November 20, 1998
To:Works and Utilities Committee
From:Barry H. Gutteridge, Commissioner, Works and Emergency Services
Subject:Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreement -
Pizza Pizza Limited (Ward 2)
Purpose:
To allow Pizza Pizza Limited to enter into an Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreement with the
City of Toronto permitting them to discharge over strength 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 Pizza Pizza Limited, 58 Advance Road, 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 over strength 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 waste generated by Pizza Pizza Limited is biodegradable and amenable to
treatment at our Humber Treatment Plant.
This company has been notified of the annual charge to be levied, and has signified agreement
to the amount of the assessment:
AnnualExcess
Yearly Plant WasteBy-law
EffectiveSurchargeDischargeStrength Limit
Date $ m3 mg/L mg/L
Pizza Pizza LimitedJan. 1, 1998$7,167.11 13,751 922 350
S.S. S.S.
The alternative to an Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreement would be to force the industry to
comply with the Sewer Use By-law limit for suspended solids (S.S.) and biochemical oxygen
demand (B.O.D.), 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 (1988).
Conclusions:
The over strength effluent from the above industry is 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
Surcharge Agreement should be established with the above industry to provide a mechanism
by which the over strength effluent, which exceeds the By-law limit for SS, can be discharged
on a fee basis.
Contact Name:
Vic Lim, P.Eng.
Chief Engineer - Environmental Services
Water Pollution Control
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 ManagerCommissioner
Water and Wastewater ServicesWorks and Emergency Services
vl: File No. 1047.20 SP
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