Waterloo, Ontario is adopting new technology to meet Ontario’s 2023 CLI-ECA framework, which modernized environmental compliance approvals for wastewater and stormwater systems.

Using innovative technologies, Waterloo, Ontario, adapts to provincial regulatory changes for wastewater collections and stormwater management systems.

Background

In 2023, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) in Ontario introduced the Consolidated Linear Infrastructure Environmental Compliance Approvals regulatory framework (CLI-ECA) to modernize how the province manages municipal wastewater collections and stormwater management systems.