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Direct municipal dataWater quality grade
Good
Graded against Health Canada drinking water guidelines
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Brampton water hardness is 125 mg/L with pH 7.3.
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
How Brampton 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.
Surface water
Research confidence: high
Arthur P. Kennedy Water Treatment Plant
Peel Region Lake Ontario plant feeding the east side of Brampton (and Mississauga/Caledon/York). Capacity up to 1,200 ML/day; OCWA-operated.
Lorne Park Water Treatment Plant
Peel Region Lake Ontario plant feeding primarily the west side of Brampton and Mississauga. Capacity up to 500 ML/day; largely underground; OCWA-operated.
Brampton has no local lake intake; potable water arrives through the South Peel transmission and distribution system owned by Peel Region, serving Brampton, Mississauga, and southern Caledon.
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
Ontario · 123 cities in sample
Provincial average: hardness 178 mg/L · pH 7.5 · lead 0.4 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 125 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 7.3 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.5 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.6 mg/L | ≤ 1.5 mg/L | Compliant |
| Chlorine (free) | 1 mg/L | ≤ 4 mg/L | Compliant |
| Turbidity | 2.2 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Exceeds guideline |
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