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September 17, 2003

CITY OF VAUGHAN FINED TOTAL OF $32,000

RICHMOND HILL – The City of Vaughan has been fined a total of $32,000, plus a 25-percent victim fine surcharge, after pleading guilty to four infractions of Regulation 459/00 of the Ontario Water Resources Act (OWRA) pertaining to a water distribution system it operates in Kleinburg.

The Court heard that in July 2002 an inspection conducted by the Ministry of the Environment revealed that The City of Vaughan had failed to carry out microbiological water sampling and analysis at the Kleinburg water distribution system for four weekly periods between 2001 and 2002.

The City of Vaughan pled guilty to four charges under section 7(1)(a) of Regulation 459/00 of the OWRA and was fined $8,000 for each offense.

Justice of the Peace Julius Dogbe heard the case on September 8, 2003 in the Ontario Court of Justice in Richmond Hill. 

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John Steele
Communications Branch
Ministry of the Environment
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