How to notify the Director after posting drinking water warning notices — and autofill 5393 with my-id.ca
Comply with non-electric drinking water rules without retyping owner details
Owners of drinking water systems that do not use electricity repeat owner name, system location, and contact information when advising the Director that required warning notices have been posted at every tap. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Providing safe drinking water — guide for non-municipal year-round residential systems — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Advice to the Director of Posting (Warning) Notice(s) — 5393
What this form is about
Form 5393 is Advice to the Director of Posting (Warning) Notice(s) for certain non-electric drinking water systems — confirm eligibility on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- System owner name and mailing address.
- Drinking water system location and description.
- Dates warning notices were posted at every tap.
- Records of weekly notice checks — confirm on ontario.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your owner name, system address, and contact details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- Which systems use form 5393?
- Systems that do not use electricity and do not serve electrified buildings — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills owner name, system address, and contact details.
- What must be posted before filing?
- Warning notices at every tap and inoperative fountains — confirm O. Reg. 170/03 on ontario.ca.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.