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Summary of Communal Services Water and Wastewater for Calabogie Peaks Resort Calabogie, ON Prepared for: Calabogie Peaks Resort Prepared by: Azimuth Environmental Consulting, Inc. February 2019 AEC 17-328 AZIMUTH ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, INC. February 11, 2019 AEC 17-328 Calabogie Peaks Resort 30 Barrett Chute Road Calabogie, ON K0J 1H0 Attention: Paul Murphy, President Re: Summary Communal Services Water and Wastewater for Calabogie Peaks Resort, Calabogie, ON Dear Mr. Murphy: Azimuth Environmental Consulting, Inc. (Azimuth) is pleased to provide you with our report summarizing Communal Water and Wastewater Services for Calabogie Peaks Resort. The report is intended to support a "Plan of Subdivision" application for the conversion of an existing timeshare and hotel development (The Cedars and The Pines buildings) into privately owned condominium dwellings. The assessment provided herein is to document the capacity of the existing services and their ability to support private ownership of the same units. Our assessment is based on a thorough review of the Site specific background reports, environmental data and local geological and soils information (e.g., Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Water Well Information System, geology/ topographic mapping). Based on this assessment it is our opinion that the existing communal services are adequately servicing the existing resort development; including the proposed conversion of The Cedars and The Pines buildings from hotel use to privately owned condominiums). There are specific conclusions and recommendations regarding any future expansion of the existing Water Supply and Peat Based Subsurface Disposal System. 642 Welham Road, Barrie, Ontario L4N 9A1 telephone: (705) 721-8451 • fax: (705) 721-8926 • [email protected] • www.azimuthenvironmental.com If you have any further questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned. Yours truly, AZIMUTH ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, INC. Mike Jones, M.Sc., P.Geo. Brad Pettersone, B.Sc. President Environmental Technician AZIMUTH ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, INC. II Table of Contents page Letter of transmittal i 1.0 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................. 1 2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING ....................................................... 1 2.1 Site Access and Description ............................................................................... 1 2.2 Topography and Drainage................................................................................. 2 2.3 Surficial & Bedrock Geology ............................................................................. 2 2.4 Hydrogeology ..................................................................................................... 3 2.5 Water Well Records ........................................................................................... 3 2.5 Surface Water .................................................................................................... 4 3.0 DRINKING WATER ......................................................................... 4 3.1 Existing Drinking Water System ....................................................................... 4 3.2 Drinking Water System and Design Concepts .................................................. 5 3.3 Drinking Water System Sampling and Monitoring.......................................... 7 4.0 SEWAGE TREATMENT.................................................................. 7 4.1 Existing Sewage Treatment System .................................................................. 7 4.2 Sewage Treatment System and Design Concepts ............................................. 8 4.2.1 Class 4 Systems - The Pines ......................................................................... 8 4.2.2 Peat Bed Subsurface Disposal System .......................................................... 8 4.6 Sewage Treatment Sampling and Monitoring .................................................. 9 4.6.1 Class 4 Systems ........................................................................................... 9 4.6.2 Peat Bed Subsurface Disposal System .......................................................... 9 5.0 DATA EVALUATION .....................................................................10 5.1 Hotel Occupancy Data ..................................................................................... 10 5.2 Historical Well Testing .................................................................................... 11 5.3 Water Taking Data .......................................................................................... 13 5.4 Raw Water Quality .......................................................................................... 14 5.4 Sewage Flow Data ............................................................................................ 15 5.5 Sewage Treatment Monitoring Data ............................................................... 16 6.0 ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ....................17 6.1 Ground Water .................................................................................................. 17 6.2 Surface Water .................................................................................................. 18 AZIMUTH ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, INC. III 7.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...........................19 8.0 REFERENCES..................................................................................22 List of In-Text Tables Table 1: Sewage Works Inventory ................................................................................. 7 Table 2: C of A Effluent Objectives ............................................................................. 10 List of Figures Figure 1 General Location ........................................................................... Appendix A Figure 2 Topography and Drainage ............................................................ Appendix A Figure 3 Site Plan ........................................................................................ Appendix A Figure 4 CWTS Design Schematic ..................................................................... In-Text Figure 5 Calabogie Peaks Resort Occupancy Data ............................................. In-Text Figure 6 Draw Down vs. Log-time: Supply Well ................................................ In-Text Figure 7 Specific Capacity Assessment .............................................................. In-Text Figure 8 2017 Daily Water Takings.................................................................... In-Text Figure 9 2017 Average Daily Sewage Flows ...................................................... In-Text List of Appendices Appendix A: Figures Appendix B: Historical and Current Approvals Appendix C: Water and Sewage Flow Data Appendix D: Raw Water Quality and Monitoring Data AZIMUTH ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, INC. IV 1.0 INTRODUCTION Azimuth Environmental Consulting (Azimuth) was retained by Calabogie Peaks Resort (CPR or referred to as 'Site') to prepare a Summary of Communal Services Report detailing the existing design and functionality of the existing services used at the resort. This assessment is intended to support a "Plan of Subdivision" application for the conversion of an existing timeshare and hotel development (The Cedars and The Pines buildings) into privately owned condominium dwellings. The assessment provided herein is to determine whether the existing services is able to support private ownership. As the main resort development exists today, it consists of the following facilities: Calabogie Peaks Hotel with Canthooks Restaurant; an eight (8) unit accommodation building (The Cedars); a ten (10) unit accommodation building (The Pines); the ski lodge with pub; a three (3) bed accommodation unit (O'Brien's Bunkhouse); a two (2) bed accommodation unit (First Tracks); and various outbuildings and "the Garage". The report consists primarily of a desktop/background review of all data provided by CPR. This included a review of: Engineering/Hydrogeological reports; historical and existing permits; water taking information; drinking water quality data; sewage effluent flow data; ground water quality data (sewage); and resort occupancy data. This report has regard for servicing related to drinking water and sewage. Water takings associated with snow making/irrigation is outside of the purview of this report. 2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING 2.1 Site Access and Description CPR is situated at the Municipal address of 30 Barrett Chute Road and is located approximately 6 km west of the community of Calabogie, ON (Figure 1). The Site has existing frontage on to both Calabogie Road (Provincial Highway 508) and Barrett Chute Road and is accessed via three (3) existing entranceways; one (1) off of Calabogie Road and two (2) from Barrett Chute Road. A network of internal roadways and paths traverse AZIMUTH ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, INC. 1 the Site which permit access to the various buildings and maintenance areas. The total Site area is approximately 222.6 ha (550 acres), however, the area of the main development is approximately 4.1 ha (10 acres). Adjacent land use consists of residential to the north and southeast and a golf course (also owned by CPR) immediately east. Lands to the west and south are vegetated and in a relatively natural state. 2.2 Topography and Drainage The topography across the entire Site area is rather steep which is to be expected