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Airdrie's 106 mg/L supply is relatively soft — filtration is mostly about chlorine taste. A certified pitcher or compact under-sink unit is enough for most homes.
Airdrie tap water: Grade B, hardness 106 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 average106 mg/L · prov. avg 178 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.2 μg/L · prov. avg 0.3 μg/L
Hardness
106 mg/L
Lead
0.2 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
7.4
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
106 mg/L
Moderate
Lead
0.2 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
7.4
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
0.7 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
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Reading this page
Airdrie's drinking water earns Grade B (Good). Hardness is 106 mg/L (moderate), and pH is 7.4 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 0.5 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 Airdrie 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
Surface water
Research confidence: high
Source waters
- Bow River
- Elbow River
Treatment plants
City of Calgary plants (Bearspaw and Glenmore) — wholesale supply
Airdrie purchases treated potable water from Calgary; no local raw-water treatment plant for the municipal system.
Distribution
Three supply mainlines deliver Calgary-treated water into Airdrie’s treated-water reservoirs, then into a city-operated distribution network of mains, valves, and hydrants. Calgary delivers bulk water to the city boundary; Airdrie owns transmission and retail distribution beyond that point.
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
Alberta · 51 cities in sample
Hardness (city vs Alberta avg)106 mg/L
pH (city vs Alberta avg)7.4
Lead (city vs Alberta avg)0.2 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs Alberta avg)0.5 mg/L
Provincial average: hardness 178 mg/L · pH 7.5 · lead 0.3 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
Full parameters
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 106 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 7.4 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.2 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.5 mg/L | ≤ 1.5 mg/L | Compliant |
| Chlorine (free) | 0.7 mg/L | ≤ 4 mg/L | Compliant |
| Turbidity | 2.7 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Exceeds guideline |
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OpenStats picks for Airdrie — everyday tap water
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