OCWA | Ontario Clean Water Agency

The information and services available through this web site are subject to the following terms and conditions. By using this web site, you signify your agreement to the terms of use set forth below.

Applicable Law

This web site is operated and hosted by the Ontario Clean Water Agency ("OCWA") from its offices located at 1 Yonge Street, 17th Floor, in the City of Toronto, and in the Province of Ontario, Canada, M5E 1E5. The terms and conditions upon which users may access and use this web site will be governed by the laws of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable in Ontario. In no event shall any access to this web site obtained from any location be construed as an express or implied submission to, or waiver or any immunity from, the jurisdiction of the courts or regulatory authorities of that location by OCWA. In the event of any conflict, the terms provided in the Terms of Use of this web site will govern. The user of this web site consents and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario in any action or proceeding instituted under or related to the Terms of Use of this web site.

Restrictions on Access to this Web Site from Outside Ontario

OCWA makes no representation that the information, documents and materials contained or outlined in this web site (collectively, the "Contents") are appropriate, or may be made available, for use in any location other than within the Province of Ontario. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, OCWA has not approved the Contents of this web site for distribution outside the Province of Ontario or authorized access to it from any jurisdiction other than the Province of Ontario, if such access would be contrary to the applicable laws or regulations of that jurisdiction. Users from any jurisdiction outside the Province of Ontario assume full responsibility for complying with the applicable laws and regulations in that jurisdiction.

Any such Contents of this web site are provided for general information purposes only, and are intended for residents of the Province of Ontario only.

No Warranties or Endorsement, Exclusion of Liability

OCWA may make changes to or update this web site or its Contents at any time without notice. Users of this web site agree to review the Terms of Use regularly and continued access or use of this web site will mean that the user agrees to any changes. All links from this web site to any other web site not maintained by OCWA (collectively, "Third Party Sites") and which do not form part of this web site are provided for information purposes only. Any link to a Third Party Site from this web site is meant for convenience only, and does not mean that OCWA endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use of, any such Third Party Site.

Any information, data, opinions, or recommendations provided by Third Party Sites through links from this web site or made available through this web site are solely those of the Third Party Sites and not of OCWA. OCWA does not guarantee or warrant that the Contents of this web site or any link or the contents of any Third Party Site are accurate, complete, up-to-date or free of errors, viruses, or other items of any kind that are of a destructive nature or that access to this web site or any Third Party Site will be uninterrupted or free from delay. It is up to the user of this web site to take reasonable precautions to scan for computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other items of a destructive nature. Users of this web site should understand that all Contents have been electronically converted from the media in which originals were produced and, where applicable, do not constitute official government documents. OCWA makes no warranty in relation to the accuracy or completeness of the conversion process.

OCWA ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENTS OF THIS WEB SITE, INCLUDING CONTENTS THAT ARE REFERENCED BY OR LINKED TO ANY OTHER CONTENTS OR LINKS TO, OR CONTENTS OF, THIRD PARTY SITES. OCWA MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER FOR THE CONTENTS OF THIS WEB SITE OR FOR LINKS OR FOR THE CONTENTS OF ANY THIRD PARTY SITE. OCWA DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES RELATED TO THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE (INCLUDING ALL CONTENTS) ANY LINK OR THE CONTENTS OF ANY THIRD PARTY SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY OF OCWA, THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, SERVANTS OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY FAILURE TO KEEP THE CONTENTS UP TO DATE OR FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN ANY LINK OR THIRD PARTY SITE OR FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION, OR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES), WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE (INCLUDING ALL CONTENTS) ANY LINK OR ANY THIRD PARTY SITE, WHETHER UNDER CONTRACT, IN TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER BASIS OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF OCWA IS AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Not Offering Any Advice

The information provided in the Contents of this web site is for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide specific advice, including, without limitation, professional or legal advice, and should not be relied upon in that regard. The information is intended to be of a general nature and should not be taken as advice or recommendations for any particular situation and any reliance upon any information provided by the web site is solely at the user’s risk.

Reservation of Rights

The Contents of this web site (including, without limitation, the graphics, designs, logos, icons, registered or unregistered trademarks, trade-names and overall appearance of this web site) are the property and copyright of OCWA or are being used by OCWA under license from a third party. OCWA does not waive any of its proprietary rights therein including, but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights. No user of this web site may sell, republish, print, download, copy, reproduce, modify, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any portion of this web site, including e-mail addresses which are the property of OCWA or its Contents without the prior written consent of OCWA, except for reasonable printing, downloading and copying for the private information of the user. Any unauthorized downloading, re-transmission, or other copying or modification of trademarks and/or the Contents of this web site may be a violation of statutory and common law rights that may apply to intellectual property rights and could subject the violator to legal action. The availability of any of the Contents of this web site shall under no circumstance constitute a transfer of any copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property rights of OCWA to any user of this web site or any third party. This web site and its Contents are protected by Canadian and International copyright laws, both as individual works and as a compilation.

Material Provided by Users of Web Site

OCWA welcomes the user’s comments regarding this web site. However, OCWA will not accept or consider creative ideas, suggestions or materials other than those it has specifically requested. Should the user send creative materials or other information to OCWA, all submissions will become the property of OCWA and the user agrees not to assert any ownership right of any kind in the user’s submission (including, but not limited to copyright, trade mark, unfair competition, moral rights, or implied contract) and the user waives the right to receive any financial or other consideration in connection with such unsolicited submission including, but not limited to credit.

The user acknowledges that any content, offers, information, opinions (including without limitation, reviews) (“Materials”) he or she may provide to OCWA becomes the property of OCWA including all copyright, without reservations, and user waives in favour of the foregoing any and all moral rights in such Materials. The user is hereby notified that all or any portion of the Materials may be used, edited, reproduced, published, translated, sublicensed, copied and distributed and/or incorporated into other works in any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such Materials, without compensation of any kind to the user.

By submitting Materials to OCWA, the user automatically warrants that he/she has the full right and authority to submit such Materials, and that none of such Materials is subject to any copyright or other proprietary right of a third party.

Any views expressed or made available by third parties in Materials, are those of the respective third parties and not of OCWA or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents.

The owners and operators of OCWA reserve the right to not publish, or to remove any Content that they deem in their sole discretion, to be inappropriate for OCWA, for any reason whatsoever.

USE OF THIS WEB SITE MEANS ACCEPTANCE OF THE ABOVE TERMS OF USE.