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Ownership of the facilities was transferred to the municipalities, but OCWA was not sold. It was transformed into a management services organization and in 1998 won what was then Canada's largest water and wastewater operations and maintenance contract—a 10-year, $ 213 million deal to operate the
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and the ensuing reforms to water treatment, the OCWA was put in charge of the cleanup of the water supply system of the town. This included a complete flushing of all the pipes in Walkerton, including those located in every building in the town.
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By 1996, it had 800 employees and held contracts to operate 429 facilities in the province, comprising 25 per cent of Ontario's water-treatment plants and 57 per cent of the wastewater-treatment plants. In October of that year, the
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and initially took over provincial ownership of 153 water-treatment plants and 77 sewage-treatment facilities. It also operated 116 municipally owned water and sewage facilities.
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South Peel system. By 2000, OCWA operated and maintained more than 300 municipally-owned water and sewage treatment facilities on behalf of about 200
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that provides operation, maintenance and management services for more than 450 water and
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Crown agency
Government of Ontario
wastewater treatment

NDP
Bob Rae
Progressive Conservative
Mike Harris
1995
privatize
Ontario municipalities
Walkerton E. coli outbreak
E. coli
Walkerton, Ontario
disaster
Water supply and sanitation in Canada
Toronto Star
The Hamilton Spectator
Toronto Star
Toronto Star
Canadian Press
"Walkerton Water Crisis Follow-up"
Ontario Clean Water Agency
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Government of Ontario departments and agencies
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Attorney General
Cabinet Office

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