If you need to request an alteration to our sanitary or stormwater system, find the process and application below.
On this page:
- About this process
- Types of alterations
- When to request an alteration
- When you don’t need to request an alteration
- What you need for your application
- Submit your application
- After you apply
- Resources
About this process
Under the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP), we can approve certain Environmental Compliance Approvals (ECAs) to the Consolidated Linear Infrastructure (CLI). Our CLI ECA approval process covers most alterations that meet the preauthorized MECP requirements for the entire municipal sewage collection system and stormwater management system owned and operated by the City of Kitchener.
Development projects no longer need to submit individual pipe-by-pipe MECP applications for future alterations; however, will need to make sure they:
- are built following MECP design criteria
- meet the requirements as defined in the CLI ECA
- satisfy other provincial and municipal approved conditions
Depending on your project, you may still need to apply for an individual ECA from the MECP or submit an application for a CLI ECA alteration with the Region of Waterloo.
Types of alterations
There are two types of alterations related to CLI ECA applications:
- sanitary (sewage) collection system: all connected sewage collection works within the City of Kitchener and owned and/or operated by the City of Kitchener including pumping stations and pipes
- stormwater management system: all connected stormwater management works within the City of Kitchener and owned and/or operated by the City of Kitchener, including pipes, stormwater management facilities, and Low Impact Development (LID) infrastructure
When to request an alteration
You need to request a CLI ECA alteration for the following types of projects:
- changing, replacing or extending sanitary sewers and storm sewers, including extensions into new residential developments
- changes that are on city-owned property that includes parks and community centres serving a single parcel of land
- adding new sewage pumping stations or changing existing sewage pumping stations
- adding new stormwater management facilities or changing existing facilities (examples: wet pond, infiltration basins, engineered wetlands, oil grit separators)
- adding new or changing existing equipment with emissions to air (examples: emergency power generators or venting for odour control) related to sanitary and storm sewers, sewage pumping stations and/or stormwater management facilities
If you have any questions if your project will need CLI ECA alteration, send us an email.
When you don’t need to request an alteration
You don’t need to apply for a CLI ECA alteration for privately owned sewage works on industrial, institutional or commercial land.
For these projects, you may still need an individual ECA from the MECP, a building permit or a site alteration permit.
What you need for your application
You must include the following information in your application:
Cover letter
All cover letter submissions must include the following requirements at a minimum:
- applicant information (legal name and address)
- agent or consultant information (name, title, and address)
- project Information and description (subdivision number, plan number, project name, municipal address, facility ID number, etc.)
- City of Kitchener planning and/or engineering contact information
- identify and list the documents included in the submission
If you are requesting both Alterations to the Sewage Collection and Stormwater Management System, you must submit separate application packages including cover letters.
Complete MECP forms
Open the accordions below to find links to the MECP forms you need for your application.
Electronic signatures are accepted and preferred.
