Research guides: CIV550 : Water Resources Engineering: Legislation & Government Resources

Legislation

You might need to know what is legally required when creating your design.

Codes are laws, but not all laws are codes. (Confused yet?)

To find laws, you need to look at the federal, provincial and municipal laws governing the area you are interested in.

For the City of Toronto, you might need to look at:

Federal laws - Government of Canada (to search, try the basic search; to brows, click "consolidated acts" or "consolidated regulations")

Provincial Laws - Government of Ontario e-Laws website (to search, type a few keywords into the search box; to browse, click on a letter)

The websites listed are all freely searchable and the laws are provided in fulltext.

These are a few of the many resources produced by the MTO that you may find useful. Many additional resources are available on their website.

Guide for Preparing Hydrology Reports for Water Crossings
This document is a guidance tool developed to identify the MTO procedure for completing a hydrotechnical design report, commonly referred to as a "Hydrology Report".
Drainage Directives
Ontario drainage policies & procedures.
Ontario Provincial Standards for Roads and Public Works (OPS)
Standards for roads & public works in Ontario.
MTO Research Library Online Catalogue
The MTO Research Library provides online access to the library catalogue and more specifically, full text access to the Ministry's Technical Manuals and extensive research collection.