's Restaurants 01/01/99 $ 8,693.05 21,720 708 300
Inc. B.O.D.B.O.D.
Winsun Laundry &01/01/99$1,720.15 16,100 189 350
Linen Supply Ltd. S.S. S.S.
The alternative to an Industrial Surcharge Agreement would be to force the industry to comply with the sewer By-law
limits for biochemical oxygen demand (B.O.D.) and Suspended Solids (S.S.), by the addition of effluent pretreatment
equipment. This would be an impossibility for many companies due to financial and/or space limitations. Those industries
that could afford to install pretreatment systems may have problems with odours or upsets. The Ministry of the
Environment acknowledges the need for surcharge agreements in their Model Sewer Use By-Law (1998).
Conclusions:
The overstrength effluents from the above industries are organic in nature, biodegradable and amenable to treatment at our
treatment plants.
In accordance with Section 5 of our Sewer Use By-law No. 153-89, an Industrial Waste Agreement should be established
with the above industries to provide a mechanism by which the overstrength effluent, which exceeds the By-law limit for
B.O.D. or S.S., can be discharged on a fee basis.
Contact Name:
Mr. Vic Lim, P.Eng.
Manager, Industrial Waste and Storm Water Quality
Quality Control and System Planning
Telephone: (416) 392-2966 Fax: (416) 397-0908
e-mail: victor_lim@metrodesk.metrotor.on.ca
Michael A. Price, P.Eng., FICE Barry H. Gutteridge
General Manager Commissioner
Water and Wastewater Services Works and Emergency Services
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