The Ontario Rivers Alliance (ORA) is a not-for-profit grassroots organization with a mission to protect, conserve, and restore riverine ecosystems across the province.
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Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (OGVG) fully supports the Ministry’s proposed amendments to the Ontario Water Resources Act to allow multiple Building Code sewage systems on a single agricultural property with on-farm worker housing, up to 50,000 L/day.
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This is the enabling legislative change that makes the policy in 025-0899 possible. Proposes amendments to OWRA so that multiple septic systems up to 50,000 L/day cumulative capacity per property can be regulated under the Building Code rather than OWRA.
- Clarification should be considered regarding the term ‘field tile inlet’. As field tiles are comprised of perforated pipes, the entire length of a field tile could be considered an inlet. Or is the intent referring to a ground surface level inlet (Catch Basin, Hickam Bottom, etc)?
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Ministry of Environment, Conservation & Parks
Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing
November 21, 2025
RE: ERO Postings #025-0900, #025-0899 & #025-0872
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On behalf of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), please find attached our submission with respect to ERO # 025-0900 (Proposal to amend the Ontario Water Resources Act to enable the regulation of additional sewage systems under the Building Code to support construction of on-farm worker hous
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Re ERO 025-0900: Increasing the Building Code’s sewage system cumulative design capacity limit, subject to certain enhanced protective measures, such as greater setbacks (distances) from sensitive features such as wells, is intended to allow for more timely construction of on-farm housing for worker
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I support this proposed amendment. It has never made sense to me that 5 residential lots of 1 acre each can contain 5 septic systems, but my 50 acre lot can only contain one.
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I support this proposed amendment. It has never made sense to me that 5 residential lots of 1 acre each can contain 5 septic systems, but my 50 acre lot can only contain one.
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I am generally in favour of simplifying the approvals process but what is currently proposed does not adequately protect the environment nor does it adequately protect downstream groundwater users.
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The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association (OFVGA) has been working hard to address barriers to building and maintaining on-farm worker housing in recent years.
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