Q-2, r. 14 - Regulation respecting the declaration of water withdrawals

Section 12 Disposition versions

2024-01-01

12. To ensure the accuracy of measured data, the withdrawer must

(1)  maintain all measuring equipment in good working order;

(2)  verify, or cause to be verified, the accuracy of the readings of all measuring equipment, at least once every 3 years in the case of a water meter and at least once a year for any other type of measuring equipment, by comparing the readings with the results obtained using either method listed in the third paragraph; and

(3)  modify or replace the measuring equipment that belongs to the withdrawer where no longer suited to the situation or where its precision is no longer within the margin of error set in the second paragraph.

The difference between the volume measured by the measuring equipment and the volume measured using either method in the third paragraph may not exceed 10%.

The recognized methods are

(1)  the standards related to the measurement of water or liquid flow in open channels or closed conduits published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO);

(2)  the flow measurement methods in open channels described in Booklet 7 of the Sampling Guide for Environmental Analysis published by the Centre d’expertise en analyse environnementale du Québec.

O.C. 875-2009, s. 12; O.C. 1680-2023, s. 6.

2012-09-01

12. To ensure the accuracy of measured data, the withdrawer must

(1)  maintain all measuring equipment in good working order;

(2)  verify, or cause to be verified, the accuracy of the readings of all measuring equipment, at least once every 3 years in the case of a water meter and at least once a year for any other type of measuring equipment, by comparing the readings with the results obtained using either method listed in the third paragraph; and

(3)  modify or replace the measuring equipment where no longer suited to the situation or where its precision is no longer within the margin of error set in the second paragraph.

The difference between the volume measured by the measuring equipment and the volume measured using either method in the third paragraph may not exceed 10%.

The recognized methods are

(1)  the standards related to the measurement of water or liquid flow in open channels or closed conduits published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO);

(2)  the flow measurement methods in open channels described in Booklet 7 of the Sampling Guide for Environmental Analysis published by the Centre d’expertise en analyse environnementale du Québec.

O.C. 875-2009, s. 12.