Spill Reporting

Spill Reporting

The Alberta Capital Wastewater Commission (ACRWC) has a spill reporting procedure to help our plant operators prepare for any unexpected releases to the sanitary sewer.

If there is any immediate danger to human health and/or safety, please contact:

  • 9-1-1 emergency, and
  • Your Municipality’s Utility Department’s emergency number.
    • Your Municipality shall then notify ACRWC’s Operations group, available 24/7, at (780) 416-9967.

If there is no immediate danger, please contact:

  • Your Municipality’s Utility Department’s emergency number.
  • Your Municipality shall then notify ACRWC’s Operations group, available 24/7, at (780) 416-9967.
  • The owner of the premises where the spill release occurred, and
  • Any other person whom the person reporting knows or ought to know may be directly affected by the spill release.

If no immediate danger is present, please take all reasonable efforts to contain and clean up the spill while protecting human health and safety. Contaminated soil, water and sorbent materials must be disposed of at an appropriate facility.

Within five working days after the spill, provide a detailed report to your Municipality’s Utility Department and to ACRWC (discharge@acrwc.ab.ca).

Please refer to your Municipality’s Utilities/Sewer Use/Wastewater Bylaw and ACRWC’s Quality of Wastewater Bylaw No. 8 for further information on spills and spill reporting requirements.

We thank you for any assistance you can provide.

 

 

 

 

 

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