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The Engineering & Construction Services Division (formerly Technical Services Division) is a Division responsible for providing specialized engineering and construction services to the City of Toronto's internal Client Divisions including Toronto Water, Transportation Services, as well as Solid Waste Management Services. Furthermore, the ...
Municipal Licensing & Standards Division (MLS) is a municipal body in Toronto which grants licenses and permits for certain activities under the city's jurisdiction including by-law administration and enforcement services. Other areas under the MLS's purview including targeted strategies to address graffiti, noise, business inspections, parks ...
Following amalgamation in 1998, Toronto Water was created from the Toronto Works and Emergency Services and once part of Metro Toronto Works department. As of April 2005, the departments and commissioners were replaced by divisions under the City Manager (and Deputy Managers). Toronto Water is now under the Toronto Water Division.
Toronto Support Services Division - planning, financing and administration; Toronto Water is a new body responsible for water and sewage treatment in the city. The department was formed the merger of the public works departments of each of the municipalities and with Metro Toronto Works Department).
Water pumps at the treatment plant. Despite its age, the plant is still fully functional, providing approximately 30% of Toronto's water supply. The intakes are located over 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) from shore in 15 metres (49 ft) of water, running through two pipes under the bed of the lake.
The average annual water and waste water bill in 2006 was CAN$429 for metered customers. In 2006, there were about 72,000 un-metered customers in Toronto. [ citation needed ] In 2007 the City began providing meters to flat-rate customers and upgrading meters of all 465,000 other customers to enable automated, radio-based meter reading by 2015.
As of 2020, the City of Toronto is undertaking several projects to prevent combined sewer overflows and improve water quality in the lower Don river, Taylor-Massey creek and Toronto harbour, with implications for Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant.
The water is piped to the Toronto Island Water Treatment Plant for potable water treatment, then to the John Street Pumping Station, where an Energy Transfer Station is located, which contains a series of plate and frame heat exchangers. These are used to transfer heat between the potable water and a closed chilled water loop.