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Abbotsford tap water: Grade B, hardness 138 mg/L
By OpenStats · Built from official Canadian sources
Regional estimateB
Water quality grade
Good
Graded against Health Canada drinking water guidelines
Lead within guidelinepH in range
Hardness vs provincial average138 mg/L · prov. avg 142 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.2 μg/L · prov. avg 0.4 μg/L
Hardness
138 mg/L
Lead
0.2 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
7.6
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
138 mg/L
Hard
Lead
0.2 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
7.6
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
0.7 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
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Reading this page
Abbotsford's drinking water earns Grade B (Good). Hardness is 138 mg/L (hard), and pH is 7.6 against Health Canada's 6.5–8.5 guideline.
Lead at 0.2 μg/L is below the 5 μg/L maximum, and fluoride is 0.7 mg/L against a guideline of ≤ 1.5 mg/L.
How to use this page: read the headline metric and provincial comparison first, then supply and treatment notes, then the source footer for the underlying dataset.
Watershed to tap
Supply and treatment
How Abbotsford draws, treats, and distributes drinking water, from municipal and utility publications. Chemistry grades above come from separate parameter records; this section does not invent plant lab figures.
Source type
Mixed surface and groundwater
Research confidence: high
Source waters
- Norrish Creek (Dickson Lake)
- Cannell Lake
- Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer
Treatment plants
Norrish Creek Water Treatment Plant
Primary regional plant; slow sand and/or ultrafiltration, then chlorination with ammonia addition downstream at Bell Road to form chloramine.
Cannell Lake Water Treatment Plant
UV and chlorine disinfection for Cannell Lake water; ammonia at Cannons Pit; supplements high-elevation Mission areas and backs up Norrish supply.
Distribution
Abbotsford Mission Water & Sewer Commission operates regional sources, treatment, transmission, and two regional reservoirs; Abbotsford and Mission each run their own distribution networks. Groundwater wells in the Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer augment surface supply.
Health parameters meet Health Canada limits; turbidity above the 1 NTU typical target.
Health parameters meet Health Canada limits; turbidity exceeds the typical 1 NTU aesthetic target.
Figure 1 · Supply chain
From watershed to tap
Compared to provincial average
British Columbia · 58 cities in sample
Hardness (city vs British Columbia avg)138 mg/L
pH (city vs British Columbia avg)7.6
Lead (city vs British Columbia avg)0.2 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs British Columbia avg)0.7 mg/L
Provincial average: hardness 142 mg/L · pH 7.6 · lead 0.4 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
Full parameters
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 138 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 7.6 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.2 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.7 mg/L | ≤ 1.5 mg/L | Compliant |
| Chlorine (free) | 0.7 mg/L | ≤ 4 mg/L | Compliant |
| Turbidity | 1.9 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Exceeds guideline |
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